The cucumber sandwiches are indeed from Oscar Wilde's brilliant play, The Importance of Being Earnest. It was made into a wonderful movie in 1952 with Dame Edith Evans as Lady Bracknell ("A handbag?"). The cucumber sandwiches scene, and particularly the butler's low-key rejoinder, is classic.
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The cucmber sandwiches are indeed from Oscar Wilde's brilliant play, The Importance of Being Earnest. It was made into a wonderful movie in 1952 with Dame Edith Evans as Lady Bracknell ("A handbag?"). The cucmber sandwiches scene, and particularly the butler's low-key rejoinder, is classic.
