Rent The Picture of Dorian Gray / The Importance of Being Earnest (1988)
3.8 of 5 from 45 ratings
3h 27min
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- Synopsis:
Let the BBC transport you back to the decadent aristocratic drawing rooms of 1890s England...
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1976)
Dorian Gray (Peter Firth) is a privileged man who sits for artist Basil Hallward (Jeremy Brett). Gray is so happy with the results that he wishes he could look that way forever; Hallward tells him it could be so, but for a terrible price. Gray soon discovers that he no longer ages, but his portrait does instead, and as he becomes more corrupt and stops putting a check on his appetites, he discovers just how great a toll is portrait is forced to bear.
The Importance of Being Earnest (1988)Algernon "Algy" Moncrieff (Rupert Frazer) and Jack Worthing (Paul McGann) discover that they have been "Bunberrying", that is, assuming different identities in order to enjoy themselves in a guilt-free manner. Jack's pretending to be his foolish younger brother, Ernest in order to be a model of moral rectitude to his young ward, Cecily Cardew (Natalie Ogle). Jack intends to propose to Gwendolen Fairfax (Amanda Redman). That is until he discovers that she loves him because his name is Ernest. He sets about being rechristened. And when Cecily intends to meet her bad cousin Ernest, and Algy seizes the opportunity, it will take the imperious Lady Bracknell (Dame Joan Plowright), Miss Prism's (Gemma Jones') recollections about her handbag, and an army list to clear the matter up, and allow true love to run its course. - Actors:
- John Woodnutt, Rupert Frazer, Paul McGann, Joan Plowright, Amanda Redman, Gemma Jones, Natalie Ogle, Alec McCowen, John Quarmby, Peter Copley, John Gielgud, Jeremy Brett, Gwen Ffrangcon Davies, Nan Munro, Mark Dignam, Michael Barrington, Judi Bowker, Gillian Raine, Nicholas Ball, Lawrence Davidson
- Directors:
- Stuart Burge, John Gorrie
- Producers:
- Shaun Sutton, Cedric Messina
- Writers:
- Oscar Wilde, John Osborne
- Aka:
- Theatre Night: The Importance of Being Earnest
- Studio:
- 2 Entertain
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Collections:
- People of the Pictures, Remembering Joan Plowright
