The Oscar Wilde Collection
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Oscar Wilde
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Four classic comedies from one of the wittiest playwrights in Western literature: Lady Windermere's Fan, A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband, and The Importance of Being Earnest, all featuring star-studded casts with the likes of Jacqueline Bisset, Miriam Margolyes, James Marsters, Alfred Molina, Roger Rees, Yeardley Smith, Eric Stoltz, and many more. This audio also includes a chilling dramatization of Wilde's sole novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray.
Lady Windermere's Fan:
The irreverent satire that launched Wilde's succession of classical comedies. A lord, his wife, her admirer, and an infamous blackmailer converge in this delicious comic feast of scandal. A divinely funny comedy of good girls, bad husbands, and the moral hypocrisy of British high society in the late 19th century. Stars Roger Rees, Eric Stoltz, Miriam Margolyes, Joanna Going, Gina Field, Judy Geeson, Arthur Hanket, Lisa Harrow, Dominic Keating, James Warwick, and Tom Wheatley. Directed by Michael Hackett.
A Woman of No Importance:
Devilishly attractive Lord Illingworth is notorious for his skill as a seducer. But he is still invited to all the "best" houses while his female conquests must hide their shame in seclusion. In this devastating comedy, Wilde uses his celebrated wit to expose English society's narrow view of everything from sexual mores to Americans. Stars Rosalind Ayres, Jane Carr, Peter Dennis, Judy Geeson, Paul Gutrecht, Martin Jarvis, Cherie Lunghi, Robert Machray, Miriam Margolyes, Samantha Mathis, and Jim Norton.
An Ideal Husband
A tender love story, a glittering setting in London society, and a shower of witticisms are only a few of the reasons this play has enjoyed hugely successful revivals.
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- Rumcelt
- 29-12-18
Mr Wilde
This is the second time I have listen to Mr Wilde pro's and I am glad I did, his works are enlightened the duality that it is to be human, love, passion and depravity in not so equal measure.
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- Swordfish
- 16-02-20
excellent
Brilliant casts for all 5 of these plays. Wilde at his best, commentating the society of the day.
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- ben
- 04-09-18
a great introduction to Wilde
Though some of the intermissions are outdated the recorded content is really good as an intro to the life of Wilde. thanks!
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- Amazon Customer
- 13-02-17
Excellent performances of superb plays
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
These are very entertaining stories with surprisingly progressive perspectives on issues that are just as relevant today.
What did you like best about this story?
Oscar Wilde is clever, witty and very entertaining in his transmission of strong moral adn ethical messages.
What does the narrators bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?
These are acted performances with a cast of stellar actors who bring the plays to vivid life.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
In each of the plays there is a moment when I felt very moved with sympathy for the victims.
Any additional comments?
Of course, the stories are contrived, adn they are old, but I think they are well worth listening to and are very entertaining.
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- sue tid
- 17-06-17
Good old Oscar
I love Oscar Wilde although disappointing to not have the full unedited copy. Well acted although one reading was by an OTT female.
It's amazing how the evil in Dorian Grey lives upto it's promise in modern times.
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- Mr Messy
- 23-08-21
Brilliant
Amazing, play’s perfect, the picture of Dorian Grey was highly abridged, to much and the acting was pretty bad in places. Plays amazing and acting almost perfect with just a few issues. Especially liked a woman of no importanceand acting good
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- Ba Macdonald
- 24-05-23
Dreadful
This was almost unbelievably bad, mainly because of the appalling accents put on by the performers. It would have been better had it been performed with the actors own accents rather than the travesties used. If nothing else , at least a modicum of research should have been undertaken- Americans and English do not put emphasis on the same parts of a word and attention to this detail would have helped enormously. I have never heard the name, Harry, pronounced in such a strange way as it was during this production, and the same applies to many other words. Overall it was a horrible melange of clearly American voices trying to speak in what they wrongly consider to be English accents and frequently lapsing back into their natural American speech.
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