Wilde Without the Boy

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Author, playwright and poet Oscar Wilde was a famous literary figure in late Victorian England. Known for the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray and his many plays, including Lady Windermere’s Fan, A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband and The Importance of Being Earnest, his exceptional talent was sadly overshadowed after his affair with a young man led to his arrest on charges of “gross indecency” in 1895. He was imprisoned and sentenced to two years hard labour and sadly died in poverty shortly after his release at 46.
Wilde Without the Boy is Gareth Armstrong’s dramatisation of De Profundis, the searingly passionate letter Oscar Wilde wrote to his lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, from his Reading gaol cell just before his release. Wilde Without the Boy is a window into the bruised – but still radiant – soul of one of the most iconic writers of his age. The play also includes Wilde’s haunting poem, The Ballad of Reading Gaol which narrates the execution of a fellow prisoner and voices Wilde’s thoughts on the injustice of the prison system of the time and the need for reform.

Gerard Logan trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where he won the Bancroft Gold Medal. His impressive career includes leading roles in TV, film and radio. He has appeared many times in classical and contemporary theatre roles with the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he received an Olivier Award nomination. His portrayal of the troubled and tortured Wilde has earned him acclaim worldwide.

AN EVENING OF EXCEPTIONAL THEATRE – NOT TO BE MISSED!

“The most moving play about Oscar Wilde I’ve ever seen”
– Gyles Brandreth – The Mail on Sunday