RUPERT EVERETT: TRAVELS WITH OSCAR WILDE
11am, Sat 29 April – British Library
The Hollywood actor reflects on a lifelong obsession with Oscar Wilde, culminating in his 2018 film The Happy Prince, which he both directed and starred in. The film features Wilde in the final years of his life, after his 1897 release from prison for ‘gross indecency’. But for Everett, the decade spent bringing it to the screen was a grueling ordeal in itself. Having long revered Wilde as an icon of the gay liberation movement, Everett has since come to know him intimately, not only playing the man himself both on stage and screen, but starring in adaptations of some of his most popular works: An Ideal Husband and The Importance of Being Earnest. In an unmissable opening event, he takes us for a walk on the Wilde side, sharing his unique insights on the most mercurial of literary figures.
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This event is kindly supported by PLB LTD