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Mirabella Sundar Singh as Cecily Cardew and James Daly as Algernon Moncrieff in 'The Importance of Being Earnest' at the Grand Theatre. iPhoto caption: Mirabella Sundar Singh as Cecily Cardew and James Daly as Algernon Moncrieff in 'The Importance of Being Earnest' at the Grand Theatre. Photo by Dahlia Katz.

Q&A: In London, the Grand’s Importance of Being Earnest highlights the play’s layers of queerness

"The entire physical production has been enacted to get people to try to keep their ears and their eyes open to all the code that Wilde has placed into the play," says director Alistair Newton.

By Caelan Beard / Mar 30, 2026