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The Importance of Being Oscar Wilde’s Valet

Name: The Importance of Being Oscar Wilde’s Valet
Start: 2024-10-11T18:00:00+01:00
End: 2024-10-11T19:00:00+01:00
Location: Blackwell’s Bookshop

Friday, October 11, 2024 at 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Join award-winning playwrights Bobby Theodore and JC Niala for a presentation and discussion of their collaborative work in progress.

The Importance of Being Oscar Wilde’s Valet

Co-produced by the Cultural Programme, Oxford University. In partnership with Blackwell’s Bookshop, Oxford

Join award-winning playwrights Bobby Theodore and JC Niala for a presentation and discussion of their collaborative work in progress, The Importance of Being Oscar Wilde’s Valet.

Set in Oxford, this play explores the imagined experiences of Stephen Stephens, Oscar Wilde’s African-American valet, who accompanied Wilde to the UK after being promised an acting career beyond minstrelsy during Wilde’s 1882-3 tour of the US. Both men lived with a dual consciousness – Wilde as an Irishman striving for Englishness, and Stephens seeking a fresh start after a history of enslavement.Bobby Theodore is a two-time Betty Mitchwarnell Award winner, a Canadian Screen Award finalist, and a Governor General’s Award finalist. JC Niala is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Warwick and received the 2021 Nancy Dean Prize for her play Out of Bounds.

Details

Date:: Friday, October 11, 2024
Time:: 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Website:: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-importance-of-being-oscar-wildes-valet-tickets-995292174687

Venue

: Blackwell’s Bookshop
: 48-51 Broad Street
Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 3BQ United Kingdom

Organiser

: Blackwell’s, Broad Street Oxford
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