The Ballad of Reading Gaol & De Profundis

Oscar Wilde, wit, poet, playwright, intellectual giant and megastar- that is until he landed in the debtors prison. With disregard for his predicament he opened The Ballad of Reading Gaol. By his standards a whimsical piece. De Profundis is something else. Here Wilde turns his intellect in on himself. He shows no mercy as to who he is and why he is in his current position. Out of the depth of despair, he cries.