- Playwright – Oscar Wilde
- Location – Harrogate Theatre Main Stage
- Director – Brian Foster
Cast
- John Worthing – Gareth Sargeson
- Algernon Moncrieff – Arthur Timmins
- Canon Chasuble – John Glyn-Jones
- Lady Bracknell – Judy Methven
- Gwendolen Fairfax – Rachel Conyers
- Cecily Cardew – Kate Antram
- Miss Prism – Jenny Antram
- Lane – Stuart Kellett
- Merriman – Bob Mallow
Do you want to know why, when things get tedious in the country, Jack insists on going to London to see his younger brother Ernest, and………you’d like to know why, when things get tricky in town Algy has to go and see his invalid friend Bunbury in the country, and………why two eligible young ladies are both in love with Ernest but are promised to the wealthy layabouts Algy and Jack, and…….what it was that made Lady Bracknell apoplectic when she heard about a handbag left at Victoria Station……..and why Algy and Jack decided they should be re-Christened?
To find the answers, you are invited to sit back and unravel this tale of mistaken identities with Jack, Algy, Cecily, Gwendolen, Lady Bracknell, Miss Prism, and Canon Chasuble with a little help from Lane and Merriman the butlers in Oscar Wilde’s enduring comedy of manners set in 1890s England.