National treasure and Poirot star David Suchet starred as the formidable Lady Bracknell in Oscar Wildeâs much loved masterpiece The Importance of Being Earnest. Directed by Adrian Noble, (Amadeus, The Kingâs Speech, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) Wildeâs superb satire on Victorian manners is one of the funniest plays in the English language. Two bachelor friends, the adorable dandy Algernon Moncrieff (Philip Cumbus â regular player at Shakespeareâs Globe) and the utterly reliable John Worthing J.P., (Downton Abbeyâs Michael Benz) lead double lives to court the attentions of the exquisitely desirable Gwendolyn Fairfax (Emily Barber) and Cecily Cardew (Imogen Doel). The gallants must then grapple with the riotous consequences of their deceptions, and with the formidable Lady Bracknell.