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Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray was the novel that scandalized, challenged, and inspired Victorian England with its tale of a beautiful young man who trades his soul, captured in a portrait, for eternal youth. Dorian wants to experience life fully, and the book became evidence in the trial where Wilde was sentenced to two years of hard labor for "gross indecency" - his love for other men. Wilde had been the consummate celebrity, famous for his plays, especially the sublime The Importance of Being Earnest and Lady Windermere's Fan, but also as a public speaker who had entertained and charmed audiences during an American tour. After his prison term Wilde left England for exile in France. It was not only Wilde on trial, but also literature itself. British society decided was that a book can corrupt, that gay love must be outlawed, and that censorship, repression and propriety must supplant freedom of the imagination, of literature, of love. Martyr, scapegoat, crusader for LGBTQ rights - that was my understanding of Wilde when I recently edited a small book of Wilde on Love. To correct my image of Wilde as utterly crushed and destroyed by his trial, I spoke with one of the world's foremost Wilde experts: Professor Nicholas Frankel of Virginia Commonwealth University, a graduate of Oxford, the University of Southern California, and the University of Virginia. Professor Frankel has edited new and uncensored editions of The Picture of Dorian Gray, of The Annotated Importance of Being Earnest, and of his prison writings. His expansive and gripping biography, Oscar Wilde; The Unrepentant Years, provides a much fuller picture of Wilde than previous biographies and lets us see how one of the first true celebrities who knew how to deploy his image like the best of today's internet influencers, changed the way we live in the world. Listen to this episode not only during Pride Month (when I recorded this episode, via zoom during the lockdown) but to re-discover one of the most transformative novels in the English canon. /////////////// Follow me: TWITTER - @ulibaer (THINK ABOUT IT) - @ulibaerpodcast INSTAGRAM - @ulinyc (THINK ABOUT IT) - @ulibaerpodcast //////////////// Listen to the Podcast on: APPLE PODCASTS - Think About It Podcast SPOTIFY - Think About It Podcast YOUTUBE: Ulrich Baer //////////////// Thanks for listening! :) Uli Baer.
The sober version of episode 1! I read Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray out loud to practice voices. Join me on my adventure! Music by Nico Vettese of We Talk of Dreams - https://wetalkofdreams.com/ Follow the podcast on Twitter @PodcastKnox Like what I do? Consider buying me a coffee! https://ko-fi.com/christinaknox
It's the first episode! Of a podcast I made!! Woohoo!!! I read Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray out loud to practice voices and enjoy some local whiskey in the middle of it all. Join me on my adventure! Music by Nico Vettese of We Talk of Dreams - https://wetalkofdreams.com/ Follow the podcast on Twitter @PodcastKnox Like what I do? Consider buying me a coffee! https://ko-fi.com/christinaknox
Emily Gale chats to Dani Vee about her YA fiction novel 'I am out with lanterns.' We explore multiple perspectives, the editing process and the messiness of writing. Emily chats about writing complex and unalienable characters and the impact on the reader. The novel explores important social issues such as bullying, social media, ownership, toxic masculinity, sexuality and identity. We also chat about Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray and how it inspired the novel and remains relevant today.
AFTERBUZZ TV — Penny Dreadful edition, is a weekly "after show" for fans of Showtimes's Penny Dreadful. In this episode hosts Marisa Serafini, Renee Ariel, and Joelle Monique discuss episodes 8 & 9. ABOUT PENNY DREADFUL: Penny Dreadful is a horror TV series created for Showtime by John Logan and executive produced by Logan and Sam Mendes. The show was originally pitched to several US and UK channels, and eventually landed with Showtime, with Sky Atlantic as co-producer. It premiered at the South by Southwest film festival on March 9 and began airing on television on April 28, 2014 on Showtime OnDemand. The title refers to the penny dreadfuls, a type of 19th-century cheap British fiction publication with lurid and sensational subject matter. The series draws upon many public domain characters from 19th-century Irish and British fiction, including Dorian Gray from Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, Mina Harker from Bram Stoker's Dracula, and Vi
AFTERBUZZ TV — Penny Dreadful edition, is a weekly "after show" for fans of Showtimes's Penny Dreadful. In this episode hosts Marisa Serafini, Angela Struck, Renee Ariel, and Joelle Monique discuss episode 7. ABOUT PENNY DREADFUL: Penny Dreadful is a horror TV series created for Showtime by John Logan and executive produced by Logan and Sam Mendes. The show was originally pitched to several US and UK channels, and eventually landed with Showtime, with Sky Atlantic as co-producer. It premiered at the South by Southwest film festival on March 9 and began airing on television on April 28, 2014 on Showtime OnDemand. The title refers to the penny dreadfuls, a type of 19th-century cheap British fiction publication with lurid and sensational subject matter. The series draws upon many public domain characters from 19th-century Irish and British fiction, including Dorian Gray from Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, Mina Harker from Bram Stoker's Dracu
AFTERBUZZ TV — Penny Dreadful edition, is a weekly "after show" for fans of Showtimes's Penny Dreadful. In this episode hosts Marisa Serafini, Angela Struck, Renee Ariel, and Joelle Monique discuss episode 6. ABOUT PENNY DREADFUL: Penny Dreadful is a horror TV series created for Showtime by John Logan and executive produced by Logan and Sam Mendes. The show was originally pitched to several US and UK channels, and eventually landed with Showtime, with Sky Atlantic as co-producer. It premiered at the South by Southwest film festival on March 9 and began airing on television on April 28, 2014 on Showtime OnDemand. The title refers to the penny dreadfuls, a type of 19th-century cheap British fiction publication with lurid and sensational subject matter. The series draws upon many public domain characters from 19th-century Irish and British fiction, including Dorian Gray from Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, Mina Harker from Bram Stoker's Dracu
AFTERBUZZ TV — Penny Dreadful edition, is a weekly "after show" for fans of Showtimes's Penny Dreadful. In this episode hosts Marisa Serafini, Renee Ariel, and Joelle Monique discuss episode 5. ABOUT PENNY DREADFUL: Penny Dreadful is a horror TV series created for Showtime by John Logan and executive produced by Logan and Sam Mendes. The show was originally pitched to several US and UK channels, and eventually landed with Showtime, with Sky Atlantic as co-producer. It premiered at the South by Southwest film festival on March 9 and began airing on television on April 28, 2014 on Showtime OnDemand. The title refers to the penny dreadfuls, a type of 19th-century cheap British fiction publication with lurid and sensational subject matter. The series draws upon many public domain characters from 19th-century Irish and British fiction, including Dorian Gray from Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, Mina Harker from Bram Stoker's Dracula, and Victor
AFTERBUZZ TV — Penny Dreadful edition, is a weekly "after show" for fans of Showtimes's Penny Dreadful. In this episode hosts Marisa Serafini, Angela Struck, Renee Ariel, and Joelle Monique discuss episode 4. ABOUT PENNY DREADFUL: Penny Dreadful is a horror TV series created for Showtime by John Logan and executive produced by Logan and Sam Mendes. The show was originally pitched to several US and UK channels, and eventually landed with Showtime, with Sky Atlantic as co-producer. It premiered at the South by Southwest film festival on March 9 and began airing on television on April 28, 2014 on Showtime OnDemand. The title refers to the penny dreadfuls, a type of 19th-century cheap British fiction publication with lurid and sensational subject matter. The series draws upon many public domain characters from 19th-century Irish and British fiction, including Dorian Gray from Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, Mina Harker from Bram Stoker's Dracu
AFTERBUZZ TV — Penny Dreadful edition, is a weekly "after show" for fans of Showtimes's Penny Dreadful. In this episode hosts Marisa Serafini, Angela Struck, Renee Ariel, and Joelle Monique discuss episode 3. ABOUT PENNY DREADFUL: Penny Dreadful is a horror TV series created for Showtime by John Logan and executive produced by Logan and Sam Mendes. The show was originally pitched to several US and UK channels, and eventually landed with Showtime, with Sky Atlantic as co-producer. It premiered at the South by Southwest film festival on March 9 and began airing on television on April 28, 2014 on Showtime OnDemand. The title refers to the penny dreadfuls, a type of 19th-century cheap British fiction publication with lurid and sensational subject matter. The series draws upon many public domain characters from 19th-century Irish and British fiction, including Dorian Gray from Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, Mina Harker from Bram Stoker's Dracu
AFTERBUZZ TV — Penny Dreadful edition, is a weekly "after show" for fans of Showtimes's Penny Dreadful. In this episode hosts Marisa Serafini, Angela Struck, Renee Ariel, and Joelle Monique discuss episode 2. ABOUT PENNY DREADFUL: Penny Dreadful is a horror TV series created for Showtime by John Logan and executive produced by Logan and Sam Mendes. The show was originally pitched to several US and UK channels, and eventually landed with Showtime, with Sky Atlantic as co-producer. It premiered at the South by Southwest film festival on March 9 and began airing on television on April 28, 2014 on Showtime OnDemand. The title refers to the penny dreadfuls, a type of 19th-century cheap British fiction publication with lurid and sensational subject matter. The series draws upon many public domain characters from 19th-century Irish and British fiction, including Dorian Gray from Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, Mina Harker from Bram Stoker's Dracu
AFTERBUZZ TV — Penny Dreadful edition, is a weekly "after show" for fans of Showtimes's Penny Dreadful. In this episode hosts Marisa Serafini, Angela Struck and Renee Ariel discuss episode 1. ABOUT PENNY DREADFUL: Penny Dreadful is a horror TV series created for Showtime by John Logan and executive produced by Logan and Sam Mendes. The show was originally pitched to several US and UK channels, and eventually landed with Showtime, with Sky Atlantic as co-producer. It premiered at the South by Southwest film festival on March 9 and began airing on television on April 28, 2014 on Showtime OnDemand. The title refers to the penny dreadfuls, a type of 19th-century cheap British fiction publication with lurid and sensational subject matter. The series draws upon many public domain characters from 19th-century Irish and British fiction, including Dorian Gray from Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, Mina Harker from Bram Stoker's Dracula, and Victor Fr
AFTERBUZZ TV — Penny Dreadful edition, is a weekly "after show" for fans of Showtimes's Penny Dreadful. In this episode hosts Bobby DeMuro, Marisa Serafini, Sara Stretton, and Roxy Striar discuss episode 10. Penny Dreadful is a horror TV series created for Showtime by John Logan and executive produced by Logan and Sam Mendes. The show was originally pitched to several US and UK channels, and eventually landed with Showtime, with Sky Atlantic as co-producer. It premiered at the South by Southwest film festival on March 9 and began airing on television on April 28, 2014 on Showtime OnDemand. The title refers to the penny dreadfuls, a type of 19th-century cheap British fiction publication with lurid and sensational subject matter. The series draws upon many public domain characters from 19th-century Irish and British fiction, including Dorian Gray from Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, Mina Harker from Bram Stoker's Dracula, and Victor Frankenstein and his monster f
AFTERBUZZ TV — Penny Dreadful edition, is a weekly "after show" for fans of Showtimes's Penny Dreadful. In this episode hosts Bobby DeMuro, Marisa Serafini, Sara Stretton, and Roxy Striar discuss episode 9. Penny Dreadful is a horror TV series created for Showtime by John Logan and executive produced by Logan and Sam Mendes. The show was originally pitched to several US and UK channels, and eventually landed with Showtime, with Sky Atlantic as co-producer. It premiered at the South by Southwest film festival on March 9 and began airing on television on April 28, 2014 on Showtime OnDemand. The title refers to the penny dreadfuls, a type of 19th-century cheap British fiction publication with lurid and sensational subject matter. The series draws upon many public domain characters from 19th-century Irish and British fiction, including Dorian Gray from Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, Mina Harker from Bram Stoker's Dracula, and Victor Frankenstein and his monster fr
AFTERBUZZ TV — Penny Dreadful edition, is a weekly "after show" for fans of Showtimes's Penny Dreadful. In this episode hosts Marisa Serafini, Sara Stretton, and Roxy Striar discuss episode 8. Penny Dreadful is a horror TV series created for Showtime by John Logan and executive produced by Logan and Sam Mendes. The show was originally pitched to several US and UK channels, and eventually landed with Showtime, with Sky Atlantic as co-producer. It premiered at the South by Southwest film festival on March 9 and began airing on television on April 28, 2014 on Showtime OnDemand. The title refers to the penny dreadfuls, a type of 19th-century cheap British fiction publication with lurid and sensational subject matter. The series draws upon many public domain characters from 19th-century Irish and British fiction, including Dorian Gray from Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, Mina Harker from Bram Stoker's Dracula, and Victor Frankenstein and his monster from Mary Shelle
AFTERBUZZ TV — Penny Dreadful edition, is a weekly "after show" for fans of Showtimes's Penny Dreadful. In this episode hosts Bobby DeMuro, Marisa Serafini, Sara Stretton, and Roxy Striar discuss episode 7. Penny Dreadful is a horror TV series created for Showtime by John Logan and executive produced by Logan and Sam Mendes. The show was originally pitched to several US and UK channels, and eventually landed with Showtime, with Sky Atlantic as co-producer. It premiered at the South by Southwest film festival on March 9 and began airing on television on April 28, 2014 on Showtime OnDemand. The title refers to the penny dreadfuls, a type of 19th-century cheap British fiction publication with lurid and sensational subject matter. The series draws upon many public domain characters from 19th-century Irish and British fiction, including Dorian Gray from Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, Mina Harker from Bram Stoker's Dracula, and Victor Frankenstein and his monster fr
AFTERBUZZ TV — Penny Dreadful edition, is a weekly "after show" for fans of Showtimes's Penny Dreadful. In this episode hosts Bobby DeMuro, Marisa Serafini, Sara Stretton, and Roxy Striar discuss episode 6. Penny Dreadful is a horror TV series created for Showtime by John Logan and executive produced by Logan and Sam Mendes. The show was originally pitched to several US and UK channels, and eventually landed with Showtime, with Sky Atlantic as co-producer. It premiered at the South by Southwest film festival on March 9 and began airing on television on April 28, 2014 on Showtime OnDemand. The title refers to the penny dreadfuls, a type of 19th-century cheap British fiction publication with lurid and sensational subject matter. The series draws upon many public domain characters from 19th-century Irish and British fiction, including Dorian Gray from Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, Mina Harker from Bram Stoker's Dracula, and Victor Frankenstein and his monster fr
AFTERBUZZ TV — Penny Dreadful edition, is a weekly "after show" for fans of Showtimes's Penny Dreadful. In this episode hosts Bobby DeMuro, Marisa Serafini, Sara Stretton, and Roxy Striar discuss episode 5. Penny Dreadful is a horror TV series created for Showtime by John Logan and executive produced by Logan and Sam Mendes. The show was originally pitched to several US and UK channels, and eventually landed with Showtime, with Sky Atlantic as co-producer. It premiered at the South by Southwest film festival on March 9 and began airing on television on April 28, 2014 on Showtime OnDemand. The title refers to the penny dreadfuls, a type of 19th-century cheap British fiction publication with lurid and sensational subject matter. The series draws upon many public domain characters from 19th-century Irish and British fiction, including Dorian Gray from Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, Mina Harker from Bram Stoker's Dracula, and Victor Frankenstein and his monster fr
AFTERBUZZ TV — Penny Dreadful edition, is a weekly "after show" for fans of Showtimes's Penny Dreadful. In this episode hosts Bobby DeMuro, Marisa Serafini, Sara Stretton, and Roxy Striar discuss episode 4. Penny Dreadful is a horror TV series created for Showtime by John Logan and executive produced by Logan and Sam Mendes. The show was originally pitched to several US and UK channels, and eventually landed with Showtime, with Sky Atlantic as co-producer. It premiered at the South by Southwest film festival on March 9 and began airing on television on April 28, 2014 on Showtime OnDemand. The title refers to the penny dreadfuls, a type of 19th-century cheap British fiction publication with lurid and sensational subject matter. The series draws upon many public domain characters from 19th-century Irish and British fiction, including Dorian Gray from Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, Mina Harker from Bram Stoker's Dracula, and Victor Frankenstein and his monster fr
AFTERBUZZ TV — Penny Dreadful edition, is a weekly "after show" for fans of Showtimes's Penny Dreadful. In this episode hosts Marisa Serafini, Alison Dean, Sara Stretton, and Roxy Striar discuss episode 3. Penny Dreadful is a horror TV series created for Showtime by John Logan and executive produced by Logan and Sam Mendes. The show was originally pitched to several US and UK channels, and eventually landed with Showtime, with Sky Atlantic as co-producer. It premiered at the South by Southwest film festival on March 9 and began airing on television on April 28, 2014 on Showtime OnDemand. The title refers to the penny dreadfuls, a type of 19th-century cheap British fiction publication with lurid and sensational subject matter. The series draws upon many public domain characters from 19th-century Irish and British fiction, including Dorian Gray from Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, Mina Harker from Bram Stoker's Dracula, and Victor Frankenstein and his monster fro
AFTERBUZZ TV — Penny Dreadful edition, is a weekly "after show" for fans of Showtimes's Penny Dreadful. In this episode hosts Bobby DeMuro, Marisa Serafini, Sara Stretton, and Roxy Striar discuss episode 2. Penny Dreadful is a horror TV series created for Showtime by John Logan and executive produced by Logan and Sam Mendes. The show was originally pitched to several US and UK channels, and eventually landed with Showtime, with Sky Atlantic as co-producer. It premiered at the South by Southwest film festival on March 9 and began airing on television on April 28, 2014 on Showtime OnDemand. The title refers to the penny dreadfuls, a type of 19th-century cheap British fiction publication with lurid and sensational subject matter. The series draws upon many public domain characters from 19th-century Irish and British fiction, including Dorian Gray from Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, Mina Harker from Bram Stoker's Dracula, and Victor Frankenstein and his monster fr
AFTERBUZZ TV — Penny Dreadful edition, is a weekly "after show" for fans of Showtimes's Penny Dreadful. In this episode hosts Bobby DeMuro, Marisa Serafini, Alison Dean, and Roxy Striar discuss episode 1. Penny Dreadful is a horror TV series created for Showtime by John Logan and executive produced by Logan and Sam Mendes. The show was originally pitched to several US and UK channels, and eventually landed with Showtime, with Sky Atlantic as co-producer. It premiered at the South by Southwest film festival on March 9 and began airing on television on April 28, 2014 on Showtime OnDemand. The title refers to the penny dreadfuls, a type of 19th-century cheap British fiction publication with lurid and sensational subject matter. The series draws upon many public domain characters from 19th-century Irish and British fiction, including Dorian Gray from Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, Mina Harker from Bram Stoker's Dracula, and Victor Frankenstein and his monster from
Welcome back to Dreadful Thoughts the fan-run podcast all about Showtime's Penny Dreadful! Welcome to the offseason! If you're new to the show, normally we'd be discussing the latest episode, but since the season is over we don't have a new episode to talk about. Instead we've started an offseason bookclub to talk about some of the source material. This week we begin our second book club series: The Book Club of Dorian Gray, where we'll read and comment on Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray. For this episode we read the Preface and the first 6 chapters. Dorian is probably the least main stream of the soucre material characters, and we look forward to reading about his misadventures with Baz-uhl/Bay-sil and Lord Henry/Harry/Hank. Have a friend who might like Dreadful Thoughts? Show them the sampler! Check out the Sampler here! If you liked what you heard be sure to leave us a review on iTunes or Stitcher Subscribe and Rate us on iTunes or Stitcher.
Clive James talks to Samira Ahmed about his new publication Poetry Notebook 2006-2014, in which he presents a distillation of all he's learned about the art form that matters to him most; Sarah Dunant reviews Emma Thompson and Dakota Fanning in new film Effie Gray about the life of the Victorian art critic and painter John Ruskin; playwright Brad Birch on his new production, Selfie, an update on Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray; and Niven Govinden on his novel All the Days and Nights Producer Jerome Weatherald.
AFTERBUZZ TV — Penny Dreadful edition, is a weekly "after show" for fans of Showtimes's Penny Dreadful. In this episode hosts Bobby DeMuro, Marisa Serafini, Sara Stretton, and Roxy Striar discuss episode 8. Penny Dreadful is a horror TV series created for Showtime by John Logan and executive produced by Logan and Sam Mendes. The show was originally pitched to several US and UK channels, and eventually landed with Showtime, with Sky Atlantic as co-producer. It premiered at the South by Southwest film festival on March 9 and began airing on television on April 28, 2014 on Showtime OnDemand. The title refers to the penny dreadfuls, a type of 19th-century cheap British fiction publication with lurid and sensational subject matter. The series draws upon many public domain characters from 19th-century Irish and British fiction, including Dorian Gray from Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, Mina Harker from Bram Stoker's Dracula, and Victor Frankenstein and his monster fr
The relationship between interior evil and its effect of one's external appearance isn't new to the show, but it's explored pretty explicitly in Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray. A much darker affair than The Importance of Being Earnest, this book is the closest examination of morality in Victorian England that we've read since Jekyll and Hyde.