Scenes from the Vault: 'Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde'
In 1998, Center Theatre Group brought the story of Oscar Wilde to the stage of the Mark Taper Forum, presenting a look at the disturbing, real-life persecution by the British Crown of the famous playwright for "gross indecency with male persons." Written and directed by Moisés Kaufman, this gripping play featured actor Michael Emerson in the role of Wilde and Mike Doyle as his young lover, Lord Alfred Douglas. For …