The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
Here is an audio recording of John Gielgud and Edith Evans doing the scene of Lady Bracknell interrogating John/Earnest Worthing. This includes the famous “handbag” line, as well as the lines, “To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune–to lose both seems like carelessness,” and other incomparable quips, perfectly delivered.
