| "The Picture of Dorian Gray" | |
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| Play of the Month episode | |
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| Directed by | John Gorrie |
| Written by | John Osborne |
| Based on | The Picture of Dorian Gray byOscar Wilde |
| Featured music | Joseph Horovitz |
| Original air date | 19 September 1976 (1976-09-19) |
| Running time | 100 minutes |
| List of episodes | |
"The Picture of Dorian Gray" is atelevision play episode of theBBC One anthology television seriesPlay of the Month It starsPeter Firth,Jeremy Brett, andJohn Gielgud.[1] A 100-minute adaptation ofOscar Wilde's 1890 novelThe Picture of Dorian Gray byJohn Osborne, it was first broadcast on 19 September 1976.[2]
This production was a critical success at the time of its first screening. In 2009The Times called it the "most Wildean" adaptation of the novel, boasting "perhaps the best Dorian" and mentioning that John Gielgud "steals the show, having of course been given the most beguiling lines by Wilde".[3]
This version accentuates the gay subtext of Wilde's novel more than other versions; e.g. when Dorian wants Alan's help in the disposal of Basil's body, it is strongly suggested that the two had a sexual relationship in the past and when Dorian's seduction attempt fails, he apparently threatens to expose Alan as a homosexual. In the novel and other adaptations the precise nature of Dorian's hold over Alan is mostly left to the imagination of the reader or viewer, respectively.
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