De Profundis

Written by Oscar Wilde, this is a letter from Oscar to his male love, Bosie, from prison (Oscar was married). Oscar puts the reason of himself being in prison on Bosie and recounts the several years leading up to it. Indeed, Oscar reflects on most of their relationship and how unhealthy it was.
The letter was performed as a one-man show by Corin Redgrave. It was heavily cut (most of the second half of the letter was omitted, as most of it was just repetition) but it was about an hour. It was very well done. The ability of Corin to have memorized that much (especially after having a stroke to which he lost a lot of his memory) and to keep the audience engaged in such a piece while seated in a chair was brilliant. I was impressed. Where the letter doesn't really make much of a show, it was well done and engaging so it was not torturous. It was a good experience and I'm glad we had the opportunity.