4 d. ago The young Oscar Wilde’s Russian revolutionary drama reveals a playwright divided

Vera; or, The Nihilists concerns a plot to kill a tsar but after Alexander II was assassinated, its London premiere was cancelled. Now receiving a rare production, it captures his conflict between ethics and aestheticsWho wrote the following: “When private property is abolished, there will be no necessity for crime”? In one of his plays the same writer has a female revolutionary cry: “How easy is it for a king to kill his people by thousands but we cannot rid ourselves of one crowned man in Europe.” If I reveal that the writer was a London-based Irishman, most people would assume it was Bernard Shaw. In fact, it was Oscar Wilde and, while the first quote comes from his essay The Soul of Man Under Socialism, the last is from his play Vera; or, The Nihilists which is to get a rare professional production at the Brockley Jack Studio theatre, south-east London, in September.The play itself is virtually unknown even to Wildean devotees. It was written in 1879 and loosely based on the sto...

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3 w. ago Rachel Zegler Serenades Crowd Outside Theater for Free in a New London Production of ‘Evita’

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The actress plays Eva Peron in Jamie Lloyd’s new production of hit musical Evita at the London Palladium.

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3 w. ago Rachel Zegler serenades the crowd for free in a new London production of 'Evita'

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3 w. ago Rachel Zegler gives free performance outside London theatre as Evita production kicks off

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