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06 Sept 2025

Play about Oscar Wilde on way to The Glens Centre

Neil Titley's play 'Work is the Curse of the Drinking Classes' stars Will Govan and is directed by Rebecca O'Connor

Play about Oscar Wilde on way to The Glens Centre

‘Work is the Curse of the Drinking Classes’ comes to The Glens Centre on September 1st at 8pm. 

Acclaimed play about Oscar Wilde while exiled is set in Paris in 1898, bringing to stage Will Govan starring performance playing the famous writer while exiled looks back on his extraordinarily colourful life and ruminating on love, fame, family and misfortune with his infamous wit and irreverence in this hilarious but ultimately tragic story of a life.

The play Neil Titley, directed by Rebecca O’Connor, is set in Paris in 1898 and draws on Wilde’s letters, essays and anecdotes to bring this literary genius to life in a 60-minute performance, which will appeal as much to those who know little about the man as it will to those who admire his work.

This play has delighted audiences in hundreds of venues across the world, including the USA, Canada, India, Hong Kong, Uruguay, Zimbabwe, Bahrain and Ethiopia.

All details of its upcoming acclaimed play can be found at www.theglenscentre.com. Admissions are €14/12.

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