This landed in the inbox and I thought it perfect to share. The ‘Dublin: One City, One Book‘ choice for April 2010 is The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde and Casting Ireland are looking for cast someone in the role.
We are looking to cast our own Dorian to have his full-length portrait painted for the exhibition and to launch the book festival.
Costume fitting and the portrait needs to be completed before Christmas, and the festival runs for 3 weeks from April 6th. Dorian would be required to open the festival and to appear around town on the Saturday afternoons to promote the event.
The Dorian we are looking for has to resemble the character in the book - someone who looks 22 years of age, tall, slender, short blonde hair(or prepared to go blonde), charming and very good looking. This is a non-speaking role and therefore is based mainly on looks.
Now I have a couple of people in mind, but if you know anyone who might fit this description - actors, models, sandwich engineers all welcome, you should tell them to e-mail a photograph and CV or other details over to [email protected] by Tuesday 20th October.
Perfect choice for the One City, One Book. Hopefully it’ll help us forget that travesty of a film.
I meet 3 of the 5 criteria! Go me!!
Well, that rules me out
Perhaps actor Stuart Townsend from Howth that portrayed him in ‘The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen’ ?
Sounds interesting..
I’d love to see this done in the style of Boccioni or Jack B Yeats with that thick textured oil painting that lifts off the canvas. I think it would fit the character really well. Beautiful but grotesque at the same time.
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