Oscar Wilde

...was terrified of exposure because his wife had chucked him out of the house where he claimed he was living. What was it that Oscar Wilde said about life imitating art? *Although the position of Elizabeth Truss, below, as Tory candidate...

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...has a wild time, has wild orgies, but he gets away with it." Yet hedonism has its costs. That fact is nowhere more apparent than in Oscar Wilde's character Dorian Gray, whose narcissism corrupts and eventually kills him. In a striking...

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...or call (352) 754-3082. Quick trip Wilde show: The Bishop McLaughlin Catholic High School drama department will present Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest at 7 p.m. today and Saturday, and at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Eleanor...

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...and celery and slung poetic quips and turns of phrase at one another like the knights of the Round Table possessed by Oscar Wilde. These gatherings themselves did not produce work or ideas or change the world, but the surviving Benchley...

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...vs. GOP. As they size up each other and tear each other down, re-think the prescient words of playwright and poet Oscar Wilde, who once said: "He has no enemies but is intensely disliked by his friends." Firmly pro choice, I am. Take that...

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...prostitutes. Headlam was widely mocked and reviled in late Victorian circles (not least for his kindness to outcasts: Headlam took Oscar Wilde in his carriage to the trial every morning, and allowed him sanctuary in his house after his...

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...Kennon - Published: Nov 17, 2009 at 10:06 am 0 comments In the two decades that Irish theatre has engaged me, I have seen many of Oscar Wilde's Lady Bracknells. Double digits to be sure. More Bracknells than Wilde's bon mots? Not quite,...

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"Phrazes for the Young," sporting only eight tracks (11 if you splurge for the deluxe edition), references in its title Oscar Wilde's "Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young," a short list of witty advice tidbits first...

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Ernest in Love, the 1960 musical version of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, boasting a frisky comic score beloved by cast album collectors, will return to Off-Broadway in December. Advertisement Irish Repertory Theatre...

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...Matthews (Narrator 1), Matthew Wolf (Narrator, Parker, Harris) and JB Blanc. They will join previously announced Simon Templeman (Oscar Wilde) and John Vickery (Marquis de Queensbury). "In three short months, Oscar Wilde, the most...

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