Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde
by Moisés Kaufman - 4-6 February 2011
A Weekend Workshop with a performance on Sunday 6 February 2011
Moisés Kaufman’s tour de force of verbatim theatre powerfully depicts a legendary fall from grace.
In 1895 Oscar Wilde brought a libel suit against the Marquess of Queensberry for publicly maligning him as a sodomite, thus setting in motion a chain of events which culminated in Wilde's own conviction and imprisonment for gross indecency.
Weaving together original courtroom transcripts with writings by Wilde and his contemporaries, Gross Indecency charts the tragic downfall of the most sophisticated man of Victorian letters at the hands of a society that was itself outwardly elegant and adventurous, yet inwardly deeply repressive and vindictive.
The weekend will begin with a read through on the Friday evening, followed by a day of rehearsals on the Saturday, then further rehearsals in the theatre on Sunday morning, with a script in hand performance on Sunday evening.
It promises to be a hugely fun weekend, where you are guaranteed to feel a real sense of excitement and achievement when the curtain falls.
Registration has now taken place but you can still come and share the end result.
Workshop Gallery
Cast
| Qasim Arshad Barry Clarke Bernard Doogan Amy Fleming John Irvine Tracie Laurinaitis Rebecca Linton Mark Macey |
Alan Maddrell Andy Marchant Adam Moulder Nick Mouton Eddie Register Jaqui Shiel Stephanie Urquhart Dawn Williams |
Director: Jacqui Adams
Production Manager: Bronia Kupczyk
Gross Indecency: Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, by Moisés Kaufman
The Winterflood Theatre
City of London School
Queen Victoria Street
London, EC4V 3AL
Workshop: 4-6 February 2011
Performance: Sunday 6 February 2011 at 6.30pm
The performance is open to everyone and is FREE (but donations will be welcomed on the night). Please email workshoptickets@gmail.com to book your tickets.
