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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
1 videocassette (110 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Tells the tale of Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff. Both young men have taken to bending the truth in order to add excitement to their lives. Jack has invented an imaginary brother, Ernest, whom he uses as an excuse to escape from his dull home in the country and frolic in town. Algernon uses a similar technique, only in reverse: His imaginary friend, Bunbury, provides a convenient and frequent method of taking adventures in the country. However, their deceptions eventually cross paths, resulting in a series of crises that threaten to spoil their romantic pursuits; Jack of his love Gwendolen Fairfax, and Algernon of his belle Cecily Cardew.
BBC ; producer, Shaun Sutton ; director, Stuart Burge.
Information from pre-release promotional materials; release date: May 21, 2002.
Originally produced for television broadcast in 1986.
"The 1988 BBC production of The importance of being earnest is not the four act version of the play, but contains certain copyright material which is reproduced by permission of the Estate of Oscar Wilde"--Container.
Joan Plowright, Paul McGann, Amanda Redman, Rupert Frazer, Natalie Ogle, Gemma Jones, Alec McCowen.
Cinematography, Ron Green ; editor, Steve Eveleigh ; music, Ilona Sekacz.