Trial of Oscar Wilde (Dramatic Reading)

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In 1895 Oscar Wilde was convicted of gross indecency and sentenced to two years' hard labor. This account of his two trials was compiled from the original shorthand court reports by an anonymous author. While a more complete account of the trial was published several years later, it omitted the more 'sensational' exchanges. This shorter version was clearly intended for a more prurient reader. In it we hear Wilde's famous defence of "the love that dare not speak its name", and see the evidence mount as a succession of attractive young men step into the witness box to tell their tales. - Summary by Rob Board Cast Narrator: Rob Board Oscar Wilde: Edward Kirkby Alfred Taylor: Ted Delorme Mr. C.F. Gill: Beth Thomas Sir Edward Clarke: Kristin Gjerløw Mr. JP Grain: Michele Fry Sir Frank Lockwood: Elizabeth Klett Mr. Horace Avory: Oxenhandler Mr. Hall: Joseph Tabler Mr. Justice Charles: Richard Shipp Mr. Justice Wills: Zames Curran The Foreman of the Jury: David Olson Frank Atkins: Eden Rea-Hedrick Edward Shelley: Newgatenovelist Charles Parker: Sandra Schmit Alfred Wood: Rotgold Sidney Mavor: Anna Simon Hugues Rebell: David Bushhouse Arthur Symons: Mark Chulsky Baron Macauley: Apneia Octave Mirbeau: Herman Roskams Newspaper reporter: Jessie Yun John Milton: Hannoria Edited by: Rob Board