The Picture of Dorian Gray: A Moral Entertainment

by John Osborne

Other authors: Oscar Wilde (Original play)

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Drama Adapted by John Osborne from the novel by Oscar Wilde. Characters: 11 male, 4 female, extras. Interior Set The author of Look Back in Anger, Inadmissible Evidence and The Entertainer has created a brilliant dramatization of this classic about a man who retains his youth while the decay of advancing years and moral corruption appears on a portrait painted by one of his lovers. "Osborne has done much more than a scissors and paste job on Wilde's famous story. He… (more)

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Osborne, John	Author	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Wilde, Oscar	Original play	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

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The Picture of Dorian Gray [BBC Play of the Month 1976] by John Gorrie

The Importance of Being Earnest [and] The Picture of Dorian Gray (Video) by Stuart Burge

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Drama Adapted by John Osborne from the novel by Oscar Wilde. Characters: 11 male, 4 female, extras. Interior Set The author of Look Back in Anger, Inadmissible Evidence and The Entertainer has created a brilliant dramatization of this classic about a man who retains his youth while the decay of advancing years and moral corruption appears on a portrait painted by one of his lovers. "Osborne has done much more than a scissors and paste job on Wilde's famous story. He

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