Gross Indecency
by Moises Kaufman, Stephen Wangh

Name: Gross Indecency
Brand: Moises Kaufman
SKU: 9780822216490
Rating: 4.12 (998 reviews)

Gross Indecency Book Cover — Gross Indecency Cover

Highlights

Medium Cast

Male

120 mins 19th Century Ensemble Cast Flexible Cast Size Unit Set/Multiple Settings Period Costumes American

Synopsis

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, Moises Kaufman ignites an incendiary mix of sex and censorship, with a cast of characters ranging from George Bernard Shaw to Queen Victoria herself.

A L.A.

Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring: JB Blanc, Dakin Matthews, Ian Ogilvy, Peter Paige, Julian Sands, Simon Templeman, John Vickery, Douglas Weston, Matthew Wolf

Press Reviews

"A triumph… truth, purity, and simplicity suffuse [this] thoroughly engrossing new play… sweeps away cobwebs and distortions, allowing complex, credible human beings to emerge from history.” – Washington Post “Stunning… taut, shattering, yet delightfully exuberant… altogether fascinating."
— Newsday (NY)

"His style was his umbrella, his armor, his all-purpose defense system, and for many years it seemed to shelter Oscar Wilde most effectively. There came a moment, however, in 1895 when the playwright was betrayed by his own wit, after which he would never again be able to gain control of his life. In the absolutely gripping Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, written and directed with a scintillating style of its own by Moisés Kaufman, that moment is identified with such startling precision and clarity that it feels like the inexorable moment of reversal in a classic tragedy."
— The New York Times

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
OSCAR WILDE	—	—	—
LORD ALFRED DOUGLAS	male	—	—
SIR EDWARD CLARKE	male	—	—
EDWARD CARSON	—	—	—
MARQUESS OF QUEENSBERRY	—	—	—
NARRATORS Who also play: PARKER, ATKINS, ALLEN, WOOD, MAVOR, QUEEN VICTORIA, POLICEMEN, GEORGE BERNARD SHAW, MR. GILL, MARVIN TAYLOR, MOISÉS KAUFMAN, NEWSPAPERMEN, JUDGES,	female	—	Who also play: PARKER, ATKINS, ALLEN, WOOD, MAVOR, QUEEN VICTORIA, POLICEMEN, GEORGE BERNARD SHAW, MR. GILL, MARVIN TAYLOR, MOISÉS KAUFMAN, NEWSPAPERMEN, JUDGES,