Oscar Wilde’s “De Profundis“ by Rupert Everett 301111

Rupert Everett reads from “De Profundis“ at the ceremony for Oscar Wilde’s renovated tomb statue - a film by Seamas McSwiney Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris Nov 30th 2011. De Profundis (Latin: “from the depths“) is an epistle written by Oscar Wilde during his imprisonment in Reading Gaol, to Lord Alfred Douglas. During its first half Wilde recounts their previous relationship and extravagant lifestyle which eventually led to Wilde’s conviction and imprisonment for gross indecency. He indicts both Lord Alfred