~OSCAR WILDE DEATH DAY SALON~
@ THE TOM OF FINLAND HOUSE~
PRODUCED BY THE PURPLE CIRCUIT
NOVEMBER 29TH~ 5PM
HOSTED BY RICK CASTRO
I SERVED HAND~BLENDED EARL GREY TEA WITH BABY ROSE BUDS
& LAVENDER BITS, ACCOMPANIED BY AN ASSORTMENT OF GRAPES
IN VARIOUS SIZE & COLOR.
IN ATTENDANCE WERE ADMIRERS & MOURNERS,
AND THE GHOSTS OF
OSCAR WILDE, (PORTRAYED BY KEVIN DULUDE)
DORIAN GRAY, (PORTRAYED BY MATTHEW STEELE
LORD ALFRED DOUGLAS AKA BOSIE, (PORTRAYED BY ALEX SMITH)
FOR OUR OBSERVANCE OF OSCAR WILDE’S DEATH DAY NOVEMBER 30TH, 1900~
AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH 117 YEARS AGO, OSCAR WILDE WAS A BROKEN MAN
PHYSICALLY & FINANCIALLY, BUT FREED FROM SEXUAL RESTRAINT.
HE HAD LOST HIS FAMILY, HIS REPUTATION AND HIS INCOME,
AND IT SEEMED HIS LITERARY WORKS WOULD BE FORGOTTEN.
OVER 100 YEARS LATER THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED.
OSCAR’S PLAYS ARE PREFORMED REGULARLY,
OSCAR’S BON MOTS ARE QUOTED CONSTANTLY
~( I CAN RESIST EVERYTHING, EXCEPT TEMPTATION )~.
~OSCAR WILDE IS A LITERARY & GAY ICON~
ON NOVEMBER 30TH,1900 IN PARIS~
OSCAR’S FEW REMAINING FRIENDS AND ADMIRERS MOURNED HIS DEATH.
LONGTIME FRIEND~ ROBBIE ROSS PLACED A WREATH OF LAURELS
INSCRIBED WITH A TRIBUTE TO HIS LITERARY ACHIEVEMENTS.
PLAYWRIGHT GEORGE BERNARD SHAW STATED~
“ I AM SURE OSCAR HAS NOT FOUND THE GATES OF HEAVEN SHUT AGAINST HIM,
HE IS TOO GOOD COMPANY TO BE EXCLUDED.”
~WRITTEN BY BILL KAISER~ LOS ANGELES WILDEN SOCIETY PRESIDENT
UPON HIS DEATH BED OSCAR WILDE SAID~
“EITHER THIS WALLPAPER GOES OR I DO”.
(A MODERN DAY WILDEAN POEM WRITTEN & RECITED BY MATTHEW STEEL AS DORIAN GRAY)
~FOR A SATYR I MET AT THE OLIVE MOTEL~
STAIN OF SUN FRESH ON HIS CHEEK CUTS A FINE SERENITY.
THIS ROOM, MINE,THIS HIS, BUT ALL OF THEM FLEET
WITH ROSEMARY, WOUNDS AND TIME.
O, TIME, WHAT A DESOLATE FIEND.TO THINK HOW IT CARES NOT WHAT IT EATS.
NOT WHAT IT FUCKS, BUT CLINGS TO ALL OUR GENERAL STREETS.
WERE I BUT A STAINLESS NIGHT, OR A SATIN EVE OF SATURNIAN GLOW,
I WOULD THE VIOLET SPECTRUM BITE AND ALL ETERNITY MY MOUTH WOULD KNOW.
