Like Mamet's Oleanna, the play everyone was talking about a few years ago, Gross Indecency has sparked widespread discussion. It has tapped into reawakened interest in Wilde, who is also the subject of two forthcoming movies.
This multi-layered, complex work takes us beyond what we thought we knew about Wilde; it will be taught and will backlist forever.
"A dazzling coup de theatre, at once compelling history and chilling human drama". -- Time
"Thrilling ... unforgettable, maybe even life-changing ... deftly tells the story of the downfall of a great artist with the inevitability and much of the monumentality of a Greek tragedy". -- USA Today