The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde
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The Importance of Being Earnest

Author: Oscar Wilde

Narrator: John Gielgud, Edith Evans, and cast

Unabridged: 1 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook

Publisher: Naxos

Published: 01/01/2005

Genre: Drama - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Synopsis

This is one of the great recordings of a great play. John Gielgud stars as Ernest and Edith Evans gives her indomitable performance as Lady Bracknell in this classic radio recording from 1951. Performance styles may have changed, but this is an unmatched production bearing all the hallmarks of outstanding audio drama featuring some of the finest actors of the twentieth century. Also included are two collections of poetry readings by John Gielgud and Edith Evans.

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