To Meet Oscar Wilde

by Norman Holland

Published 1 August 1999

"To meet Oscar Wilde" was an inducement printed by Victorian Society hostesses on soir e invitations. In this fascinating play Oscar Wilde gives a dissertation on his life in a lecture in 1899. Supported by his friend, Lord Evelyn, and an actress, Penelope Dyall - who between them enact all the male and female characters mentioned in the dissertation - we are taken, in a series of short scenes, on a journey through Wilde's life.-1 woman, 2 men