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Directed and adapted byNeil Bartlettset and Costume Design byKandis Cooklighting Design byChris DaveyCast includesJane BrennanJasper BrittonTom CantonAaron HeffernanBosco HoganEmmet KirwanAndrew MacklinCharlotte McCurryFrank McCuskerLise Ann McLaughlinBairbre Ní ChaoimhKate O’TooleMichael SheehanAli WhiteSusannah de Wrixon“I represent to you all the sins you havenever had the courage to commit.”The Abbey Theatre presents Wilde’s iconic fable, especiallycommissioned from leading theatre-maker Neil Bartlett forthis year’s Festival.A disturbing tale of a young man’s uncanny ability to remainboth young and beautiful while descending into a life ofheartless debauchery, the picture of Dorian Gray wasconsidered proof of both Wilde’s genius and his perversion.Oscar Wilde’s scandalous best-seller of 1891 was one ofthe most damning pieces of evidence used against him inthe trial that brought about his downfall.With a company of 16 actors, this new staging of his blackheartedmasterpiece brings Wilde’s most dangerous antiheroback to contemporary theatrical life in Bartlett’strademark visual, flamboyant style.A theatre radical, Bartlett returns to the Abbey after theaward-winning an Ideal husband in 2008. One of Britain’smost acclaimed and original theatre-makers, he has been atthe forefront of international theatre, working with namessuch as Complicité, Improbable and Robert Lepage.thePiCture ofDorian graYadapted by Neil Bartlett31