BioGraph
Connecting Oscar Wilde and Hugh Hefner
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854–1900)
The memorial, above the monument to Geoffrey Chaucer, was unveiled by his grandson Merlin Holland, while Sir John Gielgud read from the final part of ''De Profundis'' and Dame Judi Dench read an extract from ''The Importance of Being Earnest''.
John Gielgud
His films of the mid-1960s were in Tony Richardson's '' The Loved One'' (1965), which Croall termed a disaster despite later acclaim, and Orson Welles's Falstaff film, ''Chimes at Midnight'' (1966), which was unsuccessful at the time but has since been recognised as "one of the best, albeit most eccentric, of all Shakespearean movies", according to Morley.{{refn|Gielgud played Henry IV of England; Welles played Sir John Falstaff.|group=n}}
Orson Welles
American actor, director, writer, and producer (1915–1985)
Hugh Hefner and Bogdanovich's then-partner Cybill Shepherd were both attached to the project as producers, with Hefner providing finance through his Playboy productions.
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854–1900)
The memorial, above the monument to Geoffrey Chaucer, was unveiled by his grandson Merlin Holland, while Sir John Gielgud read from the final part of ''De Profundis'' and Dame Judi Dench read an extract from ''The Importance of Being Earnest''.
Judi Dench
The specialty release garnered positive reviews from critics, with Roger Ebert of the ''Chicago Sun-Times'' calling it "perfectly sweet and civilized [and] a pleasure to watch Smith and Dench together; their acting is so natural it could be breathing".
Roger Ebert
Ebert co-wrote the screenplay for the Russ Meyer film '' Beyond the Valley of the Dolls'' (1970) and sometimes joked about being responsible for the film, which was poorly received on its release yet has become a cult film.
Ebert provided DVD audio commentaries for several films, including ''Citizen Kane'', ''Casablanca'', ''Dark City'', ''Floating Weeds'', ''Crumb'', and ''Beyond the Valley of the Dolls'' (for which Ebert also wrote the screenplay, based on a story that he co-wrote with Russ Meyer).
Russ Meyer
American film director and photographer
He made industrial films, freelanced as a still photographer for mainstream films (including ''Giant''), and became a well known glamour photographer whose work included some of the initial shoots for Hugh Hefner's ''Playboy'' magazine.
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854–1900)
Rupert Everett starred as Wilde and wrote the screenplay for '' The Happy Prince'' (2018), a biographical drama film about Wilde following his release from prison.
Rupert Everett
English actor
Everett then returned to his acting roots, appearing in several theatre productions: his Broadway debut in 2009 at the Shubert Theatre received positive critical reviews; he performed in a Noël Coward play, '' Blithe Spirit'', starring alongside Angela Lansbury, Christine Ebersole and Jayne Atkinson, under the direction of Michael Blakemore.
Michael Blakemore
In addition to his work in the subsidised theatre, Blakemore has directed many productions in the West End and on Broadway, including Noël Coward's ''Design for Living'' with Vanessa Redgrave (1973), David Hare's first play, ''Knuckle'' (1974), Peter Shaffer's ''Lettice and Lovage'' with Maggie Smith and Margaret Tyzack (1987), the musical '' City of Angels'' by Larry Gelbart, Cy Coleman and David Zippel (1989) and Arthur Miller's ''The Ride Down Mt. Morgan'' (1991).
Cy Coleman
This included specials presented by the editor/publisher Hugh M. Hefner of ''Playboy'' magazine, and remains synonymous with the Chicago magazine and its creator, Hefner.
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854–1900)
She became engaged to Bram Stoker and they married in 1878. Wilde was disappointed but stoic: he wrote to her, remembering "the two sweet years – the sweetest years of all my youth" during which they had been close. He also stated his intention to "return to England, probably for good".
Bram Stoker
The collaboration with Henry Irving was important for Stoker and through him he became involved in London's high society, where he met James Abbott McNeill Whistler and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (to whom he was distantly related).
Arthur Conan Doyle
British writer and physician (1859–1930)
* Russell Miller (2008). '' The Adventures of Arthur Conan Doyle: A Biography''. Thomas Dunne Books.
Russell Miller
'''Russell Miller''' (born {{circa}} 1938) is a British journalist and author of fifteen books, including biographies of Hugh Hefner, J. Paul Getty and L. Ron Hubbard.
The books that followed were ''Bunny'' (on Hugh Hefner, published in 1984), ''The House of Getty'' (on J. Paul Getty, 1985), and ''Bare-faced Messiah: The True Story of L. Ron Hubbard'' (on L. Ron Hubbard, 1987).
