One Man Show Portraying Oscar Wilde at Town Players

Town Players is excited to announce the special one-time fundraising event of WORK IS THE CURSE OF THE DRINKING CLASSES, a one-man show portraying Oscar Wilde, on June 11, 2017.

Featuring the talents of actor Johnson Flucker, WORK IS THE CURSE OF THE DRINKING CLASSES is a fully-staged, costumed, one-act play that finds the famous author/playwright Oscar Wilde - alone and near destitute - in a Parisian café in August 1898, where he reflects on his past, present, and prospects for a not-too-promising future.

WORK IS THE CURSE OF THE DRINKING CLASSES was written in 1978 by playwright, actor and scholar Neil Titley. Gathering many of Wilde's disparate themes, subjects and styles into a form rarely found together in his individual works, this unique play weaves a fascinatingly dramatic and personal and intellectual portraits of one of the most remarkable and well-known figures of the 19th century. Quoting Wilde's writings extensively, this hilarious and heartbreaking play shows the aesthete and author at his most sarcastic and tender, resilient and vulnerable, as well as relentlessly critical of his world while being continually self-effacing.

WORK IS THE CURSE OF THE WORKING CLASSES will be performed on June 11 at 2 PM. All tickets for this special fundraiser are $20. Proceeds will go toward upgrading Town Players' lighting and sound system.

Tickets can be pre-purchased online at www.newtownplayers.org. Reservations may also be made by calling the box office at 203-270-9144. Walk-ins are always welcome, but pre-purchase online or phone reservations are recommended. For further information, visit www.newtownplayers.org or email info@newtownplayers.org.

Town Players' Little Theatre is a community theater, currently in its 82nd season, located on 18 Orchard Hill Road, just off Route 25 (a mile north of the Sand Hill Plaza) in Newtown, Conn.