Cuckfield Dramatic Society

Oscar Wilde's masterpiece of comedy.

This hilarious satire on Victorian manners and morals finds a pair of young gentlemen, Jack Worthing and Algy Moncrieff assuming the name “Earnest” in order to woo two highly eligible young ladies, Misses Cecily Cardew and Gwendolen Fairfax. Their subterfuge leads to confrontation with the inimitable Lady Bracknell (Gwendolen’s mother) before the secret of the neurotic Miss Prism, (Cecily’s governess) is exposed. Wilde’s witty and apposite writing lets the characters expose both themselves and the double standards of upper class Victorian society. A perennial favourite, CDS will no doubt bring their usual skill and high standards to this much loved classic.

Presented in the traverse, with audience on two sides of the stage area.

See www.cuckfielddramaticsociety.com/earnest for more information.