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Oscar

★ 4.0/10•1985•50m•Drama
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The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name

In the summer of 1891, Oscar Wilde first met Lord Alfred Douglas — an encounter that will dramatically and tragically change both of their lives.

John Hawkesworth · Writer

Henry Herbert · Director

StatusEnded
Runtime50m
LanguageEN
First Air DateMar 26, 1985

Episodes

E150m

Gilded Youth

At number 16, Tite Street, London, in the summer of 1891, a meeting takes place that will dramatically and tragically change the lives of the four people present.

Mar 26, 1985

E250m

Trials

By 1894 Oscar Wilde was flourishing - acknowledged as the greatest wit and one of the finest playwrights in Britain. His close friendship with Bosie Douglas , however, had provoked a quarrel with Bosie's father, Lord Queensberry, which in the following spring came to a head when Oscar charged Queensberry with criminal libel.

Mar 27, 1985

E350m

De Profundis

Following the sensational trials, and to the delight of the public and press, Oscar Wilde , found guilty of acts of gross indecency with various male persons, was incarcerated in Pentonville Prison in May 1895 to serve a sentence of two years' hard labour -an experience which would later produce one of his best known works, The Ballad of Reading Gaol.

Mar 28, 1985

Actors

Michael Gambon

Michael Gambon

Oscar Wilde

Robin McCallum

Lord Alfred Douglas

Emily Richard

Emily Richard

Constance Wilde

Karl Howman

Karl Howman

Fred Atkins

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