Author: Merlin Holland and John O'Connor
Published by: Samuel French
14th February 1895 was the opening night of The Importance of Being Earnest at the St James Theatre in London and the zenith of Oscar Wilde’s career. Yet within 100 days, Wilde had been through three trials and was sentenced to two year’s hard labour. Where outside of Shakespeare and Sophocles has there been a more shocking fall from grace? Using the actual transcripts of 'the trial of the century’ we can feel what it was like to be in court during the electric exchanges between Wilde and the prosecution.
"A lofty and beguiling Wilde in a smart play that reveals the establishment at its worst"
Author: Merlin Holland and John O'Connor
Published by: Samuel French
Set in the decadent world of Victorian London, a beautiful young man called Dorian Gray becomes infatuated by the exquisite portrait that Basil Hallward has painted of him. He makes a Faustian pact that he will remain forever young while the picture grows old.
