Oscar Wilde documentary

As a very young girl my brother brought home a library record of Wilde’s fairy tales. I cried every time I heard the one about the nightingale but loved it. In high school I discovered on my own his other writings and he was a hero to me. In my thirties I read The Happy Prince to the older kids and asked them to talk about Christian values. I was never invited again to take a Sunday School class. Oscar Wilde remains a hero to me in my old age for his genius, true Christian values expressed in his fairy tales , his eloquence ,and refusal to pretend being who he was not.

"Only the shallow know themselves." --Oscar Wilde

" Be yourself, everyone else is taken." --- Oscar Wilde.

“Some Bring Happiness Wherever they Go. Others Whenever they Go” O.Wilde My Love for the Irish & Irish authors began when discovering The Picture of Dorian Grey. Fools were those to turn their backs on this genius, kind & witty man.

While on my honeymoon in Paris, I forced my wife to walk 2 miles to visit Oscars tomb. It is surrounded by plexiglass because people kiss his tomb with red lipstick and apparently the oils damage the stone. Oscar was one of the most courageous and brilliant minds to ever exist, visiting his final resting place to pay my respects was on my bucket list.

I’ve been a reader and fan of brilliant Oscar Wilde, since I started to read at age 5. I’m grateful for having parents that gave the privilege of accessing his unforgettable books.

The cruelest treatment to a man whose genius is still quoted 120 years after his death. A great documentary with the most beautiful music

There is an amazing audiobook of The Picture of Dorian Gray, narrated by David Brown (in 1965) and it the most perfect production I have ever heard. Wilde’s brilliance comes to life in this most remarkable story, and all life is to be found within the poetry of every chapter.

As a young drama student, I heard many more experienced actors and directors tell me that Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest" was the funniest play in English. I saw several mediocre productions over the years and did not think much of the play. Then, about 25 years ago, I finally saw a production that did justice to the script. Truly. I have never laughed so much. so loudly, or so long. I had to agree with my old mentors that the play was superior.

I like to think Oscar's spirit is smiling knowing his legacy has been restored for the brilliant mind & man he was.

I believe Oscar Wilde stood for the values of kindness, empathy, and love. These values are not unique to Christianity, but Wilde did include religious themes in some of his works. He had a very sharp wit, and a great facility for language. He is one of my author-heroes.

How terribly sad. He was appreciated and under-appreciated at the same time. I’ve always felt he got such a raw deal. Brilliant, funny, an incredible wit. RIP.

He's my favorite author, play write and his quips and quotes are timeless. He would be so much more appreciated in our time!😊

I loved his final words, turning towards wallpaper & saying “one of us must go”, many years later Spike Milligan would have on his gravestone “I told you I was ill “

De Profundus was one of the first things of Wilde that I was blessed to read. The sheer poetry and historical elegance used to write such a piece of prose was both remarkable and staggering. The man was a simple master of the English language. His plays are rightly praised as examples of significant virtue; the irony, farce, sympathy, understanding and humour used are unequalled (as they will no doubt remain). That it was a letter of rebuke to his erstwhile companion makes it all the more stinging, abrupt and worthwhile. I can understand why its target tore it up. It is a shining jewel of English and Emotion

"The truth is rarely pure and never simple." Oscar Wilde

And the child smiled on the Giant, and said to him, 'You let me play once in your garden, to-day you shall come with me to my garden, which is Paradise.' How simple is this tale, that a 5 years child can understand, though how powerful it is, making me crying every time I read it. I think that giant is Oscar Wilde

Can you imagine being one of his children, moving on with live, and your dependents never knowing they came from such greatness.

I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their intellects. Oscar Wilde

Morrissey inspired me, in 1981 to read everything that Oscar Wilde had ever written. I thank him for that. The Selfish Giant is one of my favorite short stories. I read it to my daughter when she was 8-9.