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. (Source: Photograph - NELM Manuscripts - [Collection: FLETCHER, Jill]: 2005. 75. 19. 50)
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 Unpublished research.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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