Oscar Wilde's Dorian Gray

To be forever young? Who would surrender that chance, what ever the consequences might be? I would give everything for that. I would give my very soul.
Oscar Wilde, wrote only one novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray. It is a work of exquisite beauty. Few writers of any era can match Wilde for his marvelous manipulation of the English language. And yet, there is something more, something almost autobiographical about this curious retelling of the Faust myth. In the end Oscar Wilde, along with his creation, Dorian Gray, discovers that beauty is a gift, but only for a season. "The pulse of joy that beats in us at twenty becomes sluggish at forty," Lord Henry asserts. "Our limbs fail, our senses rot. We degenerate into hideous puppets."
Playwright Mike Parker's version posed the intriguing question, What would you give in exchange for your soul?

Mike Parker is an actor, writer, director, playwright & screenwriter. He has authored three successfully produced stage plays including: Fail-Safe: the stage play, Oscar Wilde's Dorian Gray, and Mark Twain Presents the Adventures of Tom Sawyer. He is currently working on a musical adaptation of The Count of Monte Cristo. His debut fantasy novel, The Scavengers, hit the shelves in 2009.
He has appeared in regional and national television commercials, music videos with popular artists 3 Doors Down, Garrett Hedlund and Due West, in such films as Country Strong, Lukewarm (opposite Bill Cobbs) and Season of Miracles opposite John Schneider; network television series' Nashville and Outlaw Country; and the PBS documentary, Slavery By Another Name.
When he is not involved in some creative pursuit Mike enjoys hanging out with his beautiful wife, Paula, their five adult children, and three goofy dogs. Visit him online at www.mikeparker.info