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Description	English: Still photograph from Act 1 of the original production of The Importance of Being Earnest (1895). It shows Algernon Moncrieff (left, played by Allan Aynesworth) refusing to return Mr Jack Worthing's (Sir George Alexander) cigarette case until the latter explains the inscription therein. Italiano: Fotografia di una rappresentazione de "The Importance of Being Earnest" (1895).
Date	14 February 1895
Source	Photograph taken at St. James's Theatre, London 1895
Author	Unknown.
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