You still have the chance to see a wonderful play in El Teatro Fernán Gómez in Plaza de Colón, Madrid. From Tuesdays to Saturdays at 20.30h and at 19.30h on Sundays. The play is in Spanish.
An exhilarating, fast paced, modern play that lasts just over two hours without a break, the talented cast and clever staging of the three trials of Oscar Wilde is a worthy portrayal of the writer´s fall from fame to infamy.
Wilde was brave enough to try and look for protection from defamation in the society that seemed to worship him at the height of his success. Determined to prove his innocence of having committed any crime, he found himself involved in the complexity of family affairs and a downward spiral from then on.
The sad, sad ending to this real life drama was relived and much more was revealed. The indignity of hearing his works quoted to state a case against him did not work because Mr Wilde on the stage is charming too, both eloquent and harmless. There is nothing, nothing at all offensive in Wilde´s wonderful works. You can only improve your mind by reading them.
A thumping rendering of Somewhere Over the Rainbow a capella by maybe ten young men on the stage demands attention from the audience to the words of this sugary sweet Broadway song which is transformed into a thundering demand to be free from the hypocrisy of a society that condemns them to live behind closed doors.
Definitely a play to see. It played to a full house on Friday.
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