The-Importance-of-Being-Earnest

The Hudson Players Club presents a Rehearsed Reading of The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

Directed by Simon Cote

Join us in an intimate garden setting as a delightful troop of gifted actors stage this witty satire set in Victorian England. What better backdrop than the gorgeous Greenwood gardens and tranquil Ottawa River to stage this play whom some consider as Wilde’s greatest dramatic achievement.

The production will be a staged reading, presented on the lawn at Greenwood (as a fundraiser for them) for three shows:
Friday 26th August @ 5pm, Saturday 27th August @ 2pm, and Sunday 28th August @ 2pm.

254 Rue Main, Hudson, QC J0P 1H0

Oscar Wilde’s madcap farce about mistaken identities, secret engagements, and lovers entanglements still delights readers more than a century after its 1895 publication and premiere performance. The rapid-fire wit and eccentric characters of The Importance of Being Earnest have made it a mainstay of the high school curriculum for decades.

Cecily Cardew and Gwendolen Fairfax are both in love with the same mythical suitor. Jack Worthing has wooed Gwendolen as Ernest while Algernon has also posed as Ernest to win the heart of Jack’s ward, Cecily. When all four arrive at Jack’s country home on the same weekend the “rivals” to fight for Ernest’s undivided attention and the “Ernests” to claim their beloveds pandemonium breaks loose. Only a senile nursemaid and an old, discarded hand-bag can save the day!

Simon Cote directs this rehearsed reading so that the audience can appreciate Wilde’s wry wit and elaborate plot twists.

CAST
Jack Chesney – Simon Côte
Charley Wykeham – James Berryman
Lord Fancourt Babberley – Phil Gausden
Kitty Verdun – Dawn Hartigan
Amy Spettigue – Vickie Kuchlein
Colonel Sir Francis Chesney – David Fisher
Stephen Spettigue – Chris Gobeil
Donna-Lucia D’alvadorez – Diana Gausden
Ela Delahay – Kelsey Scotcher

The Cast of The Importance of Being Earnest

Susan-Gilmore

Susan Gilmore

Lady Braknell

Peter-Williamson

Peter Williamson

Rev. Canon Chasuble

Andrew-McLennan

Andrew McLennan

Jack Worthing

James-Berryman-

James Berryman

Algernon Moncrieff

McKenna-Hayden

McKenna Hayden

Cecily Cardew

Caroline-Wagschal

Caroline Wagschal

Gwendolen Farfax

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David Fisher

Merrimen

Heather-Hanks-Cote

Peter Williamson

Rev. Canon Chasuble

The Crew for The Importance of Being Earnest

Simon-Cote-

Simon Cote

Director