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Subject(s)

• Masculinity [Browse]
• Modern drama—21st century [Browse]

Original author

• Oscar Wilde [Browse]

Adaptor

• Owen Horsley [Browse]

Series

NHB Modern Plays [More in this series]

Summary note

Dorian Gray - handsome, hedonistic, narcissistic - sells his soul for eternal beauty. Basil and Henry join him for the ride until it all goes too far, and the hangovers become murderous. Oscar Wilde's only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, was a succès de scandale on its publication in 1891, accused of violating the laws of public morality. It immediately captured the minds of its readers, the spirit of the age, and the soul of a man with nothing to declare but his genius. This thrilling stage adaptation by Phoebe Eclair-Powell and Owen Horsley follows one man's descent from glorious debauchery to epic self-destruction, intertwined with Wilde's own life story, his tragic persecution, and ultimate imprisonment in Reading Gaol. Its first full production premiered at Reading Rep Theatre in October 2021

Contents

• Intro
• Title page
• Contents
• Introduction
• DORIAN
• Prologue
• ACT ONE
• ACT TWO
• Afterword
• About the Authors
• Copyright and Performing Rights Information.

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ISBN

• 1-78460-687-1
• 1-78850-492-5

OCLC

1276852288

Doi

• 10.5040/9781784606879.00000002

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