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The Importance of Being Earnest (1947)

Broadway, Play

Playwright • WritingOscar Wilde

Picture of Royale Theatre

VenueRoyale Theatre242 W. 45th St. New York, NY

Licensed ByConcord Theatricals

Opening DateMar 3rd 1947

Closing DateMay 10th 1947

Creative Team
Direction
John Gielgud
Original
Music Arrangements
Leslie Bridgewater
Original
Lighting Design
William Conway
Original
Cast
Algernon Moncrieff
Robert Flemyng
Original
John (Jack) Worthing
John Gielgud
Original
Hon. Gwendolyn Fairfax
Pamela Brown
Original
Cecily Cardew
Jane Baxter
Original
Merriman
Stringer Davis
Original
Miss Prism
Jean Cadell
Original
Lane
Richard Wordsworth
Original
Lady Bracknell
Margaret Rutherford
Original
Reverend Canon Chasuble, D.D.
John Kidd
Original
Footman
Donald Bain
Original
Artistic Production
Production
John C. Wilson
Original
HM Tennent, Ltd
Original
Production Staff
Theatre Operations
Magoro Operating Corporation
Original

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