Ballad of Reading Gaol

Name: Ballad of Reading Gaol
Director: Richard Kwietniowski
Genre: Short, Drama
Released: 1993-10-26
Duration: 2520000 s
Cast: Quentin Crisp

Directed by Richard Kwietniowski

1993 42m[Short](/on-demand/category/short), [Drama](/on-demand/category/drama)

5.63.7

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.