Wilde Stories

Actor Robert Sheehan narrates Wilde Stories, a creative re-imagining of Oscar Wilde through the prism of his fairytales 'The Happy Prince and Other Stories'. This five part series brings together Irish artists and actors to celebrate and explore the work and life of Oscar Wilde and features interviews with Wilde's grandson Merlin Holland and his biographer Eleanor Fitzsimons. Episode 5 closes the series with the full suite of orchestral movements composed by Michael Gallen for the project alongside a reading of 'The Selfish Giant', a timeless, well loved tale of love and friendship read by Brian Gleeson. The music relating to this particular story is called 'The Most Beautiful Flowers of All' and is performed by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra. For more on this transmedia project go to wildestories.ie. The radio series is an Athena Media production for RTÉ lyric FM made with the production support of the BAI the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland and the TV licence fee.