The Oscar Wilde collection
By: British Broadcasting Corporation
Contributors: Burge, Stuart; Messina, Cedric; Gorrie, John; Osborne, John, 1929-; Cartier, Rudolph; Marks, Louis; Smith, Tony; Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900; Brett, Jeremy, 1933-1995; Firth, Peter, 1953-; Gielgud, John, 1904-2000; Plowright, Joan; Hampshire, Susan, 1942-; Little, Helena; Woodward, Tim, 1953-; Jones, Gemma; Cranham, Kenneth, 1944-; British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service; BBC Video (Firm); Warner Home Video (Firm)
Publisher: BBC Video; Distributed by Warner Home Video
Published: 2002
Place of publication: [London]; Burbank, CA
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 456
Subjects: Film and video adaptations
Other titles: Stage left; Stage right; Importance of being earnest.; Picture of Dorian Gray.; Ideal husband.; Lady Windermere's fan.; Life and loves of Oscar Wilde.
Description: A collection of four of Oscar Wilde's masterpieces, and a 1995 documentary about his life, his relationship with Alfred Douglas and the trials that destroyed his career. Includes reflections by Wilde's grandson Merlin Holland, and Douglas' grandniece Alice Douglas.
Notes: Based on the work of Oscar Wilde.

Productions for television originally broadcast from 1969 through 1995.

Special features: the documentary, "The Life and loves of Oscar Wilde"; dramatist personae for each play.

Importance: producer, Shaun Sutton ; director, Stuart Burge. Picture: producer, Cedric Messina ; director, John Gorrie; dramatist, John Osborne ; music, Joseph Horovitz. Ideal husband: producer, Cedric Messina ; director, Rudolph Cartier. Lady Windemere's fan: producer, Louis Marks ; director, Tony Smith. Life and loves: a BBC/Arts and Entertainment Networks co-production ; producer, Annie Paul.

Importance of being earnest: Joan Plowright, Paul McGann, Amanda Redman, Rupert Frazer, Natalie Ogle, Gemma Jones, Alec McCowen. Picture of Dorian Grey: Jeremy Brett, Peter Firth, John Gielgud, Gwen Ffrangon-Davies, Nan Munro, Mark Dignam, Judi Bowker. Ideal husband: Jeremy Brett, Susan Hampshire, Keith Michell, Dinah Sheridan. Lady Windermere's fan: Helena Little, Tim Woodward, Stephanie Turner, Kenneth Cranham, Sara Kestleman.

DVD.

Closed-captioned.
Table of contents: title: [1] Stage left. The importance of being earnest (1986) ; The picture of Dorian Gray (1976) (196 min.); title: [2] Stage right. An ideal husband (1969) ; Lady Windermere's fan (1985) ; The life and loves of Oscar Wilde (1995) (260 min.).