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To Meet Oscar Wilde

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  1w, 2m

Norman Holland

To Meet Oscar Wilde
by Norman Holland

"To meet Oscar Wilde" was an inducement printed by Victorian Society hostesses on soirée invitations. In this fascinating play Oscar Wilde gives a dissertation on his life in a lecture in 1899. Supported by his friend, Lord Evelyn, and an actress, Pe…

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    1w, 2m
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    Biography

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"To meet Oscar Wilde" was an inducement printed by Victorian Society hostesses on soirée invitations. In this fascinating play Oscar Wilde gives a dissertation on his life in a lecture in 1899. Supported by his friend, Lord Evelyn, and an actress, Penelope Dyall - who between them enact all the male and female characters mentioned in the dissertation - we are taken, in a series of short scenes, on a journey through Wilde's life.
M2 (30s, 40s) F1 (30s).
  • Setting Simple lecture platform

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