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Summary
DescriptionThe Importance of Being Earnest - Cigarettecase.jpg
English: Still photograph from Act 1 of the original production of The Importance of Being Earnest (1895). It shows Algernon Moncrieff (left, played by Allan Aynesworth) refusing to return Mr Jack Worthing's (Sir George Alexander) cigarette case until the latter explains the inscription therein.
Italiano: Fotografia di una rappresentazione de "The Importance of Being Earnest" (1895).
Date
Source
Photograph taken at St. James's Theatre, London 1895
Author
Unknown authorUnknown author
Licensing
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This file is in the public domain because the photograph was taken in 1895, during the play's premiere, i.e. 115+ years ago and likely published contemporaneously. The principals, including Sir George Alexander, the play's producer, are deceased for more than 70 years, the author is unidentified but also believed to be long deceased.
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2006-12-11 17:19 Orbicle 469×544× (183808 bytes) {{PD}} Photograph of the original production of The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)
Captions
Scene from Act 1 of The Importance of Being Earnest, 1895