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Salome kisses the head of John the Baptist. A play based on the biblical story ... CNN (blog) By Eric Marrapodi, CNN Belief Blog Co-Editor Charlottesville, Virginia (CNN)— As Oscar Wilde imagined it, the execution of John the Baptist was packed with love, lust, incest and murder. The Irish playwright spun the ancient biblical story into ... |
 Chattanooga Times Free Press | A trivial comedy Times of India A theatre group in the city is all set to stage Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, but with a local twist! On a Valentine's Day over a century ago, Oscar Wilde presented on stage for the first time the farcical comedy The Importance of ... Characters brought to life in 'Importance of Being Earnest' The Reitz Theater to Present “The Importance of Being Earnest” |
 Irish Times | Pacino to present his Oscar Wilde film at 10th Dublin festival Irish Times Top billing must, however, go to the venerable Al Pacino, who will be presenting Wilde Salomé, his eccentric documentary about one of Oscar Wilde's more notorious plays. “What Pacino's attendance does for me personally is make me believe that ... |
Adapted and directed by James Soldan The Yorker As an avid fan of Oscar Wilde, in particular 'The Picture of Dorian Gray', I was sceptical about, if not predisposed to disdain, any adaptation of it. In this case, however, I was more than pleasantly surprised. The winding description and eloquent ... |
 Telegraph.co.uk | Oscar Wilde: The World's Worst Musical is back Telegraph.co.uk Get Me Out of Here! contestant, tells Mandrake that his musical about Oscar Wilde is scheduled to begin a run at the Above the Stag Theatre in Victoria from March that will last eight weeks. “There will doubtless be people who will say I am mad to be ... |
A trivial comedy for serious people Our Colorado News Oscar Wilde looked at and chronicled late 19th century British society with tongue firmly in cheek. He invented a pair of gentlemen dandies, two sweet and proper, although strong-minded young ladies, a stuffy, over-the-top society matron, ... |
Stars to the media -- 'we want to be alone' -- now that we are Oscar nominees Chicago Tribune "THE PUBLIC have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing," said Oscar Wilde. EVERY SINGLE major celebrity in the Oscar sweepstakes has now had a change of heart. "I can't do an interview with you," they say to the ... |
 Broadway World | BWW Reviews: The Arvada Center Presents THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST ... Broadway World Thank goodness the Arvada Center's classic Victorian interpretation of Oscar Wilde's 1895 comedy THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, directed by Rod Lansberry, remembers that directive. This is a beautiful and fun homage to a great writer and colorful ... |
Who was Oscar Wilde? Eastern Iowa Life David Morton (center) stars as Oscar Wilde in the play “Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde,” chronicling the downfall of the celebrated playwright of “The Importance of Being Earnest.” Theatre Cedar Rapids will stage the play Feb. |
 New York Post | Olivia Wilde: 'People think I'm stupid for taking so many smaller roles' New York Post Wilde, who was born Olivia Cockburn, adopted her stage name while starring in the play "The Importance of Being Earnest" in high school. The name is a nod to playwright Oscar Wilde. Olivia Wilde tells Angeleno magazine that she prefers supporting roles ... |