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The Voice of Oscar Wilde
After Wilde's release from prison and the release of his immensely
successful poem "The Ballad of Reading Gaol", Wilde visited an inventors fair. At the fair they were showcasing many american
inventors including Thomas Edison and his recent invention, the phonograph. Into the machine he spoke (reciting Part
VI of the poem) and what resulted was a roughly two minute recording of Oscar Wilde's real voice. Supposedly.
The recording been debated for decades and because the original cylinder
is missing, will probably never be settled. The British Sound Archives ruled it to probably be a forgery, however, Wilde's
leading biographer H. Montgomery Hyde played the recording for Wilde's youngest son, Vyvyan Wilde who identified it as his
father's voice. Of course, the boy hadn't heard his father speak in 60 years but the assertion is still a strong point in
its argument. Aside from the fact that Wilde was known to have gone often to such exhibitions and was identified as having
been at the one in question. Forgery or not, The Voice of Oscar Wilde is a fasicination possibility and so I am providing
a link to the recording, as well as some of the websites dealing with its authenticity:
Wilde (The Movie)
This movie has already been discussed in depth, however,
here is the theatrical trailer and some clips from the movie:
Movie Interpretations of Oscar Wilde's Plays
The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)
Cast
Rupert Everett as Algernon "Algy" Moncrieff
Colin Firth as John "Jack" Worthing
Frances O'Connor as Gwendolyn Fairfax
Reese Witherspoon as Cecily Cardew
Judi Dench as Lady Augusta Bracknell
Tom Wilkinson as Dr. Frederick Chasuble
Anna Massey as Miss Prism
Cips:
An Ideal Husband (1999)
Cast
Rupert Everett
as Lord Arthur Goring
Julianne Moore
as Mrs. Laura Cheveley
Jeremy Northam
as Sir Robert Chiltern
Cate Blanchett
as Lady Gertrud Chiltern
Minnie Driver
as Mabel Chiltern
And Now For Something Completely Different...
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