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The award-winning : About the book: dorian gr ay One City, One Book project Enthralled by his own exquisite portrait, Dorian Gray exchanges his soul wilde has succeeded in capturing for eternal youth and beauty. Influenced by his friend Lord Henry Wotton, the imagination of people all he is drawn into a corrupt double life; indulging his desires in secret while remaining a gentleman in the eyes of polite society. Only his portrait bears the over the world. traces of his decadence. The novel was a succès de scandale and the book was later used as evidence against Wilde at the Old Bailey in 1895. It has lost none This year’s choice of The Picture of Dorian of its power to fascinate and disturb. Gray is really exciting. , one of the most famous writers in the English language, was born in Westland Row and raised in Merrion Square – yet another reason why Dublin should be About the author: designated a UNESCO City of Literature! This initiative is the result of collaboration amongst a range of partners and I Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde was born in Dublin in 1854. He went would like to thank everybody for their wholehearted participation in keeping to Trinity College, Dublin and then to Magdalen College, Oxford, where he the city’s great literary tradition alive and well. began to propagandize the new Aesthetic (or ‘Art for Art’s Sake’) Movement. After his marriage to Constance Lloyd in 1884, he tried to establish himself as a writer, but with little initial success. However, his three volumes of short fiction, together with his only novel,The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891), gradually won him a reputation as a modern writer with an original talent, a reputation confirmed and enhanced by the phenomenal success of his Society Dublin: One City, One Book is an award-winning Comedies – Lady Windermere’s Fan, , An Ideal Dublin City Council initiative, led by Dublin City Libraries in association Husband and The Importance of Being Earnest, all performed on the West End with Penguin Books, The Irish Times, Dublin CityBIDs and Dublin Tourism. stage between 1892 and 1895. The idea is a simple one. We want to encourage everyone to read a book connected with the capital city during the month of April every year. Success, however, was short-lived. In 1891 Wilde had met and fallen extravagantly in love with . In 1895, when his success The initiative presents the opportunity to: as a dramatist was at its height, Wilde brought an unsuccessful libel action • promote reading for entertainment and educational purposes against Douglas’s father, the Marquess of Queensberry. Wilde lost the case • encourage people to use their local libraries and book clubs and two trials later was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment for acts of • promote a city which boasts one of the world’s greatest literary gross indecency. As a result of this experience he wrote The Ballad of Reading heritages including four Nobel Laureates Gaol. He was released from prison in 1897 and went into an immediate self- Enjoy reading The Picture of Dorian Gray this year and experience some of the imposed exile on the Continent. He died in Paris in ignominy in 1900. wide variety of adults’ and children’s events taking place throughout April. The Reading Guide Acknowledgements

Dublin City Public Libraries wishes to acknowledge the support of all To encourage greater appreciation and widespread conversation about this Dublin: those who have contributed valuable time and expertise to the programme classic novel, a reading guide has been created for The Picture of Dorian Gray. including colleagues in Dublin City Council, Bewley’s Café, Chester Beatty Designed to enhance your reading and enjoyment of the novel, the full guide One City, One Book Library, Dublin Airport Authority, Fáilte , Irish Film Institute, Marsh’s can be found online at: Library, National Gallery, National Library of Ireland, Office of Public Works, Parishioners and Vestry of St. Ann’s Church, and all the speakers and www.dublinonecityonebook.ie and www.penguinclassics.co.uk. www.dublinonecityonebook.ie performers listed in the programme Also available from Penguin Classics

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Dublin: One City, One Book Events & Exhibitions go wilde in the city

Monday 5th April 2.20pm Saturday 10th April 6pm Tues 13th April - Saturday Saturday, 17th April 2010 Sunday 25th April 2pm Exhibition – Oscar Wilde’s Oliver Parker’s 2009 adaptation of Dorian The Picture of Dorian Gray directed 1st May 4.30pm. No shows at 3:30pm (doors open at 3pm) The Rhymers’ Club Re-enactment Concert – The Picture of Dorian Gray, Gray starring Ben Barnes, Colin Firth, by Albert Lewin (1945) with Hurd Mondays A performance of music inspired by Oscar a celebration event for the ‘Digital from the collections of the National Library of Ireland. Rebecca Hall and Ben Chaplin. Dorian Hatfield, George Sanders, Angela Read The Picture of Dorian Gray in one Wilde, and music which Oscar Wilde Recreation of World of Oscar Wilde’, National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street Gray arrives in Victorian London and is Lansbury & Donna Reed. An excellent afternoon! Treat yourself to Victorian heard and was inspired by. Japanese music a tribute to the club founded by W. B. Mon-Wed 9:30am-9pm; Thu-Fri 9:30am-5pm; swept into the hedonistic pleasures of the adaptation of Wilde’s infamous novel, afternoon tea, whilst the greater part of by Thomas Ranjo, with compositions by Yeats and Ernest Rhys in 1890. Experience Sat 9:30am-1pm city by the charismatic Henry Wotton. littered with characters of blurred Wilde’s classic is staged by Wonderland Emma O’ Halloran and Miranda Al-Raad. avant-garde works from Oscar Wilde’s Admission free. Parker directs a ravishing cast in this new sexuality and undescribed vice. Productions starring Michael James Ford, St. Ann’s Church, Dawson Street literary circle in their original context. version of Oscar Wilde’s masterpiece. (Introduced by Albert Power, Gothic Michael Winder & Simon Coury as Lord Booking not necessary. Donations welcome. Chester Beatty Library, Dublin Castle The Collection Revealed: The Reflective Eye – Artists (112 mins) scholar and writer). (110 mins) Henry, Basil and Dorian. Directed by Admission free - Booking not necessary Observing Artists Irish Film Institute, 6 Eustace Street, Irish Film Institute, 6 Eustace Street, Alice Coghlan Tuesday 20th April 7pm Rarely seen portraits of artists by artists, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 Temple Bar, Dublin 2 Bewleys, Grafton Street. Upstairs The Contradictions of Oscar Wilde – Tuesday 27th April 10.30am opening 31st March. Booking essential Tel: 01 679 3477 or Booking essential Tel: 01 679 3477 or in the Tearoom. a lecture by Professor Terry Eagleton, The Picture of Dorian Gray – Erotic Dublin City Gallery the Hugh Lane, Parnell Sq. online at www.ifi.ie Standard IFI ticket online at www.ifi.ie Standard IFI ticket Tickets from €19.95- €29.95 - includes literary critic & author of Saint Oscar Innocence? A talk by Dr. Jarlath Killeen, Tues to Thurs 10.00am– 6.00pm; prices apply. prices apply. an indulgent ‘Wildean’ afternoon tea. National Library, Kildare St. – examines images Fri & Sat 10.00am–5.00pm; Sun 11.00am–5.00pm; Closed Mondays Booking: Central Ticket Bureau Admission free - Booking not necessary. of childhood innocence and erotic Admission free Wednesday 7th April 7pm saturday 10th April afternoon tel:0818 205 205, www.ctb.ie experience in Wilde’s novel. Killing One Peacock with Two Stones: Oscar Wilde, Bosie, Lady Gregory, Sarah Thursday 22nd April National Gallery of Ireland, Merrion Square Dorian Gray and the Downfall of Oscar Bernhardt, , Bernard Shaw Tuesday 13th April 8pm 6.30pm (Preview) Admission free - Booking not necessary Social networking: Wilde A talk with promenade around the city ending with Dorian’s Decadent Poetry Jam – an evening A Wilde Night Out – costumed (author and grandson of Oscar) a ‘ball’ at the bandstand in St Stephen’s of poetry and indulgence. Come and read performances from The Picture of Tuesday, 27th April at 11.30am The World of Oscar Wood Quay Venue, Wood Quay Green at 4pm your favourite poet or recite your own Dorian Gray, , A Let’s Walk and Talk – on the Wilde Side – Wilde – Digitally (entrance Winetavern St. side of creation. Enjoy mint tea or Turkish coffee, Woman of No Importance and The a guided walk with Pat Liddy. Visit Civic Offices) Sunday 11th April 2pm sweetmeats with a chicha to share. Importance of Being Earnest. a number of well known landmarks Re-created Admission free - Booking not necessary. The Happy Prince - Oscar Wilde’s timeless Amir’s Delights, 5 Blooms Lane, St. Ann’s Church, Dawson St. associated with Oscar Wilde. Duration fairy tale will appeal to all ages for its Ormond Quay Admission €5 (preview only) incl. interval approx 90mins – ending at Pearse Return to the 1890s – following the daily lives Wednesday 7th April 7pm wit, humanity and charm. Performed by Booking essential. Tel: 086 3784729 €15 per person refreshments - Booking not necessary. Street Library with a dramatised and digital interactions of the glitterati through Facebook, Twitter and even in real life as they Dorian Gray: the Novel - a discussion Michael James Ford and Trevor Knight. extract from The Picture of Dorian Gray. take to the streets. Watch the drama unfolding with Katherine O’Keeffe (UCD) Dublin City Gallery the Hugh Lane, Wednesday 14th April 3pm Friday 23rd April 6.30pm View a special exhibition which includes as the famous post their lives online. Terenure Library, Templeogue Road Parnell Square Wilde Family Scandals – with Muriel A Wilde Night Out – costumed the portrait of Dorian. Booking essential Tel: 4907035 Admission free Admission free - Booking not necessary. McCarthy, Keeper of Marsh’s Library. performances from The Picture of Meet at the entrance to the National Facebook: Mary Josephine Travers, daughter of Dr Dorian Gray, An Ideal Husband, A Gallery, Merrion Square Short URL: http://bit.ly/1city1book Thursday 8th April until Monday, 12th April at 2pm Robert Travers, Assistant Librarian of Woman of No Importance and The Admission free - Booking not necessary. Twitter: 1st May (Previews 6th & duration approx 90 minutes Marsh’s, once sued Lady Wilde for libel – Importance of Being Earnest. http://twitter.com/1city1book 7th April) Let’s Walk and Talk – on the Wilde Side – with Sir William Wilde as co-defendant. St. Ann’s Church, Dawson St. Wednesday 28th April 7pm The Birthday of the Infanta - Oscar Wilde’s Pat Liddy leads a walk about Oscar Wilde Marsh’s Library, St. Patrick’s Close, Admission €10, €5 concession incl. interval Dorian and Melmoth: Brothers of the bittersweet tale of a princess and the and his celebrated Dublin family – ending (beside St. Patrick’s Cathedral) refreshments - Booking not necessary Black Bargain – A talk by Dr Albert FOR FULL PROGRAMME young hunchback who falls in love with at Pearse Street Library with a dramatised Admission free - Booking not necessary Power on Oscar Wilde’s The Picture her. A delight for children and adults. extract from The Picture of Dorian Gray. Saturday 24th April 12 – 2.00 pm of Dorian Gray and Charles Maturin’s INFORMATION SEE: Bewley’s Café Theatre, Grafton St. View a special exhibition which includes Thursday 15th April 6.30pm Actor Michael Winder reads from Dorian Melmoth the Wanderer. www.dublinonecityonebook.ie Mon-Sat at 1.10pm (doors open at the portrait of Dorian. Art for Art’s Sake: an Overview of the Gray at bookshops and in Temple Bar Book National Library, Kildare St. 12.50pm) Tickets €15 (includes light Meet at the Superintendent’s Gate/Cuffe Aesthetic Movement in 19th Century Market, Temple Bar Square Admission free - Booking not necessary lunch) Special family price €45 (2 adults, Street entrance to St. Stephens Green Visual and Decorative Arts – a talk by 2 children) (beside junction with Harcourt Street) Valerie Moffat. Saturday 24th April 6.30pm Booking: 086-8784001 or Admission free - Booking not necessary. Dublin City Library & Archive, A Wilde Night Out – costumed Exhibitions [email protected] 138-144 Pearse St. performances from The Picture of (various venues) Monday 12th April 6.30pm Admission free - Booking not necessary Dorian Gray, An Ideal Husband, A Thursday 8th April & Dorian Gray: the Novel - a discussion with Woman of No Importance and The Dealing with the Devil Saturday 10th April Katherine O’Keeffe (UCD) Saturday 17th April. 12-2pm Importance of Being Earnest. An entertaining and informative background between 12 and 2.00 pm Central Library, Ilac Centre, Henry St. Actor Michael Winder reads from Dorian St. Ann’s Church, Dawson St. exhibition about The Picture of Dorian Gray. Dublin Airport - Landside & Airside - Admission free - Booking not necessary Gray in bookshops and Temple Bar Book Admission €10, €5 concession incl. interval Explores the book’s origins, the Aesthetic Keep an eye out for actor Michael Market, Temple Bar Square refreshments - Booking not necessary Movement in art and literature, society portraiture, the lifestyle and costume of the Tuesday April 13th 10.30am Winder reading from Dorian Gray Victorian dandy – and a view of Dorian in the The Picture of Dorian Gray - Albert modern world. Includes work by contemporary Saturday 10th April 11am–1pm Lewin’s 1945 film starring George Sanders artists and students from NCAD – and features a Self-Portrait Workshop for Adults led by & Angela Lansbury newly commissioned portrait of Dorian. artist Beth O’Halloran. Make your own Irish Film Institute, 6 Eustace St., Temple Bar Dramatised extracts from the book self-portrait using mixed-media and collage. School Screening - Bookings - IFI at 4pm Monday 12th April and 1pm Tuesday 27th April. Dublin City Gallery the Hugh Lane, Parnell Sq. Education 01 6795744. Admission €5 Dublin City Libray & Archive, 138-144 Pearse St. Booking essential – tel. 01 2225564. Mon-Thurs 10am – 8pm. Fri & Sat 10am – 5pm. Admission free Admission free.

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