Wilde in New York

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Although Wilde is mostly associated with London at his zenith as a playwright, New York City also deserves a special place in his history. It was in New York, in fact, that his first two plays-Vera and The Duchess of Padua-had their world-premiere performances. During his yearlong tour of the United States in 1882, when he was a little-known poet associated with the comic character Bunthorne in Gilbert and Sullivan’s opera Patience, he sojourned in New York several times, establishing important social and artistic connections. Prompting newspaper stories wherever he went, he returned to Europe a genuine celebrity.
MATTHEW STURGIS, author of the recent major biography Oscar Wilde: A Life, is the voice of Oscar Wilde.
JOHN COOPER, author of the vast website Oscar Wilde in America, hosts Part Three, giving us a sample of his celebrated Wilde Walking Tour of New York.
ERIK RYDING, an award-winning author and for years a professor of English literature, is the principal narrator.
Other Voices
SAM TSOUTSOUVAS and DEBORAH BESHAW-FARRELL
with JONATHAN FLUCK
Music by Rodrigo Espina, Étienne Goepp, Christina Kay, Howard Lew, Randall Love, Rebecca Pechefsky, Erik Ryding, Mitchell Vines, John Taylor Ward, Melanie Williams
For John Cooper’s Wilde Walking Tour:
Videographer: Erik Ryding
Audio assistant: Dennis Cembalo
Copyright © 2024 by Quill Classics | Erik Ryding
00:00 Introduction
02:04 PART ONE: The 1882 Lecture Tour
02:57 Aestheticism and Patience
11:37 Arrival in New York
20:52 The English Renaissance lecture
39:04 Lillie Langtry in New York
46:58 Hungry Joe
52:06 PART TWO: Oscar's First Plays
54:29 Vera
1:04:06 Meeting with Thomas Edison
1:07:25 Guido Ferranti (The Duchess of Padua)
1:17:27 PART THREE: John Cooper's Wilde Walking Tour

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@user-ct3mu4xk5v 7 күн бұрын

I'm French and I have the pleasure of regularly paying my respects to Oscar Wilde at Père Lachaise cemetery.

@QuillClassics 7 күн бұрын

I've visited Oscar's grave at Père Lachaise, too--an extraordinary cemetery.

@marycahill546 Ай бұрын

Wilde was known for his wit and satire, but if you read his letters from Reading Gael he could also be very serious and deep.

@edwardhackney9136 Ай бұрын

Bravo Quill!! What a great pleasure to have this presented to me this evening. As a former denizen of 33 and later 1 Union Square it hit home. Thank you friends.

@QuillClassics Ай бұрын

Many thanks, Sandy! Great to hear from you. Hope you're both well!

@Ropeorsnake Ай бұрын

must second: “bravo Quill!”

@lancelotdufrane Ай бұрын

Very much enjoyed this beautifully done history. Oscar was SO talented. His life was wasted my small thinking. His incredible depth, stops you to listen. Reading his works is time consuming because, I keep stopping to reread the profound prose.

@DanFontaine Ай бұрын

This is Brilliant. Thank you

@hslev Ай бұрын

Fascinating on so many levels. Although a life-long New Yorkers and fan of Oscar Wolfe, I learned so muich about the formative time that Wilde spent in New York City in the 1880s. A must-watch for fans of Wilde and those interested in the social and cultural history of New York in the early years of the Gilded Age. The final portion of the film shows the many sites where you can still walk in Wilde's steps.

@QuillClassics Ай бұрын

Thanks so much for your comments!

@edwardhackney9136 Ай бұрын

What a fine and extended overview of Wilde. Who needs Ellman (sic?). We have music and so many great photos and maps and descriptions. Lily Langtry, Edit Wharton, etc. Thank you Quill and all the friends who made this. I still have 45 delicious minutes to go.

@edwardhackney9136 Ай бұрын

Forty five delicious minutes later I have come to the end (for the first time) of this splendid, entertaining, informative and frankly lovely work. Thank you Quill and it was nice to get a quick glimpse (Hitchcock would do it) of Erik. Beautiful and I enjoyed John Cooper's tour. Wonderful!

@QuillClassics Ай бұрын

So glad you enjoyed it, Sandy! Glad you enjoyed my Hitchcock moments :)

@soulesharmony Ай бұрын

How wonderfully entertaining and educational. Wilde in New York is wildly fascinating. Top hats off to the creator and producer, Erik Ryding. The excellent narration, accompanying imagery, and period music create a rich tapestry of Wilde's social and cultural milieu. I wish the History Channel aired this sort of thing, but then again we are lucky to have it right here on KZfaq.

@QuillClassics Ай бұрын

Many, many thanks!

@diane6154 Ай бұрын

Wonderful music and musicians!

@elisaamoroso4105 Ай бұрын

Bravo Erik!

@QuillClassics Ай бұрын

Thanks so much, Elisa!

@moniquetheuwissen56 Ай бұрын

fantastic!

@scottzema3103 Ай бұрын

Superb.

@jimmartin1803 Ай бұрын

Very good

@steplumpkin5432 Ай бұрын

OFF THE CHAIN!!!!°!!! THANKS 200MILL UPLOADER.

@livingreflection5 Ай бұрын

I know Wilde visited Colorado where he was a huge success. So he has to have visited America twice.

@QuillClassics Ай бұрын

Yes, he visited the US in 1882 (pretty much all year) and 1883 (just a few weeks).

@greglpc-s6178 Ай бұрын

I had a book saying he toured the OLD West, was respected by cowboys due to his go9d horsemanship.

@QuillClassics Ай бұрын

@@greglpc-s6178 Yes, Wilde toured most of the USA and some of Canada in 1882.

@connierussell6966 Ай бұрын

I really enjoyed this ❤thank you

@SantosZox Ай бұрын

No captions, not even auto generated? 😢 Still a good video but it would be better with the option for captions/subtitles.

@QuillClassics Ай бұрын

My iPhone generates auto-captions, so they are an option. Unfortunately I don't know how to engage that function.

@SantosZox Ай бұрын

@QuillClassics ahh thats unfortunate. Thanks for the reply!

@samgamgee7384 Ай бұрын

I don't know if this really happened, but Wilde's time in New York may have inspired this joke: The playwright's admirers had heard he loved anemone flowers. So they ordered dozens of them to welcome him among them. However, there was a mix up at the florist's and instead they were sent a couple of dozen very handsome potted ferns. Naturally they were very upset, but Oscar Wilde had the wit and grace to assuage their emotions. He is reported to have said, "Gentlemen, ladies, with fronds like these - who needs anemones?"

@QuillClassics Ай бұрын

Unlikely, but quite funny!

@terr777 Ай бұрын

Heavens! A McDonald's next to the studio.

@QuillClassics Ай бұрын

Times have changed!

@avery1234530 Ай бұрын

What a strange thought, to live up to the china set you just bought. I wonder in what regards that was intended. Were they going to work on having better etiquette at the table, or were they going to serve more elaborate meals? Maybe they were going to attempt be less clumsy because they accidently break a lot of plates, or perhaps when they argue they start smashing and throwing things in anger. Since we own this now, we should behave this way...wow, what a philosophy. Could you imagine applying that to everything?

@Ropeorsnake Ай бұрын

I imagine there was a fair helping of irony in admiring the beauty of a perfect set of china!

@patrickhastings6438 Ай бұрын

What is the piano music played at the "outro"?

@QuillClassics Ай бұрын

The outro following John's walking tour (before the music for the credits) is from the Overture to Gilbert and Sullivan's PATIENCE, performed by Melanie Williams, flute, and Mitchell Vines, piano. The music for the credits is Chopin's Nocturne in D-flat Major, performed by Randall Love.

@michaelharrison3602 Ай бұрын

Life IS unfair 😅

@user-martinpd Ай бұрын

Edison was a great leader of brilliant men of science, perhaps exclaiming the quote about The Atlantic was his way of getting something out of meeting the poet. He was always consolidating.

@QuillClassics Ай бұрын

Consolidating indeed! Ha!

@Dazbog373 Ай бұрын

What an excellent documentary. Surprising considering the other content on this channel - perhaps you found your metier. Although I feel it took a lot of effort, if you can keep it up maybe Bram stoker next. You've got my subscription anyway 👌

@QuillClassics Ай бұрын

Many thanks! You might also enjoy my video SARGENT AND MUSIC, which explores Wilde's Tite Street neighbor John Singer Sargent and his passion for music.

@Dazbog373 Ай бұрын

@@QuillClassics 👍👌