l-r: Nigel Havers (Algernon Moncrieff), Cherie Lunghi (Gwendolen Fairfax), Rosalind Ayres (Miss Prism), Martin Jarvis (John Worthing, J.P.), (rear, part obscured) Christine Kavanagh (Cicely Cardew), Niall Buggy (Rev. Canon Chasuble), Sian Phillips (Lady Bracknell) in THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST by Oscar Wilde at the Harold Pinter Theatre, London SW1 17/07/2014 design: William Dudley lighting: Oliver Fenwick director: Lucy Bailey

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