01625nam a22002777i 4500 176186 176186 OSt 20200127125231.0 200127t20182018-ukaoh e 000 1 eng d 9781847497512 RM47.90 paperback PPAK eng PPAK rda 23 823.8 823.8 WIL G Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900. author. The portrait of Mr. W. H. / Oscar Wilde United Kingdom : ALMA CLASSICS, 2018 ©2018 118 pages : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles ; 20 cm rdacontent text rdamedia unmediated rdacarrier volume During a conversation about literary forgeries, Erskine tells his young guest that he has received as a legacy from a friend, the Cambridge scholar Cyril Graham what is purported to be an Elizabethan portrait. The painting depicts a beautiful young man in late-sixteenth-century costume, whom Graham claimed to be Willie Hughes, a boy-actor serving in Shakespeare's company. This prompts Erskine's guest to delve deeper into the mystery surrounding the real identity of the dedicatee and the inspiration of Shakespeare's Sonnets, with unforeseen consequences. This is an engaging and entertaining narrative exploring the intricate facets of trust and betrayal, historical truth and fiction, written with Wilde's trademark dialogical sharpness and stylistic perfection. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Dramatic production Fiction Actors Fiction Historical fiction ddc B 0 0 PPAK G 2020-03-12 1 823.8 WIL A01635026 2025-09-29 15:20:19 2025-09-24 B 0 0 SP G 2020-03-12 823.8 WIL A01635027 2020-03-12 00:00:00 B 0 0 LW G 2020-03-12 1 823.8 WIL A01635028 2023-03-26 00:00:00 2023-03-19 B