Oscar Wilde on 22 January 1882 the Washington Post illustrated the Wild Man of Borneo alongside Oscar Wilde of England and asked 'How far is it from this to this?' " Though his press reception was hostile, Wilde was well received in diverse settings across America; he drank whiskey with miners in Leadville, Colorado, and was fêted at the most fashionable salons in many cities he visited. His earnings, plus expected income from "The Duchess of Padua", allowed him to move to Paris between February and mid-May 1883. While there he met Robert Sherard, whom he entertained constantly. "We are dining on
Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde criminal charges against Wilde, with the second reaching no verdict and the third resulting in a conviction and sentence to hard labour. "Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde" was staged Off-Broadway at the Greenwich House, and received two critically acclaimed stagings in Los Angeles: one at the Mark Taper Forum in 1998 and the other by director Susan Lee at the Eclectic Theatre in 2009. Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde is a 1997 play written by Moisés Kaufman. It deals with Oscar Wilde's three trials on the