"The Ballad of Reading Gaol" by Oscar Wilde
PAST EVENT | 13 June 2018 18:00
Please note that the originally advertised date of this event has changed. It will take place on 13th June.
Monica Molinaro (pianist) and Jean-Paul Audrain (actor) will be performing The Ballad of Reading Gaol from Oscar Wilde, accompanied by Brahms piano music.
The Ballad of Reading Gaol is a long poem in which Oscar Wilde describes the last days of a condemned prisoner in Reading. The poem is a requisition against capital punishment, and an act of love and compassion for the suffering humanity. The Sphinge, Ada Leverson, is Wilde's true friend who followed him through his challenges, and who welcomed him when he came out of prison. She waits for him by playing Brahms on the piano. She will give him the strength to write again after the distressing time in Reading. Brahms will help him speak again and inspire him to confession. Wilde's last testimony poem is reflect by Brahms' last musical pieces.
Poem read in English and French. French adaptation by Jean-Paul Audrain based on the translation by Henry-D.Davrey.
This event will take place on Wednesday 13 June at 6pm in the Pichette Auditorium, Pembroke College, Oxford.
This event is free and open to all. Please book your place via Evenbrite.
The Pichette Auditorium is wheelchair accessible.
For further information please contact the event organiser, Julie Dequaire or visit the Facebook event.
"The Ballad of Reading Gaol" by Oscar Wilde
PAST EVENT | 13 June 2018 18:00
Please note that the originally advertised date of this event has changed. It will take place on 13th June.
Monica Molinaro (pianist) and Jean-Paul Audrain (actor) will be performing The Ballad of Reading Gaol from Oscar Wilde, accompanied by Brahms piano music.
The Ballad of Reading Gaol is a long poem in which Oscar Wilde describes the last days of a condemned prisoner in Reading. The poem is a requisition against capital punishment, and an act of love and compassion for the suffering humanity. The Sphinge, Ada Leverson, is Wilde's true friend who followed him through his challenges, and who welcomed him when he came out of prison. She waits for him by playing Brahms on the piano. She will give him the strength to write again after the distressing time in Reading. Brahms will help him speak again and inspire him to confession. Wilde's last testimony poem is reflect by Brahms' last musical pieces.
Poem read in English and French. French adaptation by Jean-Paul Audrain based on the translation by Henry-D.Davrey.
This event will take place on Wednesday 13 June at 6pm in the Pichette Auditorium, Pembroke College, Oxford.
This event is free and open to all. Please book your place via Evenbrite.
The Pichette Auditorium is wheelchair accessible.
For further information please contact the event organiser, Julie Dequaire or visit the Facebook event.