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The Importance of Being Earnest

8.019922h 3mMovieComedy

An all-black version of Oscar Wilde's play.

DirectorKurt Baker
WritersKurt Baker·Peter Anthony Andrews
ProducerNancy Carter Crow

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Cast · Directed by Kurt Baker

OBObba Babatundé
Obba Babatundé
Lane
WBWren T. Brown
Wren T. Brown
Algernon Moncrief
CC
Chris Calloway
Gwendolyn Fairfax
LCLanei Chapman
Lanei Chapman
Cecily Cardew
SH
Sylvester Hayes
Butler
BI
Barbara Isaacs
Merriman
BPBrock Peters
Brock Peters
Doctor Chasuble
CPCCH Pounder
CCH Pounder
Miss Prism
DRDaryl Keith Roach
Daryl Keith Roach
Jack Worthing
AWAnn Weldon
Ann Weldon
Lady Bracknell

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