The Importance of Being Oscar. With an introduction by Hilton Edwards.

by Micheál Mac Liammóir, Unknown Author

Micheal macLiammoir launched his famous one-man show on Wilde at the Dublin Theatre Festival in 1960 and, under the direction of Hilton Edwards, performed The Importance of Being Oscar all over the world during the next fifteen years. When first published in 1963, the critics acclaimed the text as "outstandingly skilful and memorable tribute from one Irish artist to another"

Unknown Binding

First published September 14, 1996

About the author

Micheál Mac Liammhóir (born Alfred Willmore) was an English-born Irish actor, dramatist, impresario, writer, poet and painter. MacLiammóir was born to a Protestant family living in the Kensal Green neighbourhood of London.

Reviews

[Ronan · Rating 5 out of 5]

macLiammóir (and this is how he spelled his own name) was a hypnotic stage presence, so you might wonder how reading his script for this one-man show would fare without his charismatic voice. And the answer is that it remains vivid, witty and tragic just as the original stage show did. The contrast between the first and second halves is abrupt, total and devastating, and the text catches the utter change perfectly. Gone are the humorous asides and witty descriptions. This is grim, as we listen to the hideous vengeance meted out to Wilde by the establishment once it had him in its power.

A moving monument to two great Irishmen.

[Mariam Kaviladze · Rating 4 out of 5]

a truly one of Wilde's wittiest comedies showing his deeply mild humor in describing aristocratic society and all.
stayed amazed and was his feathery way of
although n the whole the book's not a page-turning one, needing to think for awhile but at the same time keeps you excited and fulfills the bookworm's craving for enjoyable reading, by making you a part of the scenario just like a director in the process of movie.
Wilde's way of thinking and philosophizing among the way somehow always coincided with mine. Reading in between the lines I got that feeling as if my thoughts have been printed out.

[Matt · Rating 3 out of 5]

A charming one-man play on the life of Oscar Wilde.