The play was first staged at St James’s Theatre, London, 14 February 1895.
John Worthing, JP Mr George Alexander Algernon Moncrieff Mr Allan Aynesworth Revd Canon Chasuble, DD Mr H. H. Vincent Merriman (Butler) Mr Frank Dyall Lane (Manservant) Mr F. Kinsey Peile Lady Bracknell Miss Rose Leclercq Hon. Gwendolen Fairfax Miss Irene Vanbrugh Cecily Cardew Miss Evelyn Millard Miss Prism (Governess) Mrs George Canninge