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Susan’s Bookshelves: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

I recently saw a modern play version of Oscar Wilde’s only novel in which shifting images were on mobile phones. It reminded me of a version called Selfie, which the National Youth Theatre staged in 2016 and which covered similar ground.  It was also a wake-up call. What did Wilde actually write in his 1891 […]

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