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    Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde
    Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde
    Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde
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    Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde

    Written by Moises Kaufman

    Narrated by Julian Sands, Simon Templeman and Full Cast

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    About this audiobook

    In three short months, Oscar Wilde, the most celebrated playwright and wit of Victorian England, was toppled from the apex of British society into humiliation and ruin. Drawing from trial documents, newspaper accounts, and writings of the key players, Moisés Kaufman ignites an incendiary mix of sex and censorship, with a cast of characters ranging from George Bernard Shaw to Queen Victoria herself.

    An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring JB Blanc, Dakin Matthews, Ian Ogilvy, Peter Paige, Julian Sands, Simon Templeman, John Vickery, Douglas Weston and Matthew Wolf.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherL.A. Theatre Works
    Release dateAug 18, 2010
    ISBN9781580817325
    Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde

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    • 3/5
      An interesting bit of minutiae, where the play centers almost exclusively on the trial, which removes a lot of the interesting details of Wilde's life and relationships as his situation deteriorated. The author announces he is using a Brechian style, but he is a bit heavy handed with this, and perhaps should have been a bit less Brechtian and looked for his own style. It is too obvious. Overall, an interesting work, but there are other works on this topic that are better.
    • 4/5
      This was revolutionary at the time. If you are interested in LGBT history or love reading Wilde's words -- and who wouldn't want more pithy Wilde? -- this is worth reading, though academics have done more about the role of the three Oscar Wilde trials in society. There are some thought-provoking parts of this when it comes to the philosophy of art, though they go by quickly in the dialogue, and perhaps are more accessible when performed onstage.
    • 3/5
      An interesting bit of minutiae, where the play centers almost exclusively on the trial, which removes a lot of the interesting details of Wilde's life and relationships as his situation deteriorated. The author announces he is using a Brechian style, but he is a bit heavy handed with this, and perhaps should have been a bit less Brechtian and looked for his own style. It is too obvious. Overall, an interesting work, but there are other works on this topic that are better.