The Shadow Of Dorian Gray by Stephen Wyatt

A BBC Radio play by Stephen Wyatt

Many people believe that the inspiration for the title character of Oscar Wilde's chilling book THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY was an actual person: John Gray, a poet and friend of Wilde's. While there is evidence to the contrary and Wilde himself denied it, this theory still exists.

What if it were true?

The year is 1895; the place Victorian London. The notorious trial of Regina v. Wilde has concluded with Wilde's conviction for gross indecency, and with society in a total panic the worst of the fallout is still yet to come.

In a London cafe, civil servant and poet John Gray, the man rumored to have inspired Wilde's scandalous novel, sits waiting. He has been summoned by a mysterious telegram, and by the end of the evening the course of his life may be changed forever.

John Gray ... Blake Ritson
Sir Henry ... Nicholas Farrell
Waiter ... Chris Pavlo
Andre Raffalovich ... Joshua McGuire
The Voice of the Novel ... Mark Edel-Hunt

Directed by Abigail le Fleming

Broadcast on BBC Radio 4 26 May 2015

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