Fallen Fruit

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Event Fallen Fruit
Venue PACT Theatre, Erskineville, NSW
Umbrella Event 2005 Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras
First Date 23 February 2005
Opening Date 24 February 2005
Last Date 4 March 2005
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description In the midst of his two-year imprisonment at Reading Gaol on the charge of gross indecency, Oscar Wilde begins to imagine a world of spirited hedonism and civil freedom, strangely reminiscent of our present. Born out of his earlier hopeful writings, his visions are at first comforting. However, as the ghosts of Lord Alfred Douglas and his wife, Constance begin to invade his dreamscapes, he struggles to uphold his romanticism and belief in the ultimate good of love. Based loosely on "De Profundis", Oscar Wilde's remarkable and bitter treatise to Lord Alfred Douglas on the value and dangers of
Description Source Other
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Drama
Group-devised
Organisations
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Brochure PROMPT Collection. National Library of Australia
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 66047