ArtsNational Canberra Guest: Simon Whitehouse Lecture
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WILDE ABOUT OSCAR: FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS (& INFAMOUS)
This talk examines the life and times of Oscar Wilde from his Irish roots to his days as a student at Oxford and his meteoric rise to the heights of celebrity. Simon will travel with him to the United States and examine his starring role in the artistic and theatrical worlds of late 19th-century London. We visit his home in bohemian Chelsea and some of his favourite West End haunts. Finally, when Wilde was “tired of being on the heights, I deliberately went to the depths”, he became famous for being infamous ...
This talk examines the life and times of Oscar Wilde from his Irish roots to his days as a student at Oxford and his meteoric rise to the heights of celebrity. Simon will travel with him to the United States and examine his starring role in the artistic and theatrical worlds of late 19th-century London. We visit his home in bohemian Chelsea and some of his favourite West End haunts. Finally, when Wilde was “tired of being on the heights, I deliberately went to the depths”, he became famous for being infamous ...
