The Ballad of Reading Gaol

*3.7

Status

Released

Production

Arts Council of Great Britain

Aired

1988-11-08

The Ballad of Reading Gaol

Oscar Wilde’s famous and eloquent defence of love – made while he was being cross-examined at the trial that led to his incarceration and death – is strikingly illustrated, word by word, with Mapplethorpe-like imagery.