Oscar Wilde and Art: Tragedy of Dorian Gray
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…