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Who Played Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest

Lady Bracknell is a role in The Importance of Being Earnest, a play that opened Broadway in 2011.

The Importance of Being Earnest is a glorious comedy of mistaken identity, which ridicules codes of propriety and etiquette. Dashing men-about-town John Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff pursue fair ladies Gwendolen Fairfax and Cecily Cardew. Matters are complicated by the imaginary characters invented by both men to cover their on-the-sly activities - not to mention the disapproval of Gwendolen's mother, the formidable Lady Bracknell.

19 actors have played Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest.

View full cast of The Importance of Being Earnest

Performer Production Opened
Ida Vernon Broadway The Importance of Being Earnest 1895
Ethel Hornick Broadway The Importance of Being Earnest 1902
Ethel Winthrop Broadway The Importance of Being Earnest 1910
Charlotte Granville Broadway The Importance of Being Earnest 1921
Lucile Watson Broadway The Importance of Being Earnest 1926
Estelle Winwood Broadway The Importance of Being Earnest 1939
Margaret Rutherford Broadway The Importance of Being Earnest 1947
Dorothy Blackburn Broadway The Importance of Being Earnest 1977
Elizabeth Wilson Broadway The Importance of Being Earnest 1977
Dina Merrill Off-Broadway The Importance of Being Earnest 1985
Angela Madden Off-Broadway The Importance of Being Earnest 2002
Alex Webb Off-Broadway The Importance of Being Earnest 2003
Carol Schultz Off-Broadway The Importance of Being Earnest 2008
Brian Bedford Broadway The Importance of Being Earnest 2011
Sandra Shipley Broadway The Importance of Being Earnest 2011
Janet Jefferies West End The Importance of Being Earnest 2012
David Suchet West End The Importance of Being Earnest 2015
Sophie Thompson West End The Importance of Being Earnest 2018
Stephen Fry West End The Importance of Being Earnest 2025

Other Roles in The Importance of Being Earnest

Role Production Opened
Algernon Moncrieff Broadway The Importance of Being Earnest 2011
Cecily Cardew Broadway The Importance of Being Earnest 2011
Honorable Gwendolyn Fairfax Broadway The Importance of Being Earnest 2011
John Worthing, J.P. Broadway The Importance of Being Earnest 2011
Lady Bracknell Broadway The Importance of Being Earnest 2011
Lane Broadway The Importance of Being Earnest 2011
Merriman Broadway The Importance of Being Earnest 2011
Miss Prism Broadway The Importance of Being Earnest 2011
Reverend Canon Chasuble, D.D. Broadway The Importance of Being Earnest 2011
Servant Broadway The Importance of Being Earnest 2011

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