John Gielgud & Edith Evans: The Importance of Being Earnest
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"A handbag?" ... "The line is immaterial" Absolute classic! Thanks for posting that.
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Oops -- my mistake. It is Gielgud.
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Wilde's humor is so tastefully dry!
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I cant believe that while i was listening to this i was drinking some juice and when she got to the line-"To lose one parent.." i actually did one of those comedy cough/sneeze/chokes/splutter reactions, and out came the shower of blackberry juice all over my laptop.
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@JimmyThatcher Ahh ok, I was confused for a moment because I've seen the movie multiple times and Michael Redgrave does not look anything like John Gielgud.
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4:17 To skip to the Handbag.
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that is definitely Gielgud. Some of the verbal intonations are his, rather than the slightly lighter tone of Redgrave.
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Dame Wendy Hiller is better, by far. But A Haaaaaaaaaaaandbaaaaaag?! is very very classic and Dame Edith Evans is better at that line.
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A Haaandbag!?? D:
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@adi87tya Welsh. : )
And that photo at 40 is NOT Dame Edith; it's Maggie Smith.
ATsarIsBorn 1 year ago
@ATsarIsBorn that is correct, but she is playing Lady Bracknell. Shouldn't have had so much smack when making this vid!
JimmyThatcher 1 year ago
This clip is NOT from the film! It was a radio production and it is John Gielgud.
JimmyThatcher 2 years ago