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The Picture of Dorian Gray

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  4w, 11m

The Picture of Dorian Gray
by John Osborne
From the novel by Oscar Wilde

"Osborne has done much more than a scissors-and-paste job on Wilde's famous story ... he has highlighted the topical concept of youth as a commodity for which one would sell one's soul ..." - Guardian

Adapted from the novel by Oscar Wilde. A brilliant dramatization of Wilde's classic novel about a young man who magically retains his youth...

The Picture of Dorian Gray

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Adapted from the novel by Oscar Wilde. A brilliant dramatization of Wilde's classic novel about a young man who, magically, retains his youth and beauty while the decay of advancing years and moral corruption appears on a portrait painted by one of his lovers.
  • Time Period 19th Century
  • Setting A studio

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"Osborne has done much more than a scissors-and-paste job on Wilde's famous story ... he has highlighted the topical concept of youth as a commodity for which one would sell one's soul ..." - Guardian

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Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was born in Dublin to Sir William Wilde and his wife Jane. While studying at Oxford, he was fascinated by the aesthetic movement and eventually became a proponent for L'art pour l'art ("Art for Art's Sake") and wrote the award-winning poem "Ravenna." U ...

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John Osborne

John James Osborne was born in London on 12 December 1929 and died in Shropshire on 24th December 1994. He was married five times. His first wife was actress Pamela Lane. Pamela was the basis for the character of Alison in LOOK BACK IN ANGER, outlived John and all his subs ...
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