Wilde Tales
Adapted by Karin Magaldi
Directed by Samantha Van Der Merwe
October 11th - November 9th 2013
About Wilde Tales
Oscar Fingall O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was born in Dublin in 1854. In 1884 he married Constance Lloyd, and his two sons were born in 1885 and 1886. His children inspired him to write a collection of fairy tales. They can be found in two separate books- the Happy Prince and the House of Pomegranates. The entire collection includes the following stories: The Happy Prince, The Nightingale and the Rose, The Selfish Giant, The Devoted Friend, The Remarkable Rocket, The Young King, The Birthday of the Infanta, The Fisherman and his Soul, and The Star-child.
They are all exquisite and poignant tales of true beauty, selfless love, generosity, loyalty, brilliant wit, and moral aestheticism. Oscar Wilde explained that they are... “partly for children, and partly for those who have kept the childlike faculties of wonder and joy.” |
Cast, Designers & CrewAdaptation: Karin Magaldi
Direction: Samantha Van Der Merwe Stage Manager: Olivia Murphy Lighting Design: Ted Gold Costume Design: Casey Ballard Graphic Design: Berdine Jordan Photographer: Jan Sonnenmair Cast: Chrissy Kelly-Pettit Matthew Kerrigan Shawna Nordman Chris Ringkamp Beth Thompson Samson Syharath |
What the Critics had to say about Wilde Tales
Portland Theatre Scene
50 words: WILDE TALES at Shaking The Tree
Stunning. Looking for theatricality in all the right places. Shaking The Tree once again shows how much can be created from the human body and a story. Read more here
Willamette Week
Oscar Wilde’s two collections of fairy tales, which he wrote “not for children but for childlike people,” explore the ambiguity of the heart and the illogical nature of love. Adapted by Portland playwright Karin Magaldi and directed by Samantha Van Der Merwe, Wilde Tales unfolds through six loosely linked stories that come to life like a pop-up book. Read more here
5 Useless Degrees and a Bottle of Scotch Podcast
"Wilde Tales, with seemingly great ease, prepared an event that embraced my imagination, and harnessed it, and took it on a journey." - James Engberg
"Shaking The Tree managed to speak in the language of the Theatre" - Eric Kilgore
Listen to the podcast here
50 words: WILDE TALES at Shaking The Tree
Stunning. Looking for theatricality in all the right places. Shaking The Tree once again shows how much can be created from the human body and a story. Read more here
Willamette Week
Oscar Wilde’s two collections of fairy tales, which he wrote “not for children but for childlike people,” explore the ambiguity of the heart and the illogical nature of love. Adapted by Portland playwright Karin Magaldi and directed by Samantha Van Der Merwe, Wilde Tales unfolds through six loosely linked stories that come to life like a pop-up book. Read more here
5 Useless Degrees and a Bottle of Scotch Podcast
"Wilde Tales, with seemingly great ease, prepared an event that embraced my imagination, and harnessed it, and took it on a journey." - James Engberg
"Shaking The Tree managed to speak in the language of the Theatre" - Eric Kilgore
Listen to the podcast here
A huge thank you to our show sponsor:
Ronni Lacroute, Willakenzie Estate
Funded in part by:
The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation
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