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THE OSCHOLARSWilde events 2014The Livery Committee of the Stationers Company, London, presentsOSCAR WILDE'S CELEBRATION BANQUETTuesday, 18th February 20146.30 pm ? ? Drinks Reception in the Court Room7.00 pm ? ? Banquet in the Hall in the traditional way, with entertainment10.30 pm ? Stirrup Cup is served in the Court Room11.00 pm ? CarriagesFor more information please download the flyer or call Sophie on 0207 246 0982 or email admin@???88.00 inc VAT?.The Wilde Celebration:A Retrospective Commemorating the 160th Anniversary of Oscar Wilde’s BirthNortheast Modern Language AssociationApril 3rd – 6th, 2014Harrisburg, PAThe focus of this panel is to seek in-depth analysis of Wilde’s literary longevity and focus on insights related to writers and scholars who have found the profundity of Wilde’s literary accomplishments. Because there is a wide diversity of literary achievements related to Oscar Wilde, it is fitting as a commemoration of the 160th anniversary of his birth, to celebrate his skills as an essayist, dramatist, story teller, editor, orator, and novelist. Some questions to consider are: What facets of his life and/or works elicit his impressive durability? Who amongst his contemporaries parallels his permanence? How did Wilde’s genius as well as his diverse foci on aesthetics, women writers and culture affect his longevity? What influence did his travels to the United States have on the continuing interest in Wilde’s work? What pedagogical techniques have been used to elicit interest and clarity for students?At the Chopin Theatre, Chicago, 8th April to 18th May 2014: DORIAN'Oscar Wilde’s love/hate affair with youth and beauty is captured in this visually arresting contemporary adaptation. House Company Members Director/Choreographer Tommy Rapley, Co-Writer Ben Lobpries and Composer Kevin O’Donnell seamlessly blend theatre and dance, revealing the unsightly truth behind each character’s outer beauty. Dorian Gray’s ill-fated portrait is a character who comes vividly to life, only to encourage his wicked and sexually irreverent indulgences.' One night only:? The Gingold Theatrical Group presents The Portrait of Mr W.H., directed by David Staller, Monday 14th April 2014, Symphony Space, New York.'An adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s notorious short story that offers a theory for whom Shakespeare might truly have written his infamous Sonnets. In Wilde's hands, the inspiration for the world's most famous poems is a beautiful young actor in Shakespeare's company. In attempting to prove this theory, a pair of men face their most secret fears.'Edwardian Drama on the Small Screen will present six programmes of British television productions of plays written between the 1890s and the First World War.? Curated by John Wyver, this season includes screenings of notable productions of plays by Oscar Wilde, Harley Granville-Barker, George Bernard Shaw, John Galsworthy, J. M. Synge and D. H. Lawrence. Read more about the season at University of Westminster Screen Plays research project is holding a symposium on Friday 23rd May in the Blue Room, BFI Southbank to explore some of the issues raised by these productions. The event is followed by a screening of John Galsworthy’s 1909 play Strife (tickets for this and other screenings can be booked online at ).Participation in the symposium is free, but seats are limited and booking is advised: pleaseemail amanda.wrigley@ if you wish to attend. Everyone is welcome!Symposium Programme1.15pm Arrival1.30pm Introduction, by John Wyver1.45pm Keynote Lecture: Dr Billy Smart, Research Officer, Royal Holloway, University of London,‘Edwardian values, 1970s television: John Galsworthy on BBC1’2.30pm Dr Michelle Paull, Senior Lecturer in Drama, St Mary’s University,London, ‘An Ideal Husband - a realistic marriage? Wilde, feminism and Britain’Dr Leah Panos, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Reading,‘Colour, Cartier and An Ideal Husband’The following papers will be given at the joint American and Canadian Conference for Irish Studies, University College, Dublin 11th-14th June 2014:Michael Davis (Le Moyne College), Sexual Latitudes: Wilde, Velasquez, and the Spanish Imaginary (or, Wilde’s ‘Black Irish’ Origins)Rebecca N. Mitchell (University of Texas-Pan American), Aesthetic Absence: Oscar Wilde in France, 1883-1891.Sean O’Toole (City University of New York), Painted Betrayals: Magical Portraits in Sidonia the Sorceress and The Picture of Dorian Gray”Zan Cammack, Charles T. Griffes’ Composition and Arrangement of Oscar Wilde’s Poetry in Four ImpressionsJames Gallacher, The Picture of Sebastian Melmoth: Wilde, Maturin and the Irish Gothic TraditionElaine Sisson (IADT), Staging Salome: Wilde, Mac Liammóir and the Gate TheatreCOSMOPOLITAN WILDEA CONFERENCE CELEBRATING 160 YEARS OF OSCARCENTRE CULTUREL IRLANDAIS, PARISWEDNESDAY 10TH JUNE TO SATURDAY 13TH JUNE 2014Wilde Days in ParisThe Oscar Wilde Society presents,with the kind permission of the directors of Staglieno Cemetery, Genoaa performance ofThomas Wright’sDeath in Genoadirected and produced byNicholas Brandonin Staglieno Cemetery, Genova (nearby Constance Wilde’s grave)at 11.30am on Sunday 22 June 2014,with the following cast:Sebastian Melmoth: Nicholas BrandonOmero: Andrea MajoranaCarlo Bazzani: Simone MarcedduGiuseppe Narizzano: Bruno DemartiniNarrator: Chiara Martinoliadditional characters: Anna Maria Biavasco, Valentina GuaniFriday 11th July 2014:Oscar Wilde and the Classics: A Colloquium to mark the 160th anniversary of Wilde’s birth Lecture Theatre, Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies, University of Oxford, 66 St Giles’, OxfordProgramme 10.30am Welcome, Registration10.45am–12.45pm Panel 1 (Chair: Daniel Orrells, Warwick)Alastair Blanshard (Queensland): ‘Social Life in Greece from Mahaffy to Wilde’Gideon Nisbet (Birmingham): ‘How Wilde read Symonds’ Greek Poets’Iain Ross (Independent scholar): ‘“Virtue as it was understood by the ancients”: Notes towards a comparative grammar of Wilde and Nietzsche’12.45–1.45pm Lunch1.45–3pm Panel 2 (Chair: Fiona Macintosh, Oxford)Kathleen Riley (Freelance writer): ‘“All the terrible beauty of a Greek tragedy”: Wilde’s kinship with the great humanist of Hellas’Isobel Hurst (Goldsmiths, London): ‘Comedy and Tragicomedy in Eliot, Browning, and Wilde’3–3.15pm Tea/Coffee3.15–4.30pm Panel 3 (Chair: Oliver Taplin, Oxford)Serena Witzke (North Carolina): ‘“I knew I had a brother”: Fraternity and identity in Plautus’ Menaechmi and Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest’Iarla Manny (Open/Oxford): ‘“A bad influence?” Ovid’s Orpheus in Wilde’s Dorian Gray’Shushma Malik (Manchester): ‘Nero in an essay, a novel, and a letter: The development of Nero in three works of Wilde'5–5.45pm Visit to Magdalen College Library to view the Wilde manuscriptsJacqueline du Pré Music Building, St Hilda’s College6–7pm Keynote Speaker (Chair: David Rose, Oscholars)Stefano Evangelista (Oxford): ‘Cosmopolitan Classicism: Wilde between ancient and modern decadence’7–8pm Drinks Reception and Performance by Live CanonDining Hall, St Hilda’s College8pm DinnerCONTACT:? Iarla Manny <iarlamanny@>The second Galway Oscar Festival 4th-6th September.? Click here for the programme.Andrew Lear announces the Oscar Wilde Tour.Salomé and Wilde SaloméA unique double feature and in conversation with Al Pacino and Stephen Fry21ST September, 4:00 PMNFT1, BFI SouthbankSalomé2013Directed by Al PacinoWith Jessica Chastain78 minOscar Wilde’s most controversial play is the story of a princess who lived in the time of Jesus. Salomé (Jessica Chastain) is in love with prophet John the Baptist, whom her stepfather, King Herod (Al Pacino), has imprisoned in a well for heresy. But her love is spurned, and after the king drunkenly promises the princess anything she wants in exchange for an erotically charged dance, Salomé puts Herod in a terrible position by demanding the head of John the Baptist - the only man the king fears.It is a scintillating tale of lust, greed and betrayal that has spawned multiple stage productions, an opera by Richard Strauss, and influenced work by musicians including Nick Cave and U2. This stage production was filmed during its run at the Wadsworth Theatre in Los Angeles.Wilde Salomé2011Directed by Al Pacino95 minThis filmic collage captures the highs and lows of presenting a challenging work by one of the greatest writers of the 20th century, Oscar Wilde. Staging the play live in Los Angeles, director Al Pacino tackles its problems and issues and helps discover a new star, Jessica Chastain, in the title role of Salomé. Pacino also grapples with Wilde’s need to express something utterly different from anything he had written before, and with finding a way to make a movie of the entire event. An unusual, revealing and avant-garde journey into the light and heart of Oscar Wilde's masterwork.Following the presentation of these films Al Pacino will be joined on stage by Stephen Fry ?in a conversation that will be broadcast to cinemas across the UK.Tickets ?35, concs ?30 (Members pay ?1.50 less) on sale to Patrons/Champions/Members from 4pm on Tue 3 June before being made available to the public from 11:30am on Wed 4 June. Tickets limited to two per person. This ticket is inclusive of both plays and the conversation. It is not possible to buy tickets solely for the conversation.Presented in association with Omniverse Vision and Cinestage THIS EVENT HAS NOW SOLD OUT ................
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