Wilde Without the Boy & The Ballad of Reading Gaol - Double Bill

Two dramatic performances based on Oscar Wilde's 'De Profundis'.

"...The gods had given me almost everything....Whatever I touched I made beautiful.... I summed up all systems in a phrase, and all existence in an epigram...". Oscar Wilde, De Profundis.

Wilde Without the Boy - Based on De Profundis, the bitterly passionate letter Oscar Wilde wrote to his lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, from his cell in Reading Gaol where he was imprisoned for gross indecency. Brilliant, loving, witty and passionate, "Wilde Without the Boy" is a glimpse into the humbled, bruised, loving soul of one of the greatest geniuses ever to have lived.

The Ballad of Reading Gaol - Written after Wilde's release from Reading Gaol, this poem narrates the execution of Charles Thomas Wooldridge, who was convicted of murdering his wife.

Directed by Gareth Armstrong. Performed by Gerard Logan (Olivier Nominee, The Stage's 'Best Solo Performer of the 2011 Edinburgh Festival') Music by Simon Slater.

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