ISBN: 1783197935 9781783197934

Category: Drama / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Page count: 56

On the night of 24th March 1895, Mrs Robinson, a society palm-reader, agreed to see Oscar Wilde in her London flat. Wilde's lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, 'Bosie', was urging him to sue the Marquis of Queensberry (Bosie's father) for criminal libel. But Wilde's friends, wary of Queensberry's power, were warning him to leave town. <i>In Extremis</i> reveals the strange turmoil of that night, as a man at the height of his fame turns to a complete stranger for advice about a potentially life-changing decision.<br><i>In Extremis</i> was first presented in November 2000 at the National Theatre alongside <i>De Profundis</i> to mark the centenary of Oscar Wilde's death.