The Importance of Being Earnest (2011 film)
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| Directed by | Brian Bedford David Stern |
| Produced by | Todd Haimes Susan Loewenberg Harold Wolpert |
| Written by | Oscar Wilde |
| Screenplay by | David Stern |
| Based on | The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde |
| Starring | Brian Bedford Dana Ivey Paxton Whitehead David Furr Santino Fontana Amanda Leigh Cobb |
| Music by | Berthold Carrière |
| Distributed by | BY Experience |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Importance of Being Earnest is a filmed version of the 2011 Broadway revival production of Oscar Wilde's play of the same name. The film is directed by and stars Brian Bedford.
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Production
The 2011 Broadway revival of Earnest opened on January 13, 2011, at the Roundabout Theatre Company's American Airlines Theatre, following previews from December 17, 2010.[1] After positive reviews[2] and several extensions, the production is set to close on July 3, 2011, bumping Roundabout's other project, People in the Picture, to Studio 54.[3]
On March 1, 2011, it was reported that the production would be filmed live on March 11 and 12, 2011, to be shown in cinemas in June 2011.[4] Official dates were announced on April 11, 2011: the first theaters to run The Importance of Being Earnest: Live in HD would do so on June 2, 2011.[5]
Cast
- Dana Ivey as Miss Prism
- Brian Bedford as Lady Bracknell
- Paxton Whitehead as Rev. Canon Chasuble
- David Furr as John Worthing
- Santino Fontana as Algernon Moncrieff
- Amanda Leigh Cobb as Servant
- Sara Topham as Gwendolen Fairfax
- Paul O'Brien as Lane
- Charlotte Parry as Cecily Cardew
- Tim Macdonald as Merriman
References
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- Official website
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). The Importance of Being Earnest at IMDb
- ↑ "The Importance of Being Ernest", ibdb.com, accessed 22 April 2011.
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