Feasting with panthers : a play about Oscar Wilde /

Feasting with panthers : a play about Oscar Wilde /

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A surrealistic mixture of reality and imagination, "Feasting with panthers" takes place in the life, mind, memory and vision of Oscar Wilde while imprisoned in England's Reading Gaol during the late Victorian Era. Through flashbacks and flash-forwards, the play presents a dramatic, fl...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), Trinity Square Repertory Company (Providence, R.I.), Kultur International Films, Broadway Theatre Archive, Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
Other Authors: Hall, Adrian, Hauser, Rick, Campbell, Kenneth, Kneeland, Richard, Williams, JoBeth
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: West Long Branch, N.J. : [New York] : Kultur ; Broadway Theatre Archive, [1999?]
Subjects:
Wilde, Oscar, > 1854-1900 > Drama.
Description
Summary:A surrealistic mixture of reality and imagination, "Feasting with panthers" takes place in the life, mind, memory and vision of Oscar Wilde while imprisoned in England's Reading Gaol during the late Victorian Era. Through flashbacks and flash-forwards, the play presents a dramatic, flowing portrait of an era, and of a man whose genius and vitality live on in his own words.
Item Description:Originally broadcast as a production of Thirteen/WNET for Theater in America on PBS, 3/27/74.
Special features: Previews of other Broadway Theatre Archive plays.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 chapter index card.
Format:DVD; Dolby digital.
Production Credits:Executive producer, Jac Venza ; music and lyrics by Richard Cumming ; associate producer, David S. Howe.
ISBN:0769796281