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Richard Strauss Dresden, Germany, 1905Still considered shocking by some, and certainly startling, Salome, after Wilde's play, leads the way to modern opera: its radical harmonies, its vocal challenges and its violent biblical story revisited in the age of Freud.
Top 50 operas 2011
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MORNING BOOK DISCUSSION, Carol Sokolski will lead a discussion of Oscar Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Gray." 10: 15 a.m.,
Montgomery County community calendar, Oct. 21-28, 2010 Post 2010
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If flippancy and light-heartedness characterize much of Oscar Wilde's writing, a more sober, even somber, outlook shadows his prison writings.
Five Best: Still Free to Think: Prison Writing Martin E. Marty 2011
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He followed this with Robert Frost, Rudyard Kipling and, for good measure, a fair portion of Wilde's Ballad of Reading Gaol, by which time he held the attention of the nighthawks of Midtown.
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The marquess, who had been outraged by Wilde's friendship with his son, Lord Alfred Douglas, proved the allegations in court, and Wilde was jailed.
Five Best: Still Free to Think: Prison Writing Martin E. Marty 2011
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Getty Images Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas in 1893, two years before Wilde's conviction for 'gross indecency.'
Five Best: Still Free to Think: Prison Writing Martin E. Marty 2011
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Olivia Wilde's actual surname is Cockburn. mangoshakes i've validated this with a wiki search
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I'm not sure whether to count big favourites The Importance of Being Earnest and An Ideal Husband because although they take liberties with the originals, they are essentially the originals -- most of the dialogue is Wilde's, even if not all of it is from the works being portrayed.
Film Maxine 2009
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If you check Olivia Wilde's twitter account (twitter. com/oliviawilde) She states that the rumors for her are false. theJOKer
Rumor of the Day: Olivia Wilde and Freida Pinto for Bond 23 | /Film 2010
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The poem made clear the late-in-life stirring of Wilde's religious faith.
Five Best: Still Free to Think: Prison Writing Martin E. Marty 2011
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