Details

In Extremis - On the night of 24th March 1895, Mrs Robinson, a society palm reader, agreed to see Oscar Wilde in her London flat. Wilde's lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, 'Bosie', was urging him to sue the Marquis of Queensbury (Bosie's Father) for criminal libel. But Wilde's friends, wary of Queensbury's power, were warning him to leave town, In Extremis reveals the strange turmoil of that night, as a man at the height of his fame turns to a complete stranger for advice about a potentially life-changing decision. De Profundis - Two years later, towards the end of his sentence in Reading Gaol, Wilde was agonising over the lack of contact with Bosie. In desperation, he started to write him a letter. It is perhaps the greatest love letter ever written. Filled with a torrent of accusation, recrimination and passion, Wilde eventually reached an extraordinary state of understanding and reconciliation.

Cast/Performers

Corin Redgrave (Wilde), Sheila Hancock

Creatives/Company

Author(s): Neil Bartlett, Oscar Wilde
Company: Royal National Theatre
Director(s): Corin Redgrave, Trevor Nunn