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Igenlode Wordsmith ([personal profile] igenlode) wrote2026-04-11 01:07 pm
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The Importance of Being Igor

Igor Starygin appears as Algernon in the cigarette-case scene from the Soviet adaptation of "The Importance of Being Earnest":

The part clearly offered scope for his latent intelligence and mischief, as well as illustrating Soviet directors' tendency to cast him in 'white-bone' (aristocratic) roles...