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Despite the success of The Importance of Being Earnest, Wilde is sometimes better known for his indecency trial in which he was sentenced to two years hard labour.
(Applause Books). Reissued to coincide with the recent revival of interest in Oscar Wilde, this stimulating reappraisal of Wilde, his work, his life and his times, by the award-winning biographer and theatre critic, Sheridan Morley, seeks to...
Oscar Wilde
DVD - 2005
From his days at Oxford to the revelation and trial that led to his incarceration in the Reading Jail, Biography traces the life of the legendary writer and wit, Oscar Wilde.
Nicholas Frankel presents a revisionary account of Oscar Wilde's final years, spent in poverty and exile in Europe following his release from an English prison for the crime of gross indecency between men. Despite repeated setbacks and open...