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Stephen Fry was born to play Lady Bracknell: PATRICK MARMION reviews The Importance of Being Earnest at the Noel Coward Theatre
['Patrick Marmion']
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The Importance of Being Earnest (Noel Coward Theatre, London)Rating:Was ever an actor more obviously born to play a role?
It’s a joyfully exuberant production, now recast and transferred from the National Theatre to the West End.
The 68-year-old actor, writer and TV presenter, becomes a 6ft 5in taffeta tank as Wilde’s memorably scathing widow.
Fry replaces Sharon D Clarke, who made a formidable and vividly-costumed Jamaican matriarch in the National’s original production.
Max Webster’s joyous production remains book-ended with an LGBTQ+ pageant which adds needless flummery to an immaculately constructed plot.