DATE AND VENUE

29, 30.05.2000, 20.30

THEATRE ISTANBUL

• Written by: Oscar Wilde
• Directed by: Gencay Gürün

According to Shaw, Oscar Wilde was “the biggest speaker of hies era and perhaps of all eras. Wilde used a paradoxical language full of niceties and idioms in order to shake the foundations of England’s social system, its traditional principles and beliefs, in short, all of that which could be considered quintessentially English. In doing so he explosed the hypocrisy, conservatism and superficality of Victorian England. This is why he never placed great importance upon the actual plot of his plays saying, “The originality expected from the artist is not the story, but the way the story is told.”Wilde was contented with creating scenes that satired the lifestyle, behavior, and beliefs of the Victorian aristocracy and bourgeoisie , thereby revealing the social and ethical conflicts between conservative tradutionalists and progressive revolutionaires. Richard Le Gallienne, a poet close to Wilde, summarised this way, “Thanks to Wilde, the people living during the end of the Victorian period were were able to laugh at themselves, maybe even die laughing.”