And while audiences never see the picture that gives the show its title—instead, they’re treated to a series of Snook selfies using increasingly unhinged filters to represent Gray’s decline—there are ...

Snook’s Dorian, though, has no sex appeal, and the sexual tension between Dorian, Basil, and Henry — the core triangular relationship of the text — has here been almost entirely eliminated. The very ...

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, Penguin Classics, 256 pages, $14.00.

Removing the homoerotic content from "The Picture of Dorian Gray" is a significant decision to overlook some of the work’s crucial historical context. Wilde was a gay Irish writer in the 19th ...

Screens have proliferated nonetheless. “The Picture of Dorian Gray”, an adaptation of Oscar Wilde ’s novel now at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, is, in a sense, a culmination of both trends.

Home Culture & Life Theatre the week recommends The Picture of Dorian Gray: a 'chameleonic tour de force' from Sarah Snook Snook mesmerises in Kip Williams's stage adaptation of Wilde classic ...

All the Pictures in The Picture of Dorian Gray The Broadway hit never reveals its title portrait, but plenty of others on stage help tell a fascinating tale. By Adam Rathe Published: Apr 28, 2025 ...

Snook’s Dorian, though, has no sex appeal, and the sexual tension between Dorian, Basil, and Henry — the core triangular relationship of the text — does not come across.

A better title would be “The Parody of Dorian Gray.” Sarah Snook plays all the characters from Oscar Wilde’s 1891 novel about a young man who doesn’t grow old but whose portrait reflects ...