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On Saturday 13th March the Grand’s playreading group will begin Oscar Wilde’s waspish clairvoyant comedy Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime which he published in 1891 as part of a collection of short semi-comic mystery stories entitled Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime and Other Stories. Lord Arthur Savile is deliriously happy: a pillar of Victorian society on the verge of marriage to the lovely Sybil Merton, when a brief departure from late Nineteenth century convention leads him to an encounter with a chilling clairvoyant called Podgers. Podgers secretly reveals that at some point in Arthur's life, he is destined to commit murder. To protect his future wife, Arthur decides he must commit this bloody deed before he marries. As he searches for the most convenient person to sacrifice, chaos ensues in this highly entertaining and celebrated comedy of upper-class morality. The Play’s The Thing will continue with the second part of Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime on Saturday 10th April.