The importance of being Earnest Edith Evans 1952 the interrogation

Clip of 1952 version with Edith Evans as Lady Bracknell

[@ladycplum]

Love how she turns "handbag" into a 6-syllable word.

[@diffigawesomedick6986]

Or "found" in a 4-syllable word. FA-OU-N-DD (5:00)

[@motivationalmentalityhub24]

A 🖐🏽 BaAAaaaaGg’h

[@cofpaddy]

It's parodied in this British medical sitcom 😂 kzbin.info/www/bejne/lWq4n32mlMeEl5I

[@FallahPladasque]

Imagine her destroying a Haiku

[@giancarlojacobs9982]

Exactly 😂😂😂😂

[@elgee6202]

"Mr Worthing, rise, Sir, from this semi-recumbent posture!" - I'm having that as my new alarm!

[@YorkshireNutte]

It is MOST indecorous!

[@postmodernrecycler]

It's so worth it. I try to work in "semi-recumbent posture" every chance I get.

[@telemachus53]

No one does a handbag like Edith Evans.

[@steerpike66]

Evans' voice was symphonic; she wrings whole sentences out of single words, she drawls and gurgles, whoops and splutters. She's a madness of grandeur and establishment poise.There's nothing like it anywhere in drama.

[@Conor.Somers1]

Yeah thanks but I think we're all here for the handbag quote

[@jjeanniton]

If they would only bring back Heightened RP

[@trollingisasport]

5:34 The most emotionally riveting part of the scene.

[@samue.8626]

I came for the handbag and stay for the story

[@heyokaempath5802]

I do not know HOW the poor man stifled a howl of laughter.

[@corriepitt7630]

Fabulous. Thank god this was filmed. Dame Edith was spectacular and unique.

[@telemachus53]

Go to 5:30 put the speed down to 0.25 an sit back and enjoy.

[@ionescubogdan6899]

Hero

[@Draykez]

Oh my god the rate she changes the ouch if her voice lol

[@xAutumnPlayzx]

this will be lurking in my head when I go to sleep

[@92jwiener]

On 2x speed she says it as any normal person would say it.

[@adrian993]

@@92jwiener LMAO...You're so right!!!!!!!!!!!

[@linden4372]

I don’t know what I was expecting to be the context of “a haAnDbAaAg??” but it wasn’t this

[@dancingraccoon6259]

5:34

[@luisitomejia8299]

Hero

[@Emp31]

Thanks!

[@jabbra1837]

A Partridge amongst the pigeons

[@zhanebright]

thank you!

[@Max-vr2po]

god bless

[@apricotcookie4850]

Sheer perfection. Edith Evans owns it all.

[@Korvid_]

Came here for the handbag. But damn, Gwendolin's deep voice saying "Mama" is so funny to me.

[@12classics39]

I love his pause before continuing after she says “a handbag?” as if not even he can believe the sound that just came out of her mouth. LOL!

[@scaryshari]

@12classics39 - I hadn't thought of that before reading your comment, but now I TOTALLY agree!! :-D The actor looks not only shocked, but also like he's trying hard not to smile or laugh!! He's lucky he was able to get control of himself during that brief pause! LOL!!!

[@92jwiener]

I was found... Lady Bracknell: *F O o o O u U N n d D d??* No, forgive me, Lady Bracknell. Found.

[@bazcar22]

Perambulator, a word that should be used more often.

[@saidtheactress]

For me Edith Evans IS Lady Bracknell.

[@Starkiller5121]

These words are like silk. She's old as hell -- She's a lady considerably advanced in years. Her words are just fabulous to listen to, like I'm being serenaded by poetry.

[@mstrsims2]

so glad this was committed to film.

[@YesiamNovas]

"The line is immaterial!" Lady Bracknell - Influence lost.

[@SmudgeThomas]

The joke is rather lost nowadays, but at the time, the London Chatham and Dover had one side of Victoria, (the Western, smaller side) and the other was the London, Brighton and South Coast. "The Chatham" was regarded as one of the worst of the Victorian railways, catering to those who desired especially cheap accommodation. "The Brighton Line" by contrast went for the luxury market, running Pullman trains by the time Earnest came out, the most luxurious restaurant cars, with an hour to get to Brighton in them. A time still considered good today. Thus Lady Bracknell reveals that she is so contemptuous that the fact it's the nicer side doesn't matter.

[@stephenjones1380]

Every time my wife mentions the word "handbag", I always interject a la Lady Bracknell, "A haaaandbaaag?!" Edit: I've now got this video bookmarked to start exactly when it should. So now, if I'm at my machine when my wife says the fateful word, she gets it from the source itself.

[@mickfield1503]

Yep - snf but nobody ever came near her on this on - nooooobody!

[@noone-io4yj]

A hAaaAaAnD bAaAag*

[@isamcc1831]

And I bet she loves it!

[@tarzzamz2067]

A man of culture, i see 👏👏👏

[@That_Random_Bloke]

“I’ve got the video bookmarked” A boooookMAAAAAAAAARK?

[@xx6aesthetic9xx47]

5:33 for those looking

[@Trobinson97]

5:00 How to turn a one syllable word into a 5 syllable word.

[@neliaferreira9983]

😂😂

[@thebestspork]

fou-oh-oUUUnd??!

[@howardstrauss5337]

Oscar must have known Edith would be born

[@valeria-militiamessalina5672]

She speaks "tonal" English when she says "handbag", that's almost what all the syllables in the 3rd tone sound in Chinese.

[@Davegvg3576]

What a performance! I'm still laughing half an hour after...

[@YouHaveReachedBob]

The suspenseful music coming after "The line is immaterial!" is fantastic.

[@patsakornpariyapranee9181]

Came for the meme, stayed for the whole clip. Poor man got found in a black handbagghghghg

[@elizabethgibson5116]

Now that's what I call a mother in law interrogation lol

[@UnfamiliarPlace]

A haaand-baaaag?!

[@pondwater]

I love how gwendolin goes like "not quite fInIShEd yET"

[@thecitizenoftheinternet1077]

The importance of being a handbag

[@C-4U]

Inimitable Dame Edith Evans 🤣😂🤣😂

[@waowao9852]

5:33 you might be here for this

[@jasonhurd4379]

If we couldn't have film of Edith Evans' Millamant or Mrs Malaprop, her Lady Bracknell is a decent consolation prize

[@MySteaming]

Its such a pity Oscar Wilde himself didn't live long enough to experience Dame Edith uttering his own famous oritory. He would have died with laughter - that's for sure....

[@josbouma7924]

Even though it's over the top, there are some valid points!

[@earlwest3502]

This one is by far the best!!!! Version/ rendition

[@davidkasdan702]

What a hoot! I didn't even know about her until Tea with the Dames. How Bloomsbury can you get!

[@apsetiadi]

This must be the voice of God to Moses during the Ten Commandments handover.

[@wadebaker2910]

This scene feels like an 1800s Dutch cigarette ad come to life

[@alicemilne1444]

The play dates from 1895.

[@EmanDeMoan]

If you set it at x2 speed, she speaks in a normal person speed lol

[@athannotoudas1032]

Wow it really works 😂

[@NPA1001]

“ This place has gone Orf Terribly”

[@Knappa22]

It’s at 5:33 if you want to find it quickly!

[@drowningvlogs1682]

it made it more funnier now that i know the full context of the meme

[@Studentofgosset]

"To lose one parent, Mr Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortunte, to lose both looks like carelessness"

[@sedekiman]

Glorious!!!!

[@lordrobert12]

I love you Edith!!

[@itsmemaario]

It gets trippy if you slow the handbag down to x0.25.

[@orelas167]

7:37: The "good morning" sick burn. There has only ever been one.

[@ReaganWolfie]

Me having to watch this for class after just coming back from comiccon and its due at 11:59, now 10:59. My mind is like "wtf am i watching" Im suppose to write a response and I literally have no idea what im looking at here. Im so tired

[@ded5630]

Thank you

[@DavidJohnson-yq4nz]

Legendary

[@kyawkyawwin1]

Sir Michael Redgrave - incomparable ... The Dead of Night.

[@kennethwayne6857]

My favorite performance of his.

[@sahildiwan4627]

All I can imagine is Mycroft Holmes being Lady Bracknell

[@luciadilazzaro2285]

Yes. Mark would look "dishy" dress like that

[@mysticmouse7261]

Fortunately in England at any rate education has produced no effect whatsover.

[@irishandproud7119]

Lets be honest, we all came here for 5:33

[@peterglover5611]

Love this film especially Margaret Rutherford as miss Prism

[@cy7357i]

I have to watch the movie now.

[@wario7393]

5:34 Is what you're looking for.

[@MechaAkuma]

5:33 "a haaaaandbaaag?"

[@TheVOYD16]

So...... does she like him or not? I can't tell if she was intrigued by his story after "a handbaaaaaag?" or if she remained disgusted.

[@davidthornton5454]

She absolutely does not

[@naly202]

Do watch the whole play, it's absolute genius. Full of witty dialogues like this and a very over-the-top plot.

[@lostmarimo]

A haa (the entire set of lyrics to the song Stairway to heaven by Led Zeppelin) aandbag?!

[@harrysturgeon3103]

I love 💕 you J and all handbags you bought for me in 1997

[@lordrobert12]

She reminds me of a white Aunt Esther!! (From Sanford & Son)

[@CanadianMonarchist]

I love The Importance of Being Earnest, but I’m not sure why they cast Sir Michael Redgrave as Jack. He was much too old for the part.

[@kennethwayne6857]

If it's an actor as brilliant as Sir Michael, it's fine by me.

[@harrysturgeon3103]

That's my mom like for real

[@craigwolfe249]

Anyone else came here after watching green wing when sue says "hhhhandggg baag!"

[@420thlegioner8]

How the guy didn't crack at that moment lol.

[@svire3370]

Am I the only one wondering how Mycroft would sound as Lady Bracknell?

[@thymepomagranite3575]

if by Mycroft you mean Mark Gatiss, he would be spectacular.....

[@bazcar22]

Haaaand Baaaag? She's adorable

[@7ofspades7]

Really just left the cursor on the UI huh

[@BippyChunchun]

As if he had any choice in being an orphan 💀

[@harrysturgeon3103]

A bug-out HAAAANNDDDDBAAAG?!!

[@harrysturgeon3103]

Fierce that one

[@ianfergalfarrar]

The late great Victoria Wood and the brilliant sitcom dinner ladies brought me here 😃😃

[@noctss]

fancy.

[@skdog5153]

5:31😂

[@OlviMasta77]

5:30 A handbag??

[@misswunderlich9345]

😆 Armer Kerl. Gut , dass diese Zeiten vorbei sind.

[@robertoorsi3203]

Überhaupt nicht gut!

[@aikomaliako]

6:18

[@ded5630]

5:39 5:44

[@ded5630]

5:48

[@ded5630]

5:59

[@Emp31]

No

[@harrysturgeon3103]

Can you imagine the Queen of England meeting Prince Harry's handbag lol!!

[@thebestspork]

fou-oh-oUUUnd??!

[@melancholy.xander]

Gwendolyn is so beautiful

[@harrysturgeon3103]

Classic eat it record in summer school highjinks dramarama 1984?

[@neliaferreira9983]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/parYoIitrah_g9U in case you missed it

[@Salamander6969]

Ah! The French Revolution; a time of regular handbag births…

[@dogesyndrome5205]

Wubby7

[@lostmarimo]

what an odd way to speak. sounds like that one guy from the life of brian

[@dirge187]

Jesus was this written by Quentin Tarantino?

[@luciadilazzaro2285]

What? How dare you?

[@marjorieramshaw9211]

Gwendalines dress, absolutely gorgoes,.. good version but preferred the 1990 version

[@paullosasso7147]

Is she drunk?

[@seaglass22]

No, just frightfully British!

[@harrysturgeon3103]

I eat hair- Milo oblong

[@harrysturgeon3103]

Ms munday fierceness after after after up for days after after @ Ms munday fierceness after the after continue...on the next ...stay tuned...to be continued...part E...Handbag fierceness let you have it let HERE HARE HER HARE and is HE STRAIGHT? diversion version dingberry power activate Marcia Marcia looking scarry dreaming colours looking very scary she's hare she's hair she's hers hares and hears SO EAT IT!!!!!

[@noone-io4yj]

I thaught she was a guy...

[@skip4963]

5:33

[@markburch8695]

5:33

[@handyjobson5900]

5:33