Poster advertising The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde at the Savoy Theatre, 23 January-14 April 2001. Designed and printed by Dewynters, London.

Poster featuring a colour photograph in the left half of the poster against a light blue background of Patricia Routledge as Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest. The name of the producer Duncan Weldon, the name of the author Oscar Wilde, the title of the play and the name of the theatre appear in yellow lettering, wiuth white lettering for Patricia Routledge's name, which tops the bill, with other cast member's names lower down.

Given by Dewynters PLC

The play was written by Oscar Wilde and directed by Christopher Morahan, with a set by Peter Rice, lighting by Robert Bryan, design by Peter Rice and music by Ilona Sekacz. It was a Chichester Festival Theatre production which was first seen in London at the Haymarket Theatre from 10 August to 6 November 1999 (previews from 4 August). It then returned to the Savoy Theatre in 2001, from 23 January unril 14 April 2001, with previews from 17 January. The cast at the Haymarket Theatre was Patricia Routledge, Adam Godley, Saskia Wickham, Alan Cox, Rebecca Johnson, Jonathan Cecil and Sheila Reid. At the Savoy Theatre in 2001 Patricia Routledge starred again, with the new cast of Alistair Petrie, Essie Davis, Theo Fraser Steele, Sarah Kants, Jonathan Elsom and Beverley Dunn.

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