Portraying the two critical moments in Oscar Wilde’s late life when he decides to stay in England and face imprisonment and the night after his release, two years later David Hare’s The Judas Kiss presents the consequences of taking an uncompromisingly moral position in a world defined by fear, expedience, and conformity.
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The Judas Kiss by David Hare presents the consequences of an uncompromising moral position, as Oscar Wilde's philosophy leads him on a path to destruction, he decides to stay in England despite facing imprisonment, betrayal and heartbreak.
David Hare was born in Sussex in 1947. He is the author of twenty-nine plays for the stage, seventeen of which have been seen at the National Theatre. These plays include Plenty, The Secret Rapture, Amy's View, Via Dolorosa, Stuff Happens, Gethsemane, The Power of Yes, Racing Demon, The Absence of War and South Downs. His many screenplays for cinema and television include Licking Hitler, Damage, The Hours and The Reader. He recently wrote and directed a trilogy of films for the BBC: Page Eight, Turks & Caicos and Salting the Battlefield.
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