The Oscar Wilde BBC Collection : The Importance Of Being Earnest / The Picture Of Dorian Gray / An Ideal Husband / Lady Windermere's Fan (3 Disc Box Set) [DVD]

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Customer reviews

review by: Hunnis Girl date: 2009-06-06 rating:
A Wonderful Collection
This collection is brilliant. I particularly enjoyed The Picture of Dorian Gray. Fantastic acting by all of the characters involved. I recommend this product to everyone considering it.

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review by: Grady O'Tool date: 2009-04-25 rating:
Deserve Oscars? - They Are Oscars
All four of these witty comedy classics are well filmed and well acted with some fascinating period detail. br / br /I think the the Picture Of Dorian Gray is perhaps the weakest but still worthy of more than one view. br / br /I really bought this set to compare The Importance Of Being Ernest with the 1952 Michael Redgrave version. Both versions stand up in there own right. Well worth getting. br / br /Lady Windermere's Fan it certainly worth watching many times.

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review by: date: 2008-11-01 rating:
First class porductions
I bought this set some time ago, but have just re-watched some of the plays and was again impressed with the high standard of acting and production. For example, the version of An Ideal Husband is so much better than the recent film of that name. The latter seems so shallow in comparison and made the mistake of re-writing Wilde's words. br /If you like Oscar wilde's writing you'll enjoy this set.

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review by: date: 2007-02-15 rating:
Dated productions of timeless plays
Oscar Wilde's plays are polished, plotty, and packed with his well-known one liners. They glitter and lacerate at the same time, like broken glass. They are funny and subversive, although they stick resolutely to a very small cast of very upper class characters - which works well in the intensity of the theatre. br / br /These productions have wonderful costumes and sets. But the acting is wooden, the staging is unimaginative and the camerawork is clumsy. You could do a lot better - for example, the classic 1952 film version of The Importance of Being Earnest, with Dame Edith Evans as Lady Bracknell, and other stars like Michael Redgrave, has aged a lot better, and provides a much more entertaining interpretation.


review by: edith7 date: 2006-10-28 rating:
Worth a watch
Although the settings for these productions are firmly in the period of Wilde they all look a little dated, however if you are able to put that aside the performances are wonderful. Especially good are Gielgud and Brett in 'The Picture Of Dorian Gray'; Joan Plowright and Paul McGann in 'The Importance Of Being Earnest' and a serprising Amanda Redman. But I did find the 70's filming of 'An Ideal Husband' too much. It felt too staged and cramped. I hired the DVDs for my daughter to see a production that wouldn't have the Hollywood treatment of messing about with Wildes dialoge. So, if you don't mind it looking a bit tired it's worth a watch

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