BBC Play of the Month: Season 12, Episode 1The Picture of Dorian Gray (19 Sep. 1976)Director:John Gorrie |
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BBC Play of the Month: Season 12, Episode 1The Picture of Dorian Gray (19 Sep. 1976)Director:John Gorrie |
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| John Gielgud | ... | ||
| Jeremy Brett | ... | ||
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Gwen Ffrangcon Davies | ... | |
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Nan Munro | ... | |
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Mark Dignam | ... |
Lord Fermor
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Michael Barrington | ... | |
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Gillian Raine | ... | |
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Nicholas Ball | ... | |
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Lawrence Davidson | ... |
Victor
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Reginald Barratt | ... |
Mr. Hubbard
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Paul Greenhalgh | ... |
Francis
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Nicholas Clay | ... | |
Playwright John Osborne's (Look Back in Anger, The Entertainer) dramatisation of Oscar Wilde's only novel positively revels in the homosexual subtext of the original, perhaps too much so. Nonetheless, the dialogue, the acting, with a cast headed by Sir John Gielgud & Jeremy Brett, and the brilliantly cerebral production (marred only by a "too quick" ending) make this worth the while of any lover of Theater, with a capital "T".