Arts & Entertainment - Gay & Lesbian Studies, Irish Drama, Historical Drama, Peoples & Cultures - Drama
Log in to track your reading progress.
Overview
Thomas Kilroy's latest play, one of the Abbey Theatre's new fall 1997 productions, traces the hidden life of Constance Wilde, wife of Oscar Wilde and mother of their children. Her story explores the gender and sexuality of people who "belonged to a future", and untangles the shifting lines in the complex relationship between her, her husband, and his lover, Lord Alfred Douglas.Through a drama of magical transformations and mysterious, masked figures, set against the background of one of the most notorious cases in British legal history, Kilroy divines the cost of the characters' conduct, Oscar's plea for salvation in Constance's eyes, and her heroic exertion to reclaim a state of grace.
Book Details
Published
October 8, 1997
Publisher
The Gallery Press
Pages
69
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781852351939