The Importance of Being Earnest
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde. ****
First produced in South Africa by ***
Also done by ***, the Langford-Inglis Company; NAPAC in 197*, directed by Margaret Inglis, with Michael Atkinson and Nan Munro); PACT in 1982, directed by John Hussey, with Ralph Lawson, Dorothy-Ann Gould, Gabrielle Lomberg Andrew Buckland and Shelagh Holliday.
Michael Atkinson, Joan Blake and Lyn Hooker in The importance of being Earnest in 1971, by Brian Astbury for CAPAB.
Directed by Peter Curtis for CAPAB with Michael Atkinson and John Whitely as the male leads. It opened at the Hofmeyr Theatre on 19 December 1970 and was a great success, even touring to Johannesburg. (Source: Grütter, Wilhelm, CAPAB 25 Years, 1987. Unpublished research. p 58)
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