Stage Door Records are pleased to announce that the previously unreleased studio cast recording of the 1984 West End musical 'The Importance', Sean O'Mahony's musical adaptation of Oscar Wilde's 'The Importance Of Being Earnest' was first staged at London's Ambassadors Theatre in May 1984. Produced in association with Ray Cooney's The Theatre Of Comedy Company, 'The Importance' starred David Firth, Patrick Ryecart and Judy Campbell and ran for a limited season. To date, 'The Importance' holds the distinction of being the only musical adaptation of 'The Importance Of Being Earnest' to run in the West End. A revised production subsequently opened at Peterborough's Key Theatre in July 1986, now titled 'Borne In A Handbag' the new cast featured Nigel Williams as Jack Worthing, Cal McCrystal as Algernon Moncrieff, Amanda Bairstow as Cecily Cardew, Charmian Gradwell as Gwendolen Fairfax and Ann Hamilton as Lady Bracknell.
8 I Must Write That Down Before I Forget (Reprise)
9 Every Flower in the Garden
10 Sincerely Yours
11 Your Duty As a Gentleman
12 The Importance of Being Earnest
13 I Am Never Wrong
14 May I Offer You a Cup of Tea?
15 Yes for a Woman He Will
16 One Vital Question
17 My Ward / Your Engagement (Reprise)
18 Borne in a Handbag
19 The Importance of Being Earnest (Finale)
Stage Door Records are pleased to announce that the previously unreleased studio cast recording of the 1984 West End musical 'The Importance', Sean O'Mahony's musical adaptation of Oscar Wilde's 'The Importance Of Being Earnest' was first staged at London's Ambassadors Theatre in May 1984. Produced in association with Ray Cooney's The Theatre Of Comedy Company, 'The Importance' starred David Firth, Patrick Ryecart and Judy Campbell and ran for a limited season. To date, 'The Importance' holds the distinction of being the only musical adaptation of 'The Importance Of Being Earnest' to run in the West End. A revised production subsequently opened at Peterborough's Key Theatre in July 1986, now titled 'Borne In A Handbag' the new cast featured Nigel Williams as Jack Worthing, Cal McCrystal as Algernon Moncrieff, Amanda Bairstow as Cecily Cardew, Charmian Gradwell as Gwendolen Fairfax and Ann Hamilton as Lady Bracknell.