THE STORY:GOODBYE OSCAR by Romulus Linney. It is Oscar Wilde’s last moment on earth. He thinks of his trip to the United States, when a young bellhop was sent to his hotel room as a “gift.” It is obvious to Oscar that the youth does not want to be there. Oscar asks him what his troubles are, finds out, and sends him away with $100. Then he thinks of himself at a dingy café in France, meeting the same young man, now dressed as a British gentleman, who knows all about him. Why? When he discovers that, Oscar Wilde understands that he is dead and accepts the love of heaven. (2 men.)
“…by approaching episodes in Wilde’s past through the prism of his delirious, final hours, veteran playwright Romulus Linney breathes new life into a tired subject…” —New York Daily News.
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Four from E.S.T. Marathon '99.
