Wilde Without the Boy
(Running Time of 113 minutes, inclusive of a 20-minute Interval)
We meet a lone Oscar Wilde the night before his release from prison after serving 2 years’ hard labour for acts of gross indecency.
His manuscript, De Profundis, the searing letter Wilde wrote to his lover, Lord Alfred Douglas (Bosie), during his incarceration, is on a table.
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Wilde reads the letter, reliving his journey from artistic and intellectual icon, to his witness box testimony during his trial at the Old Bailey and, finally, to social pariah.
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Wilde Without the Boy is a window into the bruised but still radiant soul of one of the greatest geniuses ever to have lived.
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Wilde’s brilliant poem, The Ballad of Reading Gaol, is performed as an accompaniment to Wilde Without the Boy. ​
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“...A haunting and powerful solo show that lingers with you long after leaving the theatre…It feels like Wilde himself is in the room…utterly believable and incredibly moving…” Broadway Baby
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