Inside, the restaurant’s Victorian-style, decadent decor is true to the successful playwright’s spirit. They’re greeted by a bronze-casted figure of him sitting on a bench outside the front of the restaurant. Located in the NoMad area of Manhattan, diners are greeted by Oscar himself. Walter W.Foodies and literary-enthusiasts alike celebrated the opening of Oscar Wilde NYC in 2017. Tamaki Horie (Professor, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan) The Oscar Wilde Meetup Group (Philadelphia) The Municipal Arts Society (MAS), New York
These tours will appeal not only to anyone with a literary and historical interest of the city, but they are detailed enough to inform even scholars of Oscar Wilde-the self-styled genius who is more relevant today than he has ever been.
The tour also incorporates exhibits of Wilde’s letters, period photographs, and often features a play-reading or a convivial gathering for discussion.īased on original and unique research into Wilde and his circle in the New York of the gilded age, you will learn how Wilde was influenced by the aesthetic movement of the period, and how, in turn, he influenced the society of today. Set in an era of fascinating personalities, we visit historic places including houses where Oscar Wilde lived and clubs that he visited. Join us as we take a leafy stroll through Madison Square Park, Gramercy Park, and Greenwich Village to trace Oscar Wilde’s debut in the social and literary world. Please contact me directly if you wish to attend public tour or to arrange a private tour-ĭid you know that long before his dramatic life in London and Paris, Oscar Wilde, the Irish poet, dramatist and wit, spent an entire year in America as he conducted an extended lecture tour across the continent?Īnd nowhere did he spend more time than in New York City. Oscar Wilde-Related Guided Walking Tours in New York City TOURS CURRENTLY SUSPENDED
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