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The Picture of Dorian Gray is as well known for its theater production as it is for its book. These two works of art both live up to their reputation yet they are a little hard for the modern world to enjoy. They are very similar to each other considering it is very hard to turn a book into a play because of the lack of room and the amount of time it would take to act out a full book. If one were to read the book and see the play, they would be able to pick up on a couple of differences as well. A key similarity would be the pace of the two. They both pose a very moderate speed and you don’t come across much action in either of the two. There is mostly dialog that comes to talk about the things in life that they have come to learn. Lord Henry is very good talking about this subject and does so in both works