WILDE IN PRODUCTION

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST

AUTUMN 2014; updated 12.xi.2014. 153 new additions to the England list : May.2017

We publish below a rough guide to productions of the play. This is, perforce, very far from complete and we welcome additions and corrections. The order is Title, Date, Director when known, Theatre, Place, arranged chronologically. The pioneering work of Robert Tanitch, Oscar Wilde On Stage and Screen (London: Methuen 1991) is gratefully acknowledged, as is the account of early productions in England Julia Atkinson’s '”An Author not just now familiar to ears polite'”, The Wildean 47 (June2015)

pp.21-37.

AUSTRALIA

1895 Bijou Theatre Melbourne

1896 Criterion Theatre Sydney

1896 Opera House Brisbane

1909 Criterion Theatre Sydney

1912 Unley City Hall Adelaide

1915 Unley City Hall Melbourne

1915 Town Hall Perth

1980 Town Hall Sydney

2001 Travis Hooper Brookman Street Theatre

Kalgoorlie

2002 Barry LoweNew Theatre, Newtown 1

Sydney

2009 Lara Kerestes Studio 1, University of New South Wales

Sydney

AUSTRIA

as Eine Triviale Komödie für seriöse Leute

1905/6Volkstheater Vienna

1971 Palais Erzherzog Karl Vienna

1978 English Theatre Vienna

1985 English Theatre Vienna

as Bunbury2001

Pfarrsaal der Kalvarienbergkirche

Vienna

as Ernst sein ist alles

2004Vienna

as Ernst is das Leben

2015Landestheater Niederösterreich

BELGIUM

as Il importe d'être Constant 1952

Adaptation: Guillot De Saix ; Director: Raymond Gérôme

Théâtre du Résidence-Palace

Brussels

as Il importe d'être Constant 1952

Adaptation: Guillot De Saix ; Director: Raymond Gérôme

Antwerp

as Ernest est constant

D'après Anne Groswell, Lee Pockriss Adaptation & Director: Roland Ravez

Théâtre de Quat'Sous

as Il est important d'être aimé

1976Adaptation: Jean Anouilh

as Il est important d'être aimé

1983Adaptation: Jean Anouilh, Nicole Anouilh Director: Jacques Joël

Théâtre Molière

Brussels

as L'importance d'être constant 2001

Adaptation: Jean-Michel Déprats Director: Gérald Marti

Théâtre Royal des Galeries

Brussels

2010 Julie Van Bogaert Tinnenpot Theatre 2 Ghent

2013 Andrew Palais Des Beaux- Brussels

McIIroy Arts Studio

CANADA

1919 Players’ ClubUniversity of British Columbia

Vancouver

1976 Robin Phillips ? Stratford, Ontario

1979 Robin Phillips ? Stratford, Ontario

1993 David William ? Stratford, Ontario

1997 Terry HandsPrincess of Wales Theatre

Toronto

Four act version 2000 Richard Monette

? Stratford, Ontario

Four act Version2000

University of British Columbia

Vancouver

2001 Susan Ferley Globe Theatre 3 Regina

2005 Ben BarnesCentre Saidye Bronfman

Montréal

2009 Brian Bedford 4

? Stratford, Ontario

CZECHOSLOVAKIA/CZECH REPUBLIC

as Jak je důležité míti Filipa. Lehkovážná komedie pro vážné lidi

1983J. Z. Novák (tr.); Eva Sadková (ed.); lyrics: Petr Kopta

Divadlo Jaroslava Průchy

Kladno

as Jak je důležité míti Filipa. Lehkovážná komedie pro

1998 ? Divadlo na Vinohradech

Prague

vážné lidi

CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF

as Il importe d'être constant

1957?

Director: Roland Ravez On tour, June to

August

EGYPT

1937 Hilton Edwards Egyptian tour

ENGLAND

1895 George Alexander

St James’ Theatre London

1895 George Alexander

Theatre Royal Brighton

1901 George Alexander

Coronet Theatre, Bayswater

London

1902 George Alexander

St James’ Theatre London

1902Crystal Palace Theatre

London

1909 George Alexander

St James’ Theatre London

1910 George Alexander

St James’ Theatre London

1910 King's Theatre Southsea

1911 George Alexander

St James’ Theatre London

1913 George Alexander

St James’ Theatre London

1913 Theatre Royal Manchester

1916 ? London

1919 Barry Jackson Birmingham Rep Birmingham

1923 Allan Aynesworth

Theatre Royal, Haymarket

London

1923 Oxford Playhouse Oxford

1930 Nigel PlayfairLyric Theatre, Hammersmith

London

1934 Tyrone Guthrie Old Vic London

1937 Peter Bull Summer Theatre Perranporth

1937 Civic Playhouse Bradford

1938 The Playhouse Oxford

1938 Intimate Theatre Palmers Green, London

1938 Alexandra Theatre Birmingham

1939Streatham Hill Theatre

London

1939 Little Theatre Bristol

1939 Prince's Theatre Bristol

1939Prince of Wales Theatre

Birmingham

1939 New Theatre Oxford

1939 John GielgudGolders Green Hippodrome

London

1939 John Gielgud Globe Theatre London

1939 John Gielgud Globe Theatre London

1940s?Gateway Theatre Club

London

1940 King's Theatre Hammersmith

1940 Wimbledon Theatre London

1940 John Gielgud Globe Theatre London

1942 John Gielgud Phoenix Theatre London

1942 Birmingham Rep Birmingham

1942 Oxford Playhouse Oxford

1942 Phoenix Theatre London

1942? Birmingham Rep Birmingham

1944 Barbara Hutchins

Questors’ Theatre London

1944 John Moody Birmingham Rep Birmingham

1944 The Intimate Theatre London

1944?Rugby Repertory Theatre

Rugby

1945 Victoria Rooms Clifton

1946 John GielgudTheatre Royal, Haymarket

London

1946 Theatre Royal Bristol

1947 Prince's Theatre Bradford

1947 Theatre Royal Nottingham

1948 Theatre Royal Norwich

1948 Grand Theatre Wolverhampton

1949Nottingham Playhouse

Nottingham

1949 Town Hall Skipton

1949 The Theatre Club Mountview

1949 Berkshire Playhouse Stockbridge

1950 Derby Little Theatre Derby

1950 Birmingham Rep Birmingham

1951 Connaught Theatre Worthing

1951 Royal Opera House Leicester

1951 A. D. C. Theatre Cambridge

1951 Kettering Rep Kettering

1953 The Playhouse Derby

1954 Queens Hall Cuckfield

1955Nottingham Playhouse

Nottingham

1955 ? Wanstead

1956 The Playhouse Oxford

1957 Theatre Royal Margate

1957 Leeds Civic Theatre Leeds

1957 Royal Court Theatre Liverpool

1959 Arthur Pentelow

Birmingham Rep Birmingham

1958 Wimbledon Theatre London

, , 1960 Marlowe Theatre Canterbury

1958 Ipswich Theatre Ipswich

1959 Theatre Royal Bristol

1959 Michael Benthall

Old Vic London

1960 King's Theatre Southsea

1960 New Theatre Oxford

1961 Queens Theatre Hornchurch

1961 Playhouse Liverpool

1963 Playhouse Nottingham

1964 Arts Theatre Cambridge

1964 Nuala O’Faolain

Playhouse Oxford

1965 Grand Theatre Wolverhampton

1965 Ashcroft Theatre Croydon

1965 Theatre Royal Brighton

1967 University Theatre Oxford

1968 ADC Theatre Cambridge

1968 Marlowe Theatre Canterbury

1968 Theatre Royal Brighton

1968 Robert Chetwynd

Theatre Royal, Haymarket

London

1969 Crescent Theatre Birmingham

1970 Alexandra Theatre Birmingham

1970 Geoffrey Whitworth Theatre

Crayford, Kent

1970 New Theatre Hull

1970 New Theatre Oxford

1970 Derby Playhouse Derby

1970 Alfred Emmet Questors’ Theatre London

1970 Theatre Royal Bath

1970 The Opera House Manchester

1970 Empire Sunderland

1972 Arts Theatre Cambridge

1972 Grand Theatre Wolverhampton

1972 New Theatre Hull

1974 Peter James Shaw Theatre London

1975 Ashcroft Theatre Croydon

1975 Jonathan Miller Greenwich London

1975 Nicholas Barter

Birmingham Rep Birmingham

1975 Cue Theatre Birmingham

1975 Marlowe Theatre Canterbury

1975 Theatre Royal Windsor

1975 Playhouse Harlow

1977 Old Vic Bristol

1977 Denise Coffey Young Vic London

1977Nottingham Playhouse

Nottingham

1977 North London Polytechnic

London

1977 Redgrave Theatre Farnham

1979 Peter Dews Chichester Theatre Chichester

1979 Northcott Theatre Exeter

1979 The Roundhouse London

1980 Salisbury Playhouse Salisbury

1980 Theatre Royal York

1980 Frank Hauser Haymarket Theatre Leicester

1980 Frank Hauser Old Vic London

1981 ? Birmingham Rep Birmingham

1981? The Duke's

PlayhouseLancaster

1981 Michael Attenborough

Palace Theatre Watford

1982 ? Buxton Opera House Buxton

1982 Peter Hall Palace Theatre Manchester

1982 Peter Hall Empire Theatre Liverpool

1982 Peter Hall Lyttelton Theatre London

1982 Peter Hall Theatre Royal Nottingham

1982 Peter Hall Apollo Theatre Coventry

1982 Peter Hall Theatre Royal Norwich

The Musical Importance of Being Earnest

1984 ?Ambassadors Theatre

London

1984 John Wilson Questors’ Theatre London

1984 ? South Hill Park Bracknell

1985 ? Gateway Theatre Chester

1985 ? Oxford Playhouse Oxford

1986 ? Arts Theatre Cambridge

1986 ? Leeds Playhouse Leeds

1986 ? Watermill Theatre Newbury

1986 ? Theatre Royal Plymouth

1986 ? Theatre Royal Norwich

1986 ? Theatre Royal Bath

1987 ? Theatre Royal Bath

1987 ? Theatre Royal Brighton

1987 ? Crucible Theatre Sheffield

1987 ? Royalty Theatre London

1987 ? Whitehall Theatre London

1988 ? Hull New Theatre Hull

1988 ? Little Theatre Leicester

1988 ? New Victoria Theatre Newcastle-under-Lyme

1988 ? Playhouse Harlow

1988 ? Shaw Theatre London

1989 Yvonne Brewster

Bloomsbury Theatre London

1989 Yvonne Brewster

Tyne Theatre Newcastle- upon-Tyne

1989 ? Everyman Theatre Cheltenham

1990? Nottingham

PlayhouseNottingham

1990 ? Theatre Royal Brighton

1991 ? Belgrade Theatre Coventry

1991 ? Theatre Royal Plymouth

1991 ? Chichester Theatre Chichester

1991 ? Theatre Royal Bath

1991? Yvonne Arnaud

TheatreGuildford

1992 ? The Playhouse Weston-Super-Mare

1992 ? Octagon Theatre Bolton

1992 ? Barn Theatre, Oxted

1992 ? Bristol Old Vic Bristol

1992? Beveridge Hall,

Senate HouseLondon

1992 ? Theatre Royal York

1992 ? Bristol Old Vic Bristol

1993 ? Aldwych Theatre London

1993? Royal Exchange

TheatreManchester

1993 Nicholas Hytner

Aldwych Theatre London

1993 - 4 James MaxwellRoyal Exchange Theatre

Manchester

1994 ? Salisbury Playhouse Salisbury

1994 ? Thorndike Theatre Leatherhead

1994 Jonathan Church

The Playhouse Derby

1995 Nicholas Wright

The Playhouse Oxford

1995 Terry Hands Birmingham Rep Birmingham

1995 Terry Hands Old Vic London

1995 ? Richmond Theatre Richmond

1995 ? Orchard Theatre Dartford

1997 ? Quarry Theatre Leeds

1997 ? Promenade Theatre Lancaster

1997 ? Market Arts Centre Bury, Lancs

1997? West Yorkshire

PlayhouseLeeds

1997 ? Chapman Theatre Salford University

1998 ? Theatre Royal Windsor

1998? Yvonne Arnaud

TheatreGuildford

1998 ? Tabard Theatre London

1999 Paul Kerryson Haymarket Theatre Leicester

1999? Bingley Little

TheatreBingley

1999? Nottingham

PlayhouseNottingham

1999 ? Octagon Theatre Bolton

1999 ? Town Hall High Wycombe

1999 ? Theatre Royal Windsor

1999 ? Cliffs Pavilion Southend- on- Sea

1999 ? Arts Theatre Cambridge

1999 Christopher Morahan

Chichester Festival Theatre

Chichester

1999 Christopher Morahan

Theatre Royal, Haymarket

London

1999 Xavier Leret Bloomsbury Theatre London

1999 ? Bull Arts Centre Barnet

2000? The Orchard (open

air)Grantchester

2000 ? Berkeley Castle ?

2000 ? Uppark NT ?

2000 ? Ryedale Festival ?

2000? High Lodge Forest

Centre?

2000 ? Tonbridge Castle ?

2000? Bodnant Gardens

NT?

2000 ? Lacock Abbey NT ?

2000 Robert Sayle ADC Cambridge

2000 Simon Woods Playhouse Oxford

2000 Xavier Leret Charter Theatre Preston, Lancs

2000 Xavier Leret The Castle Wellingborough

2000 ? Playhouse Norwich

2000 ? Harrogate Theatre Harrogate

2001 Christopher Morahan

Savoy Theatre London

2001 Matthew Smith

The Watermill Theatre

Newbury

2001 Lawrence Till Palace Theatre Watford

2001 Lawrence Till Library Theatre Manchester

2001 Richard Aucott The Auditorium Birmingham

2001 ? Minack Theatre Penzance

2001 David ClarkeYvonne Arnaud Theatre

Guildford

2001Bruce

Jamieson, Alice de Sousa

Greenwich Playhouse

London

2003 ? Greenwood Theatre London

2003 Betony Taylor Northcott Theatre 5 Exeter

2004 ? Theatre Royal Brighton

2004 ? New Victoria Theatre Woking

2004? Northumberland

House TheatreLondon

2004? Darlington Civic

TheatreDarlington

2005 David Fielding Old Vic Bristol

2005? Moravian Church

Gardens, ChelseaLondon

2005? New Wimbledon

TheatreLondon

2005 ? Library Theatre Luton

2005 Jude Kelly Octagon Theatre Bolton

2005 Jude Kelly South Hill Park Bracknell

2005 Jude Kelly Lowry Theatre Salford

2005Jude Kelly West Yorkshire

PlayhouseLeeds

2005 Jude Kelly Brindley Arts Centre Runcorn

2005 Jude Kelly Wyvern Theatre Swindon

2005 Jude Kelly W.I. Hall Burton Bradstock

2005 Jude Kelly The Swan High Wycombe

2005 Jude Kelly Riverhead Theatre Louth

2005 Jude Kelly Phoenix Theatre Leicester

2005 Jude Kelly Gulbenkian Theatre Canterbury

2005 Jude Kelly Theatre Royal Winchester

2005 Jude Kelly Warwick Arts Centre Warwick

2005 Jude Kelly Riding Hall Nottingham

2005 Jude Kelly Barbican London

2005 ? Playhouse Oxford

2007 ? Theatre Royal Bath

2007? Devonshire Park

TheatreEastbourne

2007? Yvonne Arnaud

TheatreGuildford

2007 ? Derby Playhouse Derby

2007John Risebero

and Ben Horslen

Jermyn Street Theatre

London

2008 Michael Friend Strawberry Hill House

Twickenham, London

2008 Michael Friend Shaw's Corner Ayot St. Lawrence

2008 Michael Friend Memorial Theatre Broadstairs

2008 Michael Friend Guildhall Theatre Grantham

2008 ? Vaudeville Theatre London

2009 Irina BrownOpen Air Theatre, Regent’s Park

London

2009 ? Playhouse Salisbury

2009 ? Lyric Theatre Hammersmith

2010 ? Library Theatre Manchester

2010John Risebero

and Ben Horslen

Cochrane Theatre 6 London

2010 Bruce Jamieson

Greenwich Theatre London

2011 ? Birmingham Rep Birmingham

2011 ? Rose Theatre Kingston

2011 ? The Barn Theatre Oxted, Surrey

2011? Barons Court

TheatreLondon

Musical 2011 ? Riverside Studios London

Opera 2012 ? Barbican London

Opera 2013 ? Royal Opera House London

2012? Devonshire Park

TheatreEastbourne

2014 Lucy BaileyHarold Pinter Theatre 7

London

2014 Lucy Bailey Theatre Royal Brighton

2014 Lucy Bailey Waterside Theatre Aylesbury

2014 Lucy Bailey Richmond Theatre Richmond

2014 Lucy BaileyNew Alexandra Theatre

Birmingham

FINLAND

as Ernest och ingen annan

1906? Svenska Teatern Helsinki

as Bunbury 1917 ? Tampereen Teatteri Tampere

as Bunbury 1919 ? Ida Aalberg Teatteri Helsinki

as Bunbury1935

? Helsingin Kansanteatteri

Helsinki

as Sulhaseni Ernest

1957? National Theatre Helsinki

as Sulhaseni Ernest

1959 / 60? Lahden

KaupunginteatteriLahti

as Sulhaseni Ernest

1959 /60? Hämeenlinnan

KaupunginteatteriHämeenlinna

as Sulhaseni Ernest

1960 / 1? Imatran Teatteri Helsinki

as Sulhaseni Ernest

1960 / 1? Varkauden

TyöväenTeatteriVarkaus

as Mr Ernest 1961 ? Åbo Svenska Teater Turben

as Sulhaseni Ernest

1963 /4? Tampereen Teatteri Tampere

as Sulhaseni Ernest

1967 /8? Kotkan

KaupunginteatteriKotka

as Sulhaseni Ernest

1968 / 9? Turun

KaupunginteatteriTurun

as Ernest och ingen annan

1970? Wasa Teatern Helsinki

as Sulhaseni Ernest

1970? Oulun

KaupunginteatteriOulu

as Sulhaseni Ernest

1972 / 3? Rauman

KaupunginteatteriRauma

as Ernest och ingen annan

1984? Svenska Teatern Helsinki

as Tärkeintä on olla Uno

1987? Ryhmäteatteri Helsinki

as Tärkeintä on olla Uno

1996? Helsingin

KaupunginteatteriHelsinki

FRANCE

as Il importe d’être Constant

1942 Paul RaynalThéâtre de l’Humour (now Comédie de Paris)

Paris

as Il importe d’être Constant

1952 Paul RaynalThéâtre Vieux Colombier

Paris

as Il est important d’être AiméAdaptation de Jean Anouilh et Claude Vincent

1954

Claude Sainval Comédie des Champs Elysées

Paris

as L’Important, cest d’être fidèle Adaptation de Charles Cambillard

1954André Villiers Théâtre en Rond

(now L’Européen)Paris

The Importance of being Earnest

1962 Gary BelkinThéâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse

Paris

as Il est important d’être aimé

1970 Jean GuichardAbbaye de l'Épau La Baule

as Il est important d’être aimé

1971 Jean GuichardAbbaye de l'Épau La Baule

as Il est important d’être aimé

1971 Jean GuichardMaison de la culture Le Corbusier

Firminy

as Il est important d’être aimé Adaptation : Nicole et Jean Anouilh

1980 Jacques François

Théâtre Marigny Paris

as Il est important d’être aimé

1981 Jacques François

France Télévision Paris

as L’avantage d’être Constant

1982Pierre Boutron Théâtre des

MathurinsParis

as Il est important détre désiré

1994 Samantha Wiggins

Bateau-théâtre Mistral

Paris

as L’Importance d’être Constant

1996 Jérôme Savary Théâtre de Chaillot Paris

as L’Importance d’être Fidèle

1998 Jean-Luc Tardieu

Maison de la Culture de Loire-Atlantique ; puisComédie des Champs-Elysées

Nantes

as Il est important d’être Aimable

2000Astrid de Couvois, Ivola Pounembetti

Comédie de Paris Paris

as Il est important d’être Aimable

2000Astrid de Couvois, Ivola Pounembetti

Déchargeurs Paris

as Il est important d’être Aimable

2000Astrid de Couvois, Ivola Pounembetti

Cinq Diamants Paris

The Importance of being Earnest

2000Karine Romer and Trevor Harris

Salle Thélème Tours

The Importance of being Earnest

2000 April

Didier Braun & Andrew Wilson

Théâtre de Ménilmontant

Paris

The kaos Importance of being Earnest

2000 Xavier LeretThéâtre Silvia Montfort

Paris

The Importance of being Earnest

2000 December Andrew Wilson

Théâtre de Ménilmontant

Paris

The Importance of being Earnest

2001 Andrew WilsonThéâtre de Ménilmontant

Paris

The Importance of being Earnest

2001 Andrew WilsonThéâtre de Ménilmontant

Paris

as L’Importance d’être Constant

2006 Guillaume Hlavacek

Essec Cergy

as L’Importance d’être Constant

2006 Guillaume Hlavacek

Cour du Palais du Tau

Reims

as L’Importance d’être Constant

2006 Guillaume Hlavacek

La Comedia

as L’Importance d’être constant 2006/7 Pierre Laville

Théâtre Antoine ; en tournée du 8 Septembre 2006 au 22 Mars 2008

Paris

The Importance of Being Earnest

2007 Lucille O'Flanagan

Théâtre Silvia Monfort

Paris

The Importance of Being Earnest

2007 Benedict Wray Présenté par le Droit au Théâtre – Collège Franco-Britannique et Fondation Biermans-LapôtreCité Internationale Universitaire

Paris

The Importance of Being Earnest

2008 Alain Bariou et Hélène Blasco

Présenté par le groupe de théâtre de la section britannique du Lycée Grand Air de la Baule.Maison des jeunes et de la culture

La Baule

as L’Importance d’être Constant

2008 Astrid Hauschild

Théâtre Pixel / Lucernaire

Paris

as L’Importance d’être Constant

2009 Fabien Escalona

Les Aériens du spectacle

Le Laussy

as L’Importance d’être Constant

2009 Mathieu Rousset

Théâtre de l’Anagramme

Lyon

as L’Importance d’être sérieux

2012 Gilbert Désveaux

? Montpellier

as L’Importance d’être sérieux

2012 Gilbert Désveaux

Théâtre Ouest-Parisien

Boulogne-Billancourt

as L'importance d'être Constant 8

201713th April

Théâtre des Déchargeurs

Paris

See also : http://www.oscholars.com/RBA/twenty-seven/27.13/OscarWilde.htm

GERMANY

The Importance of being Earnest

1906 Viktor Barnowsky

Kleines Theater Berlin

as Bunbury 1907 ? Kleines Theater Berlin

1980 ? Freie Volksbühne Berlin

The Importance of being Earnest

1985? ? Tübingen

as Bunbury 1989 ? Renaissance Theater Berlin

as Bunbury oder Ernst sein ist alles

1996Margit Schostok, Hanne Hett-Hein, Marlene Krämer

Volkshochschule Gundelfingen

Gundelfingen

as Bunbury 1998 Wolfgang Wirtz

Horizont Theater Cologne / Köln

as Bunbury oder Wie wichtig es isternst zu sein

1998? Renaissance Theater Berlin

The Importance of being Earnest

2000 Duncan LawEnglish Theater Frankfurt/Main

as "Bunbury" – Eine triviale Komödie für "ernst"

2001

? Ahrmuse-Kabarett ?

[as‘Ernst is das leben Bunbury

2005? Düsseldorfer

SchauspielhausDüsseldorf

as Bunbury oder Ernst sein ist wichtig: Eine triviale Komödie für ernsthafte Leute 9

2008

?

Komödie Theatre

Augsburg

as Bunbury oder von der notwendigkeit Ernst zu sein

2013?

Cuvillies TheaterMünchen

as Bunbury 2013 ? Theater in Bauturm Köln

as Bunbury 2015 ? Staatstheater Cottbus

HUNGARY

The Importance of being Earnest

1907 Max ReinhardtVigszínhaz Theatre Buda-Pesth

IRELAND

? Christopher Fitz-Simon

Lyric Theatre Belfast

? ? Portora Royal School Enniskillen

1901 Sir George Alexander

Grand Opera House Belfast

1906 ? ? Dublin

(before)

1933 Hilton Edwards The Gate Theatre Dublin

1935 Hilton Edwards The Gate Theatre Dublin

1936 Hilton Edwards The Gate Theatre Dublin

1937 Hilton Edwards The Gate Theatre Dublin

1938 Hilton Edwards The Gate Theatre Dublin

1941 Gerald Pringle The Gate Theatre Dublin

1943 John Izon The Gate Theatre Dublin

1946 Michéal MacLiammoir

Gaiety Theatre Dublin

1954Dan O’Connell / Alpho O’Reilly

The Gate Theatre Dublin

1957 Michael MacOwan

Olympia Theatre Dublin

1971 ? Lyric Theatre Belfast

1971 Hilton Edwards The Gate Theatre Dublin

1973 Alan Barlow Abbey Theatre Dublin

1979Peter O’Shaughnessy

Granary Theatre Cork

1980 Barry Cassin Opera House Cork

1985 Andrew Scorgie

Riverside Theatre Coleraine

1985 Garry Hynes Druid Theatre Galway

1987 Patrick Mason The Gate Theatre Dublin

1984 Fiona Nolan National Concert Hall Dublin

1990 Roland Jacquarello

Lyric Theatre Belfast

1995 Piotr Sadowski American College Dublin

1995 Terry O’Neill Collaiste Rathin Bray

1996 Ned Dempsey Arklow Bay Hotel Arklow, Co Wicklow

1996 Gerardine McDermottroe

Wexford Arts Centre Wexford

1997Patrick Mason

Abbey Theatre Dublin

1998 John Brady Seven Oaks Hotel Carlow

1999 Seamus Thackaberry

New Theatre Dublin

2003 Gerald Bourke Dalkey Town Hall Dalkey

2003 Alan Stanford The Gate Theatre Dublin

2006 Conall Morrison

Abbey Theatre Dublin

2009/2010 Lynne Parker Gaiety Theatre Dublin

2015 The Gate Theatre Dublin

ITALY

as LImportanza di Essere Onesto

1996 Lucia Ruina Peretti

Estate Teatrale Amatoriale

Verona

as L’Importanza d’essere Vincente

2009 Paolo Dall’OlioTeatro di Corte Carpi (Modena)

The Importance of Being Earnest

2012/13 John O’Connor On tour

as L’importanza di Chiamarsi Ernest

2014 Geppy Gleijese Teatro Stabile di Calabria, Teatro Quirino Vittorio Gassman

Crotone

MALAYSIA

The Importance of Being Earnest

2001 Adlin Aman Ramlie

The Actors Studio Kuala Lumpur

THE NETHERLANDS

as Het Belang van Ernst

1997 Karst Woudstra

Stadsschouwberg Groningen

as Het Belang van Ernst

1998 Karst Woudstra

Stadsschouwberg Amsterdam

POLAND

1969 ? Mermaid Theatre Warsaw

1979 ? Teatr na Targówku Warsaw

1986 ? Teatr Tarnowski Tarnów

RUSSIA

1990s S. Zhenovach P. Fomenko Studio Moscow

1998 Ilya Makarov Akimov Theatre St Petersburg

SCOTLAND

1977 Philip Prowse Citizens’ Theatre Glasgow

1978 Eden Court Theatre Inverness

1983 Theatre Royal Glasgow

1997 ? ? Edinburgh

1999 Xavier Leret Theatre Workshop Edinburgh

SPAIN

as La Importancia de llamarse Ernesto

1952? Teatro Circo Albacete

as La importancia de ser Frank [recorded play.

1997

Jaume Melendres

Institut del Teatre Barcelona

SWITZERLAND

The Importance of Being Earnest

1918 Claud SykesTheater zu Kaufleuten

Zürich

as Bunbury10 2009 Katharina Rupp

Theater Biel Solothurn

as Bunbury: eine triviale Komödie für ernsthafte Leute

1985 /6

? Schauspielhaus Zürich

The Importance of Being Earnest

1994 Tim Hancox? Geneva

as Bunbury 1998/9 Madeleine Herzog

Stadttheater St Gallen

as Bunbury 1998/9 Madeleine Herzog

Stadttheater St Gallen

as Ärnscht Mues Me Syy

2001? Theater Fauteuil Basel

as Bunbury 2004 Barbara Schneider

Theater Dietlikon Dietlikon

The Importance 2005 Jude Kelly Stadttheater Schaffhausen

of being Earnest

The Importance of being Earnest Bunbury

2010 Helmut Förnbacher

Förnbacher Theater Basel

USA

? Donald SealesMadison Avenue Playhouse

New York

? Vincent M. Lancis

? Baltimore, MD

1901 Henry Miller Columbia Theatre San Francisco

1902 Henry Miller ? New York

1910 Henry Miller Lyceum Theatre New York

1921 Butler Davenport

Bramhall Theatre New York

1922 Gilmor Brown Pasadena Playhouse Pasadena

1923 Lenore Shanewise

Pasadena Playhouse Pasadena

1926 Dudley Digges Comedy Theatre New York

1930 Lenore Shanewise

Pasadena Playhouse Pasadena

1939

Estelle Winwood, Richard Aldrich and Richard Meyers

Vanderbilt Theatre New York

1947 John Gielgud Royale Theatre New York

scene iv only 1953 Albert Marre Empire Theatre New York

1960-1962 ? ? U.S. cities

1982 Tom Moore Old Globe Theatre San Diego, California

1982 Evan Thompson

Mercer Street Theatre

New York

1985 ? ? Cleveland, Ohio

1985 Robert A. Gaines

? Auburn Montgomery

The Musical Importance of Being Earnest

1986? ? Los Angeles

1988 Steve Rivette Poway Theatre Poway, California

1990 ? ? Los Angeles

1991 Jeff Romano Houston University Long Island

1993? People's Light &

Theatre CompanyMalvern, PA

One-Act adaptation by David Hsieh

1995? Theatre Off Jackson Seattle

1997 Candy Peate ? Underhill, Vermont

1998Adapted by Hugh Hysell; director Fred Tracey

Maryland Hotel San Diego

1998 John GoingCincinnati Playhouse in the Park

Cincinnati

1998 Adapted by Hugh Hysell

Broadway Duplex, Greenwich Village

New York

1998 Sari KetterPortland Performing Arts Center

Portland, Maine

1998 Joe Dowling Guthrie Theater Minneapolis

1999 Sheldon Epps Pasadena Playhouse Pasadena

1999 ? Phoenix Theatre Phoenix, Arizona

2000 Michael Massey

Company on Stage Houston, Texas

2000 ? The Kelsey Theatre West Windsor, NJ.

2000 Eve Shapiro, Julliard School New York

2000? Goddard Space

Flight Center

2001 ? Theatre Charlotte Charlotte NC

2001 Dinna Myers Olinder Theatre San Jose, CA

2001 Linda Ellinwood

Alameda Little Theatre

Alameda, California

2001 Geoffrey Nelson

Studio One Theatre Columbus, Ohio

2007 ? Theatre Gael Atlanta, Georgia

2007 Greg NataleDrama Theatre, State University of New York Buffalo 11

Amherst, New York

2007 Richard Sodders

Texas State University 12

San Marcos, Texas

2008 ? Pearl Theatre 13 New York

2009 Irene Lewis Pearlstone Theater Baltimore, Maryland

2009 Joe Dowling Guthrie Theater Minneapolis

2010 Shawn Douglass

Greenhouse Theater Center

Chicago

2011 Brian BedfordAmerican Airlines Theatre

New York

2013Directed & adapted by and starring Clayton B. Hodges

Tulsa Performing Arts Center

Tulsa

WALES

1999 ? Sherman Theatre Cardiff

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