NewsBite

Oscar Wilde

Advertisement
HOTA Gallery in Surfers Paradise is getting Writers Revealed, a show of historical portraits of UK authors as well as manuscripts and ephemera.

Letters from Tolkien, Jane Austen’s writing desk: Gold Coast to get show of UK literary treasures

The world-first exhibition brings together artefacts from the British Library and portraits from the National Portrait Gallery in London.

  • Nick Dent

Latest

The Christie’s auction will include the diamante-encrusted Sydney Opera House spectacles worn by Dame Edna, which are estimated to sell for up to £1500.

Dame Edna Everage’s diamante-encrusted specs to go under the hammer

Barry Humphries found global fame through the comic characters he created. His treasures, including an extensive art collection, will be sold off next year.

  • Rob Harris
Sarah Snook will reprise her role as Dorian Gray on Broadway next year.

Sarah Snook’s Dorian Gray was a West End triumph. Now it’s heading to Broadway

Having wowed audiences in London, the Succession star is set to take on New York in the brilliantly reimagined Oscar Wilde tale.

  • Kerrie O'Brien
Kimberley Hodgson as Catherine of Aragon

Spring has sprung early, here’s how to make the most of it in Melbourne

Your culture guide for cost-conscious connoisseurs, with a few big-ticket items should you have the chance to splash out.

  • Cameron Woodhead
Will Bartolo stars in La Boite’s <i>IRL</i> as a gay teen with a Disney Princess fixation.

IRL review: Looking for love at a fan convention, dressed as a Disney Princess

La Boite’s cosplay romcom holds up a mirror to teen identity in the late digital age.

  • Nick Dent
Oscar Wilde is one of history’s most celebrated playwrights.

‘I have only my genius to declare’: The wit and wisdom of Oscar Wilde

As The Importance of Being Earnest opens at Sydney Theatre Company, we look back at the writer’s genius, with help from actor Helen Thomson.

  • John Shand
Advertisement
Stephen Fry: “I genuinely think that laughter is not only enough, it is what is needed, and it saddens me that it is a young person’s game.”

Stephen Fry reveals the relationship advice that helped him ‘relax’

The actor, writer and TV host waxes philosophically on his years of celibacy, the need for laughter - and ideas making his brain hum.

  • Interview by David Marchese
celebrities are campaigning to save HM Prison Reading, where Oscar Wilde wrote his famous poem while incarcerated.

Actors campaign to save jail where Oscar Wilde wrote famous ballad

Dame Judi Dench, Sir Kenneth Branagh and Stephen Fry throw their weight behind the battle to block sale of Reading Gaol to developers.

  • Gordon Rayner
ARIA's Breakthrough Artist winners Lime Cordiale.

Dusty and disappointed: What went down at the ARIAs after-parties

A ceremony without a red carpet or an audience wasn’t the only thing coronavirus messed up for this year’s ARIA awards.

  • Nathanael Cooper
Oscar Wilde in an undated photograph

From the Archives, 1895: Oscar Wilde arrested in London

The glittering life of playwright Oscar Wilde came undone when his attempt to prosecute the Marquess of Queensberry for libel resulted in his own arrest for "gross indecency".

  • London correspondents

Original URL: https://www.watoday.com.au/topic/oscar-wilde-4ni