The Importance of Being Earnest is a 1957 Australian TV performance of the 1895 play by Oscar Wilde.
[4] It aired on 18 December 1957 and starred Margo Lee and Richard Meikle.
[5] It was the longest running Australian-made drama to have aired on Australian TV until that time, beating the record set by Sound of Thunder (78 mins).
"[9] Set designer Desmonde Downing said " "We are striving for a grand and spacious effect while retaining the atmosphere of the period."
As most of the shots will be close-ups and mid-close-ups, we try to create period and character in necklines and shoulderlines, and hat—we've had a lot of fun with the hats.