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VINCENT PRICE AUTOGRAPH
VINCENT PRICE AUTOGRAPH
VINCENT PRICE AUTOGRAPH
VINCENT PRICE AUTOGRAPH

VINCENT PRICE AUTOGRAPH "DIVERSIONS & DELIGHTS" Playbill

$ 66

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Modified Item: No
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Condition: Please see photographs and description for condition report.
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Object Type: Playbill

    Description

    VINCENT PRICE
    AUTOGRAPHED PLAYBILL
    DIVERSIONS & DELIGHTS
    1978
    Who better to portray the genius, wit and agony of OSCAR WILDE than the inimitable VINCENT PRICE? "I am towering scandal" he announces as he brings Wilde back to life in a one-man show. No one's wit could be more pointed and no one's troubles more poignant than Wilde's. His epigrams are droll because they  border on truth: "Shaw is a man without an enemy in the world -- and none of his friends like him." DIVERSIONS & DELIGHTS is stippled with Wilde's shrewd humor but also bothered by the depths of despair.
    The show is cast as a make-believe lecture given by Wilde in Paris after his release from prison. And PRICE relied on Wilde's despairing DE PROFUNDIS as much as he did on THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST in order to clarify the tragic divergence of Wilde's life. From the beloved and feted celebrity of Victorian London to the pitiful captive in Reading Gaol. VINCENT PRICE has signed the Playbill quite legibly and with great flourish in the white area just below the masthead. The cover of the Playbill has detached from the stapled spine but otherwise it is in Very Good condition. The date "April 20, 1978" has been penned quite small in the upper right corner of the front cover. Interior pages show some tanning around edges -- certainly consistent with age. The Playbill is clean throughout -- free from markings, underlinings or marginalia of any kind. Price's signature is actually darker on the Playbill than it appears in the photograph.