NewsPHOTO ARCHIVE: Oscar Wilde on the New York StagePlaybill.com takes a look back at a few of Oscar Wilde's works that appeared on the New York stage in recent decades. Roundabout Theatre Company is currently offering The Importance of Being Earnest, the first Broadway revival of his famed comedy in over 30 years.
By
Matthew Blank
January 13, 2011
Wilde — whose theatrical compositions include An Ideal Husband, Salome, Lady Windermere's Fan, A Woman of No Importance — was first produced on Broadway in 1893. His work has been revived numerous times over the years, gaining particular popularity in the 1920s and 1930s. The current Importance of Being Earnest marks the first fully-staged Wilde title on Broadway since 1997, when An Ideal Husband played the Ethel Barrymore Theatre.
Here is brief look back at some of the more recent Wilde and Wilde-inspired works to play New York:
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PHOTO ARCHIVE: Oscar Wilde on the New York Stage
PHOTO ARCHIVE: Oscar Wilde on the New York Stage
Playbill.com takes a look back at a few of Oscar Wilde's works to play the New York stage in recent decades. Roundabout Theatre Company is currently offering The Importance of Being Earnest, the first Broadway revival of his famed comedy in over 30 years.
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Patricia Conolly, Elizabeth Wilson, John Glover and James Valentine in the 1977 Broadway revival of The Importance of Being Earnest.
Kathleen Widdoes and John Glover in the 1977 Broadway revival of The Importance of Being Earnest.
Kathleen Widdoes, John Glover, Patricia Conolly, James Valentine, Elizabeth Wilson, G. Wood and Mary Louise Wilson in the 1977 Broadway revival of The Importance of Being Earnest.
Sheryl Lee and Esai Morales in the 1992 Broadway production of Salome.
Al Pacino and Suzanne Bertish in the 1992 Broadway production of Salome.
Anna Carteret and David Yelland in the 1996 Broadway revival of An Ideal Husband.
Martin Shaw and Victoria Hasted in the 1996 Broadway revival of An Ideal Husband.
David Yelland and Penny Downie in the 1996 Broadway revival of An Ideal Husband.
Dianne Wiest and Al Pacino in a 2003 limited-run Broadway staged reading of Salome.
The Importance of Being Earnest plays the American Airlines Theatre. Brian Bedford directs and stars as Lady Bracknell. Paxton Whitehead, Santino Fontana, David Furr, Tim MacDonald, Paul O'Brien, Charlotte Parry, Sara Topham, Amanda Leigh Cobb and Dana Ivey join Bedford in the classic comedy of manners.
Tickets are available by calling Roundabout Ticket Services at (212) 719-1300, online at www.roundabouttheatre.org or at the American Airlines Box Office (227 West 42nd Street).
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