The Trials of Oscar Wilde
- Drama
- History
5/28/1960
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This man… This Oscar Wilde!
England, 1890s. The brutal and embittered Marquis of Queensberry, who believes that his youngest son, Bosie, has an inappropriate relationship with the famous Irish writer Oscar Wilde, maintains an ongoing feud with the latter in order to ruin his reputation and cause his fall from grace.
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- Writer:
- london, england
- husband wife relationship
- based on novel or book
- court case
- sex scandal
- male friendship
- biography
- based on true story
- sodomy
- based on play or musical
- rise and fall
- victorian england
- male homosexuality
- playwright
- male prostitution
- brighton, england
- sexual repression
- husband wife estrangement
- jury trial
- fall from grace
- 19th century
- father son relationship
- mother son relationship
- theatre history
- gay history
- social prejudice
- persecuted writer
- british literature
- gay theme
- gay artist
- legal scandal
- literature history
- gay couple
- irish writer
- difamation
Videos
Cast
Peter FinchOscar
Yvonne MitchellConstance- James MasonEdward Carson
- Nigel PatrickSir Edward Clarke
- John FraserLord Alfred Douglas
- Lionel JeffriesMarquis of Queensberry
- Emrys JonesRobbie Ross
- Maxine AudleyAda Leverson
- Sonia DresdelLady Wilde
- Meredith EdwardsAuctioneer
- Lloyd LambleCharles Humphries
- Anthony NewlandsFirst Clerk of Arraigns
- Ian FlemingArthur
- Michael GoodliffeCharles Gill
- Paul RogersFrank Harris
- James BoothWood