Oscar Wilde on the Radio: A Birthday Broadcast

Podcast: Chesterton Radio · Chesterton Radio

Opublikowano: 2026-10-16

Oscar Wilde was born on October 16, 1854. Tonight, the lights are on at the little station on Commercial Street, and we’re celebrating his birthday the way Chesterton Radio knows best: by listening. In this special Listen with Gilbert, we open the radio archives and hear Wilde come alive through An Ideal Husband, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Canterville Ghost, The Picture of Dorian Gray, and several remarkable radio versions of The Happy Prince. Why does Wilde work so extraordinarily well without a stage? Perhaps because when the scenery disappears, we are left wi...