Ever Yours, Oscar

Built upon the letters of Oscar Wilde, this reading by Brian Bedford (also playing Lady Bracknell in Earnest) provided intimate glimpses into the man of letters, both familiar and unguessed.  Not exactly the dramatic monologue we'd anticipated, the performance was nevertheless moving.  

Unlike most brief accounts of Wilde's biography, this performance heavily emphasized how the two-year prison term shifted Wilde's perceptions by including long passages decrying how young children were treated in English prisons and questioning why sympathetic wardens were dismissed for insubordination.  

Recommended--with the understanding that the performance is not exactly as promoted.