Lord Arthur Savile's Crime

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On a visit to Lady Windermere, a palmist reveals the dashing Lord's murderous fate.

On a visit to Lady Windermere, a palmist reveals the dashing Lord Arthur Savile's murderous fate. Read by Michael Maloney.

Attending one of Lady Windermere's regular Thursday evening society parties, the dashing Lord Arthur Savile offers his hand for a reading by the dastardly palmist, Podgers. 

But he's shocked when his murderous fate is revealed... 

Oscar Wilde's mystery written in 1891. 

Read in three parts by Michael Maloney.  

Produced at BBC Manchester by Katherine Beacon. 

Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in October 2003.

Oscar Wilde: Lord Arthur Savile's Crime

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Oscar Wilde's black comedy satirising the morals of the upper classes

Oscar Wilde's black comedy satirising the morals of the upper classes, as Lord Savile tries to fulfil a murderous prophecy

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