Oscar Wilde’s De Profundis read by Neil Bartlett

Writer and performer Neil Bartlett reads Wilde’s De Profundis – a 50,000-word letter to his lover and betrayer ‘Bosie’ – in its entirety, live from the old chapel in Reading Prison, 4 September 2016. Find out more Performed by Neil Bartlett: Filmed and broadcast live by Kinura Thumbnail image: Jean-Michel Pancin’s In Memoriam (2016). Materials: Concrete plinth, steel frame, Original wooden door to Oscar Wilde’s cell. Courtesy the artist, Galerie Analix Forever and Galleries of Justice Museum, Nottingham. Installed in the old chapel as part of Inside: Artists and Writers in Reading Prison. Photograph: Will Eckersley 2 September 2016.
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