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The Importance of Being Earnest (Season 3, Episode 29)

TV Episode | 90 min | Comedy, Drama

In 1890s London, two friends use the same pseudonym ("Ernest") for their on-the-sly activities. Hilarity ensues.

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Mar 26, 1958 (United Kingdom)

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9 cast members

Name	Known for
Tony Britton Algernon Moncrieff Algernon Moncrieff See fewer	The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Madeleine Christie Miss Prism Miss Prism See fewer	Electric Dreams (1984)
Michael Denison John Worthing John Worthing See fewer	My Brother Jonathan (1948)
Richard Goolden Canon Chasuble Canon Chasuble See fewer	It! (1967)
Dulcie Gray Gwendolen Fairfax Gwendolen Fairfax See fewer	My Brother Jonathan (1948)
Martita Hunt Lady Bracknell Lady Bracknell See fewer	Great Expectations (1946)
Vernon Smythe Merriman Merriman See fewer	BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950)
Maureen Swanson Cecily Cardew Cecily Cardew See fewer	Knights of the Round Table (1953)
Robert Webber Lane Lane See fewer	The Six Proud Walkers (1954)