His writings such as Dorian Gray with homoerotic themes also brought much controversy for him but he was part of the ever-growing movement of 'decadents' who advocated pacifism, social reform, and libertarianism. He was often publicly caricatured and the target of much moral outrage in Europe and America. 1Įver the aesthete, Wilde himself was profoundly affected by beauty and lived and dressed flamboyantly compared to the typical Victorian styles and mores of the time. Some day I will show the world what it is and for that reason the world shall never see my portrait of Dorian Gray."-Ch. We have lost the abstract sense of beauty. We live in an age when men treat art as if it were meant to be a form of autobiography.
"An artist should create beautiful things, but should put nothing of his own life into them. Wilde reflected upon his imprisonment in The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1898), where he wrote: “Each narrow cell in which we dwell / Is a foul and dark latrine, / And the fetid breath of living Death / Chokes up each grated screen.Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), Irish dramatist, poet, and author wrote the darkly sardonic Faustian themed The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891) In the centre of the room, clamped to an upright easel, stood the full-length portrait of a young man of extraordinary personal beauty, and in front of it, some little distance away, was sitting the artist himself, Basil Hallward. Last year, Judi Dench said the site should be used in a way that pays tribute to its artistic history: “The idea of plays being performed, people learning and enjoying themselves, and a community coming together in a space that represented so much sadness and inspiration for Oscar Wilde himself is a beautiful one.” A new council-backed bid for it to become a cultural centre has gained prominent support. In 2020, the Ministry of Justice rejected a separate bid to turn Reading prison, where Wilde was jailed for two years in 1895, into an arts centre. It tells the story of the relationship between Henry VIII and Hugh Cook of Faringdon, the last abbot of Reading. In summer, Flintoff’s play The Last Abbot will be staged inside Reading Abbey by Rabble Theatre. Stacey will also directed A Christmas Carol this winter, in a new adaptation by local playwright Beth Flintoff. Its opening season will include Gary McNair’s new adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Jekyll and Hyde, directed by Stacey the family show Alby the Penguin Saves the World, written and directed by Helen Eastman and A Midsummer Night’s Dream directed by Stacey and Christie O’Carroll. Oscar Wilde was jailed in Reading from 1895-97. Dorian, directed by Horsley, will be accompanied by the participation project Made in Reading, exploring Reading’s LGBTQIA+ history and Wilde’s imprisonment in Reading. The new theatre will open with a gala night in September featuring work by its three associate companies, A Girl Called Stephen, Make/Sense Theatre and Exit Pursued By Panda. Stacey said the company also plans to support “other local arts organisations to create a flourishing cultural scene in Reading”. The new theatre will provide a year-round space devoted to its Engage programme for those who have least access to the arts. Their shows regularly sold out their 60-seat venue and he has long waited for a home to fit its growing stature. Stacey founded the company with his overdraft in 2012 in a bid to “put Reading on the national cultural map”. Unlike the “glorified shed” where Reading Rep started out, it will also benefit from its own box office, front of house and toilets, added artistic director Paul Stacey, who is pleased to be moving the company into a new home without a leaky roof. The new arts hub in Reading will include an 180-seat theatre, rehearsal space, an education and learning centre and a cafe and bar.
Reading Rep artistic director Paul Stacey.
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