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January 14, 2011

Oscar Wilde’s 1895 comedy The Importance of Being Earnest, now being revived by the Roundabout Theatre Company at the American Airlines Theatre, is a perfect piece of writing — a verbal playground you wouldn’t want to add a single word to or subtract a single word from. Nonetheless, that doesn’t mean it can’t be compromised by a less-than-perfect production. Luckily, this new Broadway mounting, directed by and starring Brian Bedford, is as nearly perfect as it gets.

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January 14, 2011

Within seconds of sweeping onstage, and with a wordless gesture as funny as it is subtle, the great actor Brian Bedford proves beyond question that gender is of no importance whatsoever in portraying the imposing Lady Bracknell in Oscar Wilde’s greatest comedy, “The Importance of Being Earnest.”

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January 14, 2011

Oscar Wilde’s wittiest comedy sparkles in this Broadway production, and when its director is onstage, it delivers pure bliss.

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Ny Daily News
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January 14, 2011

"The Importance of Being Earnest" turns 116 next month, and the old joker is surprisingly spry.

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Associated Press
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January 14, 2011

The sure sign of a good actress is that you forget, over the course of two hours, that the woman you are seeing is, in fact, a man.

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