The Importance of Being Earnest
A MAPPA MUNDI | THEATR MWLDAN | CREU CYMRU CO-PRODUCTION
UK TOUR 10th April – 17th May 2008
“I hope you will enjoy my ‘trivial’ play. It is written by a butterfly for butterflies. [The play] has its philosophy . . . that we should treat all the trivial things seriously, and the serious things in life with sincere and studied triviality.”
Oscar Wilde
This, the most popular and razor witted of Oscar Wilde’s social comedies is a brilliant demonstration of the dramatic diamond cutter’s art. Mappa Mundi’s brand new and perfectly honed production allows a modern audience to be dazzled by that brilliance.
Jack and Algy are in love with Gwendolen and Cecily, who both believe themselves to be in love with the non-existent Ernest. Add a handbag, an absent minded nanny and the redoubtable Lady Bracknell into the wonderful lunacy and symmetry of the plot and you have the ultimate satirical farce. Wilde’s sparkling one-liners shine through to skewer the manners and morals of the pretentious and those to the manor born.
Mappa Mundi’s set, costume, music, and lighting display all the mechanics of theatre with an elaborate perfection. Audiences can look forward to a high quality and unique rendition of this, the most dazzling of comedies, from a company at the forefront of theatre in Wales. Make sure you catch them – this is a real gem!
Mae’r comedi cymdeithasol mwyaf poblogaidd a ffraeth hwn o waith Oscar Wilde, yn esiampl wych o ddawn finiog tu hwnt yr awdur. Mae cynhyrchiad newydd sbon Mappa Mundi, sydd wedi’i siapio i berffeithrwydd yn caniatáu cynulleidfa fodern i werthfawrogi’r disgleirdeb hwnnw’n llawn.
Mae Jack ac Algy mewn cariad gyda Gwendolyn a Cecily, ac mae’r ddwy yn credu eu bod mewn cariad gyda Ernest, nad yw serch hynny’n bodoli. Ychwanegwch fag llaw, nani anghofus a’r Lady Bracknell anorthrech i wiriondeb hyfryd a chymesuredd y plot, a bydd gennych y ffars dychanol pennaf. Mae ymadroddion bachog Wilde yn ennill y dydd ac yn cwestiynu moesau yr ymhongar a’r rhai o dras uchel.
Mae set, gwisgoedd, cerddoriaeth a goleuadau Mappa Mundi yn amlygu mecanweithiau theatr gyda pherffeithrwydd manwl. Gall y gynulleidfa edrych ymlaen at berfformiad unigryw o safon uchel o’r comedi mwyaf aruthrol, gan gwmni sydd ar flaen theatr yng Nghymru. Byddwch yn siwr o ddal y sioe neilltuol hon.
The Importance of Being Earnest gave 26 performances at 20 venues in the autumn of 2007, playing to a total audience of 4846.
Reviews
“unashamedly populist, cleverly conceived and riotously funny” Western Mail on Mappa Mundi’s Canterbury Tales
Gallery
Tour Venues
10 Theatr Mwldan CARDIGAN
11 Theatr Mwldan CARDIGAN
12 Theatr Mwldan CARDIGAN
15 Torch Theatr MILFORD HAVEN
16 Torch Theatr MILFORD HAVEN
18 The Grand Pavilion PORTHCAWL
19 The Welfare, Ystradgynlais
22 Theatr Gwynedd BANGOR
23 Theatr Gwynedd BANGOR
24 Neuadd Dwyfor, PWLLHELI
25 Theatr Hafren NEWTOWN
26 Beaufort Theatre, EBBW VALE
29 Blackwood Miners, BLACKWOOD
30 Aberystwyth Arts Centre, ABERYSTWYTH
1 Coliseum, Aberdare
2 Borough Theatre, Abergavenny
6 Congress Theatre, CWMBRAN
7 Theatr Brycheiniog, BRECON
8 Taliesin Arts Centre, SWANSEA
9 Taliesin Arts Centre, SWANSEA
10 Courtyard, HEREFORD
13 Theatr Stiwt RHOSLLANERCHRUGOG
14 Theatr y Sherman Theatre CARDIFF
15 Theatr y Sherman Theatre CARDIFF
16 Barry Memorial Hall, BARRY
17 Wyeside Arts Centre, BUILTH WELLS
The Cast / Y Gast

Liam Tobin
Algernon Moncrieff

Meilyr Sion
John Worthing, J.P.

Lizzie Rogan
Merriman

Chris Morgan
Rev. Canon Chausuble, D.D. / Lane

Christine Pritchard
Lady Bracknell

Mali Tudno Jones
Hon. Gwendolen Fairfax

Lynne Seymour
Cecily Cardew

Rhian Morgan
Miss Prism, Governess
Creative Team / Tim Creadigol
Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
Peter Knight
Ceri James
Carl Davies
Director/Designer
Composer
Lighting Designer
Assistant Designer
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