8 thoughts on “Wilde Wednesday: The Importance of Being Earnest

  1. Goodness–you should compare it to the 1986 one with Rupert Frazer, Paul McGann, Joan Plowright, Amanda Redman and Natalie Ogle.

  2. The 1954 version of The Importance of Being Earnest is my favourite one. The wonderful Dame Edith Evans plays the redoubtable Lady Bracknell. This scene is the same as the one referenced above and includes the wonderful riposte “A Handbag! A Handbag!!”

    1. My favorite Earnest. I’m also fond of the 19640television play (part of a series) with Patrick Macnee and Ian Carmichael.

  3. Honestly, I couldn’t stand the costumes in this film! There was something so tatty and tired about them, most hadn’t even been pressed properly. Further reason to believe that they were antique.

  4. I thought Lady Bracknell was Algy’s aunt. Doesn’t he call her Aunt Augusta at various points? And so Gwendolen is his cousin.

    I love the costumes in this, so it’s really nice to find out they’re actually good! :)

  5. Lady Bracknell is Algy, and Ernest” aunt, Cecily is their cousin, which is fine as first cousins marry all the time in English novels and plays.

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