OSCAR WILDE : THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST ON THE LONDON STAGE
In course of compilation by D.C. Rose
Page created July 2009: please send additions and corrections to oscholars@gmail.com.
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We here list all the productions known to us of The Importance of being Earnest on the London stage. We are conscious that there are gaps in the sequence and will fill them in whenever new information comes to hand. As always, we welcome corrections and suggestions from readers.
	Director	Theatre	Date
	George Alexander	St James’ Theatre	1895 14 February–8 May
	George Alexander	Coronet Theatre, Bayswater	1901 2–8 December
	George Alexander	St James’ Theatre	1902 7 January
	George Alexander	St James’ Theatre	1909 30 November
	George Alexander	St James’ Theatre	1910 1 February
	George Alexander	St James’ Theatre	1911 11 June
	George Alexander	St James’ Theatre	1913 15 November
			1916
	Allan Aynesworth	Theatre Royal, Haymarket	1923 21 November
	Nigel Playfair	Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith	1930 7 July
	J.E. Bowle	Westminster School	1931
	Tyrone Guthrie	Old Vic	1934
	John Gielgud	Golders Green Hippodrome	1939 16 September
	John Gielgud	Globe Theatre	1939 31 January–>
	John Gielgud	Globe Theatre	1940 January
	John Gielgud	Phoenix Theatre	1942 October
	Barbara Hutchins	Questors’ Theatre	1944 October
	John Gielgud	Theatre Royal, Haymarket	1946 April
	Michael Benthall	Old Vic	1959 15 October
	Robert Chetwynd	Theatre Royal, Haymarket	1968 8 February
	Alfred Emmet	Questors’ Theatre	1970 12 September
	Peter James	Shaw Theatre	1974 March
	Jonathan Miller	Greenwich	1975 20 March
	Denise Coffey	Young Vic	1977 November
	Tenniel Evans	Roundhouse	1977 15 December–>
	Frank Hauser	Old Vic	1980 to 14 October
	Peter Hall	Lyttelton Theatre	1982 16 September–24 March 1983
	John Wilson	Questors’ Theatre	1984 6 October
	Donald Sinden	Royalty Theatre	1987
	Lou Stein	Whitehall Theatre	1987
	Lou Brooks [as ‘La Graveco de la Fideligo’]	Bloomsbury Theatre	1987 4 July
	Yvonne Brewster	Bloomsbury Theatre	1989 15–27 May
		Beveridge Hall, Senate House	1992
	Nicholas Hytner	Aldwych Theatre	1993 22 February
	Terry Hands	Old Vic	1995 Summer / Autumn
	Sam Dowling	North Pole Pub Theatre, Greenwich	1996 2 October–9 November
		Turtle Key Arts Centre	1997 July
		Tabard Theatre	1998 27– 28 February
	Christopher Morahan	Theatre Royal, Haymarket	1999 4 August—>
	Xavier Leret	Bloomsbury Theatre	1999 October
	Directed by Bruce Jamieson; produced by Alice de Sousa	Greenwich Playhouse	2001 11 December–13 January 2002 (not 23–6, 31 December; 1 & 2 January)
	Christopher Morahan	Savoy Theatre	2001 17 January–24 March
		Greenwood Theatre	2003 11, 12, 13 June
		Moravian Church Gardens, Chelsea	2005 21–25 June
		New Wimbledon Theatre	2005 5–9 July
		Barbican	2005 7–9 October
	Michael Friend	Strawberry Hill House	2008 29th June
	Irina Brown	Open Air Theatre, the Regent’s Park	2009 3–25 July
	Bruce Jamieson	Greenwich Playhouse	2009 15 December-17 January 2010
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