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Theatre Review (LA): ‘An Ideal Husband’ at the Sierra Madre Playhouse
A first-rate production of Oscar Wilde's biting comedy, still relevant for contemporary audiences with its depiction of corruption and hypocrisy in high society.
Read More »Anthem Film Fest – Telling the Truth Could Get You Killed
If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise, they'll kill you. -- Oscar Wilde
Read More »Book Review: Oscar Wilde and the Murders at Reading Goal by Gyles Brandreth
Oscar Wilde goes to prison and solves the murders at Reading Gaol.
Read More »Theatre Review (Singapore): The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
Wild Rice's all-male production is funny and alluring.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): The Picture of Dorian Gray
There's a reason Oscar Wilde wrote this story as a novel, not a play.
Read More »Interview: Glen Goei and Ivan Heng of Wild Rice’s The Importance of Being Earnest
The director and the actor go beyond their production and theatre to answer some pertinent questions about life, love and the government.
Read More »DVD Review: Lillie
Francesca Annis is the consumate Lillie Langtry in the miniseries, Lillie.
Read More »Book Review: Oscar Wilde and the Vatican Murders by Gyles Brandreth
The game is afoot for Oscar Wilde and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, on a case infused with secrets and secret passageways, ambitions and manipulations.
Read More »Graphic Novel Review: Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde: The Happy Prince, Illustrated by P. Craig Russell
Wilde’s classic Victorian fairy story receives a loving adaptation by the comic book illustrator.
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