The Judas Kiss

Summary

“If equal affection cannot be

Let the more loving one be me.”

—W.H. Auden

Oscar Wilde’s relationship with Lord Alfred Douglas has inspired contemporary writers for decades. In his heartbreaking account of love tested to destruction, David Hare presents his powerful interpretation of what may have happened behind closed doors between Wilde and Douglas.

The Judas Kiss lays bare the drama of two critical moments in Wilde’s last years: the day he decides to stay in England and face imprisonment, and the night after his release, two years later, when the lover for whom he risked and lost everything betrays him.

With a quiet but burning sense of outrage, The Judas Kiss presents the consequences of taking an uncompromisingly moral position in a world defined by fear, expedience, and conformity.

Product details

• Authors: David Hare, Hare David
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.04.1998
• EAN: 9780802135728
• ISBN: 978-0-8021-3572-8
• No. of pages: 115
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 6 mm
• Weight: 159 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; United Kingdom, Great Britain, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Plays, Playscripts, Relating to specific and significant cultural interests, CULTURAL HERITAGE / British