“Before the trial, the general public didn’t really know that Wilde was queer. There had been rumours, but that’s all they were,” says Professor Dominic Janes, author of Oscar Wilde ...

Wilde’s ordeal is widely regarded as the first modern celebrity trial, but it was something else familiar, too: a #MeToo moment, a public figure felled by accusations of sexual misconduct whose ...

Oscar Wilde’s ‘Indecency’ On Trial. ... 1895 trials of Irish author Oscar Wilde on charges of "Gross Indecency" is ... hours to cover all three of Wilde’s trials which culminated in his ...

The Real Trial of Oscar Wilde; The First Uncensored Transcript of the Trial of Oscar Wilde vs. John Douglas (Marquess of Queensberry), 1895; With an Introduction and Commentary by Merlin Holland ...

Trial of Oscar Wilde Continued. Share full article. April 30, 1895. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from April 30, 1895, Page 5 Buy Reprints.

Wilde himself, glitteringly impersonated by Farhang Pernoon, appropriately takes centerstage as if he were a headlining variety act, punctuating each of his witty witness box comebacks with toothy ...

His story was turned into the film Wilde in 1997, with Stephen Fry as the playwright and Jude Law as Bosie. The transcript has been turned into a book, Irish Peacock and Scarlet Marquess: The Real ...

Delivered by a top-caliber cast in an intimate setting, The Trial of Oscar Wilde focuses on the tragic shackling, public scrutiny, and subsequent imprisonment of the homosexual playwright/writer ...

Delivered by a top-caliber cast in an intimate setting, The Trial of Oscar Wilde focuses on the tragic shackling, public scrutiny, and subsequent imprisonment of the homosexual playwright/writer ...