Young and powerful Dorian finds himself slipping deeper and deeper into a world of sin, sex and celebrity, seemingly without any consequences. But a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all. How long can he hide the secret behind his eternal youth?
While Wilde's wit remains firmly entrenched, there's also a gruesome vein of gothic horror, and elements of the original which existed in the subtext or were merely hinted at are brought graphically into the open.
