OSCAR WILDE
adaptations/translations by modern playwrights
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Adaptations - Translations of Plays by Oscar Wilde
Importance of Being Earnest |
| 1st Produced: | North Pole SE10, London | 1986 | ||
| Company: | Praxis Th. Lab | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| Genre: | Period comedy | - | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Original Playwright - Oscar Wilde | ||||
Synopsis: Small-cast version of classic comedy | ||||
Kung Fu Importance of Being Earnest, The |
| 1st Produced: | Sellout festival, NY | 2006 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| Genre: | Adaptation | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Original Playwright - Oscar Wilde | ||||
Synopsis: unusual take on Oscar Wilde's classic comedy The Importance of Being Earnest. Two English gentlemen in the 1890s secretly use the name 'Ernest' in their double lives...until they fall for English ladies who cherish honesty. They settle their differences according to the ancient methods of the Shaolin monks. | ||||
Portrait of Dorian Gray, The |
| 1st Produced: | Saidye 'B' Off Centre | 2003 | ||
| Company: | Gravy Bath Productions | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| Genre: | Play | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Original Playwright - Oscar Wilde. Adapted by Anthony Kokx & Gabor Zsigovics. MECCA nomination Best Independent Production. MECCA nomination Best New Text or Adaptation Anthony Kokx & Gabor Zsigovics | ||||
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Portrait of Dorian Gray, The |
| 1st Produced: | Saidye 'B' Off Centre | 2003 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| Genre: | Adaptation | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Original Playwright - Oscar Wilde. Adapted by Anthony Kokx & Gabor Zsigovics. MECCA nomination Best Independent Production. MECCA nomination Best New Text or Adaptation Anthony Kokx & Gabor Zsigovics | ||||
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Salome |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | in "Plays 2" Faber, London | 1994 | ||
| Genre: | Adapatation/translation | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Original Playwright - Oscar Wilde | ||||
Synopsis: Berkoff says "I decided the stage should be bare and allow the words to bounce of the hard surfaces without being softened or cushioned". | ||||
Salome |
| 1st Produced: | 1998 | |||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| Genre: | Adapatation/translation | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Original Playwright - Oscar Wilde | ||||
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Salome |
| 1st Produced: | Royal George SE 8 | 1988 | ||
| Company: | Praxis Th. Lab | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| Genre: | Biblical drama | - | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Original Playwright - Oscar Wilde | ||||
Synopsis: Small-cast version | ||||