The Importance of Being Oscar
A star-studded account of Oscar Wilde鈥檚 glittering and controversial career before his trial for homosexual crimes and tragic fall from grace.
A star-studded account of Oscar Wilde鈥檚 glittering and controversial career before his trial for homosexual crimes and tragic fall from grace.
Highlights from Oscar鈥檚 brilliant comedies such as The Importance of Being Earnest and stories such as The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Canterville Ghost are adapted and performed by a cast including Freddie Fox, Claire Skinner, Anna Chancellor and James Fleet. Wilde enthusiasts and experts, including Stephen Fry, Wilde鈥檚 grandson Merlin Holland and his latest biographers, provide revelatory accounts of how his own life informed his work. His Irish roots, his early career, his marriage and the importance of women as well as men in his life all combine in a complex and compelling characterisation and celebration that adds flesh to the bones of a man who is too often caricatured.
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Music Played
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Tigran Hamasyan
The American
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Jaga Jazzist
Toccata (Live)
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Erik Satie
Lent
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Erik Satie
Lent
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Tigran Hamasyan
New Baroque
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Tigran Hamasyan
Markos and Markos
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Michael Nyman
Knowing the Ropes
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Lady Bracknell | Anna Chancellor |
Virginia, Hester Worsley, Cecily, Lady Windermere | Anna Devlin |
Canterville Ghost, Basil Hallward | James Fleet |
Jokannen, Dorian Gray, Lord Goring | Freddie Fox |
Young Oscar Wilde, Vivian, Bunthorne, Jack Worthing, Lord Windermere | Ben Lloyd-Hughes |
Salome, Mrs Allonby, Gwendolyn, Lady Chiltern | Alice Orr-Ewing |
Oscar Wilde | Nicholas Rowe |
Herodias, Mrs Arbuthnot, Mrs Erlynne | Claire Skinner |
Herod, Cyril, Lord Illingworth, Algernon, Robert Chiltern, Darlington, Henry Wotton | Ed Stoppard |
Director | Richard Curson Smith |
Executive Producer | Franny Moyle |
Broadcasts
- Sat 20 Apr 2019 21:00
- Sat 11 May 2019 02:15
- Fri 18 Dec 2020 23:25
- Thu 15 Jul 2021 21:30
- Sun 1 May 2022 22:10