Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde

“A dazzling coup de theatre, at once compelling history and chilling human drama.” – Time Magazine

“Stunning…taut, shattering, yet delightfully exuberant…altogether fascinating.” – NY Newsday

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.