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'Oscar Wilde' Takes the Stand; "Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde" Through Sept. 18 Theater Alliance at H Street Playhouse 800-494-8497

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From: The Washington Post
Date: 20050826
Author:Christina Talcott

"I THINK it's more timely now than it was even when it was written," says director Jeremy Skidmore of a play that, when it debuted eight years ago, was already more than 100 years removed from its subject matter.

That play, at Theater Alliance, is "Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde," Moises Kaufman's acclaimed docu-drama about the Irish playwright, who in trials that began in 1895, was accused of -- and ultimately sent to jail for -- homosexual acts. ("Gross indecency" was the Victorian term for such activity. Curiously, women of the era had no corresponding prohibition.) ...

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