The Picture of Dorian Gray

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Oscar Wilde

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Readings of stories by the Irish-born novelist, playwright, poet, critic and full-time wit

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Oscar Wilde: The Picture of Dorian Gray: 1. Vanity

Oscar Wilde - The Picture of Dorian Gray

1. Vanity

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1. Vanity

'I would give my soul to stay young'. A vain aristocrat makes a dangerous pact.

'I would give my soul to stay young'. A vain aristocrat makes a dangerous pact. Starring Ian McDiarmid and Jamie Glover.

"I would give my soul to stay young". 

A vain aristocrat - a gilded and spoilt hedonist - makes a dangerous pact to preserve his youth. 

Starring Jamie Glover.   

Oscar Wilde's classic 1890 tale. 

Dramatised in two parts by Nick McCarty.
  
Dorian Gray    ......    Jamie Glover
Lord Henry Wotton    ......    Ian McDiarmid 
Basil Hallward    ......    Steven Pacey
Sybil Vane    ......    Tilly Gaunt 
Jim Vane    ......    Harry Myers
Mrs Vane    ......    Elizabeth Mansfield 
Lord Fermor    ......    Brett Usher
Aunt Agatha    ......    Mary Wimbush
Butler    ......    Gavin Muir
Mrs Vandelaur    ......    Elizabeth Bell
Lady Harley    ......    Tessa Worsley
Servant    ......    Tom George

Other parts played by the cast.

Director: Gordon House.

First broadcast on the BBC World Service in January 2000.

Oscar Wilde: The Picture of Dorian Gray

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Jamie Glover stars as Dorian in Nick McCarty's adaptation of Oscar Wilde's classic.

Jamie Glover stars as Dorian Gray  in Nick McCarty's adaptation of Oscar Wilde's classic.

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