BOSIE – A new play by Rik Barnett
BOSIE
A new play by Rik Barnett
Directed by Tuirenn Hurstfield
Playing at The Old Rep Theatre, Birmingham, UK 1st – 4th April
Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas (Bosie), the illicit lover of Oscar Wilde, reminisces on the destruction left in his wake.
After being forced into exile, Bosie is powerless and angry. Compelled to face his past and the persecution endured by his father. Battling his own tour de force of personal philosophies and deep reflection on how his actions led to Oscar Wilde’s disgrace and how he, Bosie a gentleman of Victorian high society is now trapped, degraded and alone.
The scandal and outrage of this overshadowed character in Wilde’s downfall is finally examined through the delicious and intoxicating perspective of the lover himself. Bosie is irreverent, charming and venomous… and he will tell his story, in his own way.
Rik Barnett performs this one-person play which asks explosive and enduring questions about life, love, sexuality and class in Britain. www.rikbarnett.com
Directed by Tuirenn Hurstfield (Artistic Director of the Northern Rep Theatre) www.tuirennhurstfield.com
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