Oscar Wilde?s classic comedy follows the fortunes of two lovestruck bachelors: the wealthy and eligible Jack Worthing (Michael Redgrave) and Algernon Moncrieff (Michael Denison). Jack is romantically involved with Algernon?s cousin, Gwendolen Fairfax (Joan Greenwood), while Jack?s ward, Cecily Cardew (Dorothy Tutin), is the object of Algernon?s affections. However, Jack?s unworthy habit of representing himself as his imaginary brother, Earnest, and Algernon?s deceitful adoption of Earnest?s name and reputation to simplify his courtship has led each girl to believe herself to be engaged to the non-existent Earnest.
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