Morrissey & the Oscar Wilde Influence

[helen661]

The touring company, South Hill Park, is UK-based, in, of all place-names, Bracknell! Watch out for a stop near you.

I saw the play yesterday and it was charming. The extra descriptive passages about stages and events in Oscar Wilde's life, so intuitive and sympathetic, must be Micheál Mac Liammóir's words, whose life was quite remarkable in its own right. The current actor didn't presume such an equal filling of shoes, but recited fairly long sections of 'De Profundis' and 'Ballad' dramatically and movingly. It was an entertaining mix of Wilde's biography and art if not 100% factually correct or comprehensive, but close, definitely good enough, especially when you think it was composed 50 years ago when source material was very hard to come by. *Kum ba ya, my Lord, kum ba ya...*

'The Importance of Being Earnest' starring Stockard Channing, Rizzo from 'Grease', is on at the Gaiety in Dublin too - http://www.gaietytheatre.ie/index.php/whats-on-buy-tickets/calendar/importance-of-being-earnest/306

'Oh Lord Kum ba ya'.....

Well that sounds pleasant & enjoyable enough, Thanks...I will look out for that

and now I have to go and correct a typo that has just caught my 'I', sorry 'eye' in the above post, serves me right for posting at such unsociable hours with my eyes closed

 

[goinghome]

'Oh Lord Kum ba ya'.....

Well that sounds pleasant & enjoyable enough, Thanks...I will look out for that

and now I have to go and correct a typo that has just caught my 'I', sorry 'eye' in the above post, serves me right for posting at such unsociable hours with my eyes closed

helen661 and all, I would like to recommend a series of books which I came upon entirely by accident. They recount detective stories set in 1889. Arthur Conan Doyle is seconded to solve suspicious and explosive stories by Scotland Yard and by none other than Oscar Wilde! They're written by a fellow called Gyles Brandreth - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyles_Brandreth - who set up, with his wife, the teddy bear museum. He's an Oxonian who acted as Government Chief Whip to John Major which regrettably makes him a Conservative MP. However, as writer, broadcaster and cracking author of these tall tales, he shall be forgiven.

Very good: I think Morrissey and Merlin Holland would approve!

 

[Anaesthesine]

helen661 and all, I would like to recommend a series of books which I came upon entirely by accident. They recount detective stories set in 1889. Arthur Conan Doyle is seconded to solve suspicious and explosive stories by Scotland Yard and by none other than Oscar Wilde! They're written by a fellow called Gyles Brandreth - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyles_Brandreth - who set up, with his wife, the teddy bear museum. He's an Oxonian who acted as Government Chief Whip to John Major which regrettably makes him a Conservative MP. However, as writer, broadcaster and cracking author of these tall tales, he shall be forgiven.

Hmmm, that sounds familiar - I think I may have read a few of those mysteries. Then again, I read so many books about Sherlock Holmes/Conan Doyle/Oscar Wilde that I often lose track. They sound like a guilty pleasure.

I can forgive someone for being a conservative in Britain (but never in the US, where it is a much more virulent disease). I cannot, however, find it in my heart to forgive someone for opening a teddy bear museum.

 

[goinghome]

...I can forgive someone for being a conservative in Britain (but never in the US, where it is a much more virulent disease). I cannot, however, find it in my heart to forgive someone for opening a teddy bear museum.

One seems like misfortunate but doing both looks like carelessness?!

Stephen Fry addressed the Royal Academy, UK a couple of days ago, and referenced Wilde -
http://www.stephenfry.com/2010/06/09/speech-royal-academy/ .

It includes this picture; scroll right -

 

[Barking]

Incorrigible Oscar. Admiring a fax from Morrissey when everybody else in the room is looking at true works of art!

Must have taken a puff from Sherlock's pipe that day.

 

[goinghome]

Tomorrow, October 16, is Oscar Wilde's birthday.

His image was used to sell a whole heap of fancy goods, including hats, cigars, canes, flowers etc. Some of the little poster-cards advertising the items are pictured in Merlin Holland's "The Wilde Album", which I couldn't get to scan for some reason, but have managed to upload to sendspace, for anyone curious.

Description: Oscar Wilde Trade-Card Ads
You can use the following link to retrieve your file:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/0shvnm

Rather tit-illatingly, he also endorsed Madame Fontaine's Bosom Beautifier, pictured at the next link

Description: Oscar Wilde Big Bosoms Ad
You can use the following link to retrieve your file:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/tb3hkt

 

[punky]

Today is Oscar Wilde's Birthday

Today is Oscar Wilde's Birthday.

 

[Valjean]

Re: Today is Oscar Wilde's Birthday

I love the Google today.
He would have been 156 today!

"Life Is Too Important To Be Taken Seriously"

 

[Bluebirds]

Re: Today is Oscar Wilde's Birthday

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

 

[SparkleBoy]

Re: Today is Oscar Wilde's Birthday

Is he that dude on Sesame Street?

 

[Girl-with-the-Thorn]

Re: Today is Oscar Wilde's Birthday

I love the Google today.
He would have been 156 today!

"Life Is Too Important To Be Taken Seriously"

I love the google art today as well. Happy birthday Oscar!