Go Wilde with Oscar in aid of the Comin Centre in Blessington
Richard Lynch brings Oscar Wilde show to Blessington for Comin Centre fundraiser
Join Richard Lynch for a classic victorian evening at the Comin Centre Blessington on Friday November 27 at 7.30pm in Aid of the Comin Centre and share the company of one of the greatest writers in English literature, Oscar Wilde.
Transport yourself back in time to the Victorian era and treat and share Wilde’s sparkling humour and wit, tinged with a certain pity and sadness.
Meet the fearsome austere Lady Bracknell in that timeless comedy of manners The Importance of being Earnest, and the innocent Mr Jack Worthing who craves the hand of her only daughter, Gwendolin, in marriage.
The picture of Dorian Grey depicts a terrifying moral about a man who craves eternal youth. His gripping account of the condemned man’s final hours before his execution resonate to this very day in his classic poem ‘The Ballad of Reading Gaol’ There can be little doubt that Oscar Wilde’s humour and themes and his deep seated sense of spirituality, resonate to this very day.
But was he cursed with that affliction, ‘the ability to self-destruct’ or was he nothing more or less than a flawed genius’
Interspersed throughout the show, is a lightly sketched, humorous commentary on his life from his early years at Oxford to the pinnacle of his Literary success, where he was fawned upon by the English Upper Classes, followed by his tragic downfall, to his subsequent rejection and abandonment. But even in his darkest moments, and to the bitter end, Wilde maintained much of his humour.
This show has been staged at several arts festivals, fringe theatres, libraries and big houses around the country.
“Oh! And let me remind you that while victorian dress code is not compulsory, respectability is! Oh yes and very compulsory at that. We can’t have people talking and talk they will. But then there is only one thing worse than being talked about, and that is……………” said Richard.
Richard has written, acted, and directed for the stage over a long career, earning local and national acclaim for original plays and biographical performances. From the Shoulders Down is one of his most famous self-penned shows, a comedy-drama based loosely on personal observations and midland characters, which has toured multiple venues including Castletown House and local parish halls.
He is also well known for Face the Short Kick Out, a GAA-themed drama written by Lynch drawing on his own background playing club football in County Kildare.
Tickets cost €15 and are available at the parish office 045-865327. Tea/coffee provided afterwards. This show has proved very popular and is bound to attract a crowd, so get your tickets early to avoid dissapointment.