The Picture of Dorian Gray

Believe me, no civilised man ever regrets a pleasure... As London slides from one century into the next, a young man is cursed with the uncanny ability to remain both young and beautiful while descending into a life of heartless debauchery. With its glittering dialogue, provocative imagery and radical questioning of sexual and moral freedoms all brought sharply into focus by this brand-new adaptation, Oscar Wildes infamous parable has lost none of its power to provoke and disturb. Using Wildes original words, a company of sixteen actors and all of adaptor Neil Bartletts trademark theatricality, this new stage version of Wildes black-hearted parable was commissioned by and first produced at the Abbey Theatre, Irelands national theatre in the autumn season of 2012.