The Oscar Wilde Collection Audiobook (Free)

Four classic comedies in one from the wittiest playwrights in Traditional western literature.

Lady Windermere’s Lover

The irreverent satire that launched Wilde’s succession of classical comedies. A Lord, his wife, her admirer and an infamous blackmailer converge within this delicious comic feast of scandal. A divinely funny comedy of good women, bad husbands as well as the moral hypocrisy of United kingdom high culture in the past due nineteenth century.

An L.A. Theatre Works full ensemble performance offering: Roger Rees, Eric about The Oscar Wilde Collection Stoltz, Miriam Margolyes, Joanna Heading, Gina Field, Judy Geeson, Arthur Hanket, Lisa Harrow, Dominic Keating, Wayne Warwick, Tom Wheatley. Directed by Michael Hackett.

An Ideal Spouse

Devilishly attractive Lord Illingworth is notorious for his skill as a seducer. But he is still invited to all the “best” homes while his female conquests must conceal their pity in seclusion. In this devastating comedy, Wilde uses his celebrated wit to expose English society’s narrow look at of from intimate mores to Americans.

An L.A. Theatre Works full cast performance featuring: Miriam Margolyes, Samantha Mathis, Rosalind Ayres, Jane Carr, Peter Dennis, Judy Geeson, Paul Gutrecht, Martin Jarvis, Cherie Lunghi, Robert Machray and Jim Norton. Directed by Michael Hackett.

A Woman of No Importance

A tender love story, a glittering placing in London society and a shower of witticisms are only a few of the reasons this play has enjoyed greatly successful revivals. This 1895 play is normally eerily prescient, since it explores the plight of a promising young politician, desperate to hide a magic formula in his past. With empathy and wit, Wilde explores the pitfalls of keeping public figures to higher standards compared to the rest folks.

An L.A. Theater Works full cast performance offering: Jacqueline Bisset, Alfred Molina, Yeardley Smith, Rosalind Ayres, Paul Gutrecht, Martin Jarvis, Robert Machray, Miriam Margolyes and Jim Norton. Directed by Michael Hackett.

The Importance of Being Earnest

An elegant send-up of Victorian courtship and manners, filled with assumed brands, mistaken lovers, and a dropped handbag. Jack and Algernon are close friends, both wooing females who believe their titles are Ernest, “that name which inspires total confidence.” Wilde’s effervescent wit, scathing public satire, and high farce get this to probably one of the most cherished takes on in the British language.

An L.A. Theater Works full cast performance featuring: James Marsters, Emily Bergl, Charles Busch, Neil Dickson, Jill Gascoine, Christopher Neame, Matthew Wolf and Sarah Zimmerman. Directed by Michael Hackett.

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Among the great classics of modern Western literature. Dorian Grey, an effete youthful gentleman, may be the subject of the striking portrait with the designer Basil Hallward. Gray’s narcissism is definitely awakened, and he embraces a way of living of hedonism and casual cruelties. Significantly consumed by his personal vanity, he’s compelled to confront his true inner-self, in a fashion that is as shocking as it is definitely terrifying.

An L.A. Theatre Works full solid performance featuring: Steve Juergens, Jim Ortlieb, Colleen Crimmins, Roger Mueller, Thomas Carroll, Paulin Brailsford, Hurry Pearson, and Martin Duffy. Directed by Terry McCabe.