Discussion: The Importance of Being Earnest at the NT

The National Theatre produced an outstanding version of The Importance of Being Earnest in 2024/2025, directed by Max Webster and starring Sharon D Clarke, Ncuti Gatwa and Hugh Skinner. In this video, recorded at a showing of the filmed play at the Curzon Mayfair on 23 February 2025, Gyles Brandreth and Kate Hext discuss Oscar Wilde’s writing of the play, its reception, its enduring success and the NT’s production. The conversation is moderated by Darcy Sullivan of the Oscar Wilde Society.