Gross Indecency

The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde (Lambda Literary Award)

Moises Kaufman

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English

Vintage Books
27 January 1998

Winner of the Lambda Literary Award

In this stunning work of theater, Moises Kaufman turns the trials of Oscar Wilde into a riveting human and intellectual drama.

In April 1895 Oscar Wilde brought a libel suit against the Marquess of Queensberry, the father of his youthful lover, who had publicly maligned him as a sodomite. In doing so, England's reigning man of letters set in motion a series of events that would culminate in his ruin and imprisonment. For within a year the bewildered Wilde himself was on trial for acts of ""gross indecency"" and, implicitly-for a vision of art that outraged Victorian propriety. Expertly interweaving courtroom testimony with excerpts from Wilde's writings and the words of his contemporaries, Gross Indecency unveils its subject in all his genius and human frailty, his age in all its complacency and repression. The result is a play that will be read and studied for decades to come.

By: Moises Kaufman
Imprint: Vintage Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 132mm, Spine: 9mm
Weight: 147g
ISBN: 9780375702327
ISBN 10: 0375702326
Pages: 143
Publication Date: 27 January 1998
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde (Lambda Literary Award)

Absolutely gripping . . . scintillating . . . sharply intelligent, dramatically fresh . . . a Wildean triumph. --The New York Times Thrilling . . . unforgettable, maybe even life-changing. . . . [It has] the inevitability and much of the monumentality of a Greek tragedy. --USA Today A dazzling coup de theatre, at once compelling history and chilling human drama. --Time Stunning . . . taut, shattering, yet delightfully exuberant . . . altogether fascinating. --Newsday