Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray was first published as a short story in the July 1890 issue of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. Dearing the content was indecent, the editors ended up removing about five hundred words without Wilde's knowledge before it was published. Wilde went on to revise and expand his story, (adding 12 additional chapters) for the book which was printed the following year in 1891. Even with these changes, the homoeroticism was watered down in by some publishers with future printings.
Contemporary Dance: Kings Theatre, Edinburgh International Festival
Like so many great stories, and iconic works of fiction, there have been hundreds of adaptations of Wilde's story staged and films. There were hundreds of stage versions, musicals, operas, ballets, and of course, the requisite gay porn parody. There were over a dozen film versions, one the most notable, the 1945 film starring Burt Hatfield as Dorian. This version also co-starred Angela Lansbury, who was nominated for an Oscar for her role as Sibyl Vane.
Hurd Hatfield 1945 film
Later, Helmut Berger inhabited the role in 1970's Dorian Gray, aka The Secrets of Dorian Gray and The Evils of Dorian Gray. The first actor to play Gray on big screen was Danish silent film star Valdemar Psilander. More recently the role has been played on film by Ethan Erickson in 2004. Ben Barnes in 2009 and actor Fionn Whitehead in the 2021 British adaptation.
Peter Firth, BBC Play, (1976)
2 comments:
the picture of the guy at the beach with his t-shirt slung over his shoulder isn't Jedidiah Goodacre. I believe it's model Kevin Childs.
Thank You Steve!
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