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Oscar Wilde and Art: Tragedy of Dorian Gray

02/05/2009

An adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891) was performed recently in Geneva with professional actors auditioned and cast in London. The production focused on the main characters, stripping away some of the minor characters allowing the audience to follow the themes and ideas more easily. Fast moving and dynamic while staying close to Wilde’s original ideas and language, the tragedy of Dorian Gray is in many ways that of Oscar Wilde himself. Wilde himself wrote…

A defender of the rights of victims – Interview with His Excellency Monsignor Silvano M. Tomasi, Apostolic Nuncio, Permanent Observer of the Holy See

06/25/2008

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When going for a rendez-vous with the Holy See’s representative in Geneva, you might expect a serious, austere type who is going to make you feel guilty about all the things that you should have done and never did. However, meeting Monsignor Tomasi was not like this at all. We met a man with a great sense of humour, a deep concern about people and their well-being, and who is there to give the “forgotten ones” in our globalized…