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Birth of Oscar Wilde
About Oscar: The Oscar WILDE timeline16 Oct., born Dublin, second legitimate son of William Robert Wilde, physician and surgeon and Jane Elgee, Irish nationalist poet, known as Speranza. Christened, in Protestant ritual, Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde. -
Oscar Wilde Baptism
Oscar Wilde
baptised at St Mark's, Great Brunswick Street (now Pearse Street),Dublin. -
Wilde family move to 1 Merrion Square, Dublin 2
Oscar Wilde Biography
In June 1855, the family moved to <strong>1 Merrion Square</strong>, a fashionable residential area. Here, Lady Wilde held a regular Saturday afternoon salon with guests including such figures as Sheridan le Fanu, Samuel Lever, George Petrie, Isaac Butt and Samuel Ferguson. Oscar Wilde Family House Merrion Square, Dublin 2 -
Isola Wilde born
Oscar Wildes Sister: Isola WildeBirth of sister, Isola The birth of Wilde's sister, Isola, brought joy to the family. Named Isola Francesca Emily ("Isola" after the Gaelic Iseult, "Francesca" after her mother's name, and Emily, an Elgee family name), "little Isola" was the subject of Lady Wilde's letter to a friend: "...[she] is now ten months old and is the pet of the house. She has fine eyes and promises to have a most acute intellect - these two gifts are enough for any woman" -
Unwelcome Entry of Mary Travers into the Wilde Family
Lady Wilde writes to Mary Travers. Mary Travers, a patient of Oscars Father wrote letters to various newspapers implying that she had been chloroformed and raped by the doctor and accused him of being a poisoner. Travers published a scandalous pamphlet under the name "Speranza," Lady Wilde's pen-name. Lady Wilde took action and wrote a letter to Travers's father in defense of her husband. -
William Wilde Knighted
Oscar Wildes Father, Sir William WildeSir William Wilde (1815-1876) is remembered today, if at all, as the father of Oscar Wilde. It should be note ihat he was also a distinguished archeologist ,statistician as wellas being the dominant figure in otology and ophthalmology of the Dublin School of Medicine, which was at its peak during his lifetime. -
Travers versus Wilde court case opens
Travers v. Wilde opens [to 17th December].On May
6, 1864, Lady Jane wrote an angry
letter to Professor Travers, denying her
husband’s misconduct and accusing his
daughter of harassment and blackmail Dr.
Travers ignored the letter but his daughter
found it in his papers a few weeks later
and promptly sued Lady Jane for libel for
impugning her character and chastity and
asking £2,000 in damages. Dr. Wilde was
joined as co-defendant.
The scandal drew enormous attention and Travers story -
Oscar Wilde Trials : prosecution withdrawn
Edward Clarke withdraws prosecution Clarke urged Wilde to allow him to withdraw the prosecution and consent to a verdict regarding the charge of "posing." Wilde agreed, and the next morning Clarke rose to announce the withdrawal of the libel prosecution. -
Isola Wilde Dies
Isola Wildewhen Oscar was just twelve, he had lost his younger sister Isola. on 23 February 1967, two months short of her 10th birthday, Isola died of "a sudden effusion on the brain" following her recovery from a fever, at the home of her aunt, Margaret Nobel, in Edgeworthstown, Co Longford. -
Oscar wins Carpenter prize for greek testament studies
Wins Carpenter Prize for superior performance in he examination on the Greek New Testament at Portora Royal School, -
Oscar Wilde enters Trinity College Dublin
Enters Trinity College, Dublin. -
Oscar awarded Trinity College Dublin Foundation Scholarship.
Oscar awarded Trinity College Dublin Foundation Scholarship. -
Oscar wins Berkeley Gold Medal
Wins Berkeley Gold Medal for Greek; takes scholarship examination for Magdalen College, Oxford and wins Demyship. Berkeley Gold Medal was named after great irish philosper George Berkeley -
Oscar graduates to Magdalen College, Oxford, London
Graduated to Magdalen College in Oxford, London -
Oscar at Oxford
Oscar Wilde De Profundisgoes up to Oxford;The two great turning points in my life,’ Oscar Wilde revealed in De Profundis, ‘were when my father sent me to Oxford, and when society sent me to prison.’ attends Ruskin's lectures and joined in his road building activities at Hinksey. -
approached by John Edward Courtenay Bodley to join the free Masons
Oscar Wilde BiographyFebruary 1875, his colleague John Edward Courtenay Bodley (always called Courtenay by family and friends) an undergraduate at Balliol College, who had been only initiated the year before, approached him with a view to his joining the Apollo University Lodge No 357. Bodley was much involved with Masonic administration, responsible for several fêtes and balls and was appointed Junior Secretary of the Apollo University Lodge, Director of Ceremonies of the Churchill Lodge and later became the Provin -
Oscar Wilde Proposed for membership of the FreeMasons
Oscar Wilde BiographyOn 16 February 1875 Oscar was proposed in the Apollo University Lodge by Sinclair Frankland Hood of Magdalen College and seconded by J E C Bodley. The ballot proved in his favour. -
Oscar Wilde joins the Apollo University Lodge
Oscar Wilde BiographyPrior to his initiation a week later, Oscar was primed on Freemasonry by a group of friends, which included Bodley. In his diary entry for Sunday 21 February 1875 Bodley writes: Fitz & Wilde breakfasted with me at the Mitre at 11. Went down with W(ilde) to Corpus found the Count (W. O. Goldschmidt) dressing & screwed him round to Ch(rist) Ch(urch) where he was lunching. We called on Williamson where we had a long talk on Masonry. He produced his properties and Wilde was as much struck by their g -
Oscar passed to second degree in Apollo University Lodge and then Master Mason
Oscar Wilde BiographyOscar took his freemasonry seriously and was a keen and active participant in Lodge affairs. Having been passed to the second degree on 24 Apriland made a Master Mason on the 25th of May 1875, he joined Churchill Lodge in November of the same year, although he was not present at the meeting. s introduction by his good friend William Ward and by Bro James Harding, will be seen as an indication of the high regard he had already gained as an undergraduate student -
Oscar joins Masonic Lodge
Joins a Masonic Lodge; comes close to conversion to Roman Catholicism.
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Oscar visits Italy
Oscar comes close to conversion to Roman Catholicism.
Travels to Italy during his vacation.He was joined in Florence by his old professor of ancient history at Trinity College, Dublin, Rev John Pentland Mahaffy. They toured Florence, had supper in Bologna and took in the sights of Venice. The professor and his former student went on to Padua, saw Hamlet indifferently performed in Verona, and spotted the Princess Margherita, princess of Savoy-Genoa, at the opera in Milan, “very high-bred and pale -
Oscar visits Greece/Italy
Prolonged vacation in Greece with Professor Mahaffy of T.C.D., returning via Rome. Visits the Palazzo Rossi, Genoa to see Guido Reni's painting St. Sebastian. -
William Wilde, Oscars father dies
Death of Sir William Wilde. -
Oxford Academic Excellence
Gains First Class in Honours in Moderations (second year examinations). -
perfected into the 18th degree of the Rose Croix – at the Oxford University
Oscar Wilde Biography27 November 1876 he was perfected into the 18th degree of the Rose Croix – The Ancient and Accepted (Scottish) Rite – at the Oxford University Chapter No 40, a new Chapter consecrated only 4 years earlier. -
attends anniversary festival of the churchill lodge
Oscar began to take office in the Churchill Lodge as Inner Guard in 1876 and Junior Deacon in 1877. Although he was not present on Monday 7th May, the day of the elections in Lodge, he did make the trip especially from London to attend the Lodge’s festival the next day, Tuesday 8th May. The two events were combined in the report on page 8 of the Oxford Chronicle for Saturday May 12 1877 -
The Sphinx
Works on long poem, The Sphinx, begun 1874. -
First Article published
f 'The Grosvenor Gallery', His review of the Grosvenor show of Aesthetic art, for the Dublin University Magazine, was Wilde's first published prose work.
Wilde laid it on thick in praising "Love and Death," an allegorical painting by G.F. Watts. He described the figure of Love as "a beautiful boy with lithe brown limbs and rainbow coloured wings, all shrinking like a crumpled leaf." -
Late back to Oxford
Rusticated for six months because of late arrival back in Oxford. Spends 10 days in London, reviews the Grosvenor Gallery then returns to Dublin -
summonsed to appear before universitys chancellors court
Oscar Wilde BiographyOn three separate occasions, on 8th and 22nd November 1877 and on 22nd May 1878 he was summoned before the University Chancellor’s Court where action was brought against him for non-payment of outstanding debts. -
Oscar advanced into the Mark Degree at University Mark Lodge No.55
On 22nd March1878 Oscar progressed further in the Orders beyond the Craft. He was advanced, with no less than 12 additional candidates, into the Mark degree at University Mark Lodge No 55. This seems, however, to have been merely in response to a temporary burst of enthusiasm.
The only interesting aspect in his rather uneventful association with this particular Order is the elaborate ‘mark’ he chose for himself ,Oscar Wilde chose a mirror image of his initials O-F-W -
Wins Newdigate Prize
His poem Ravenna won the Newdigate Prize.
Gains a First in Greats (Final examination). -
Oscar Wilde leaves Oxford for London
Failing to get a Classical Fellowship at Oxford, Wilde concentrates on London's intellectual and political society, developing a friendship with Lillie Langtry and getting to know Ellen Terry, Sarah Bernhardt, and other leading actresses. Shares bachelor quarters with Frank Miles in Salisbury Street, Strand. -
Lady Wilde moves to London
Lady Wilde moves to London. -
Wasp cartoon lampooning Oscar
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Moves to tite Street, Chelsea, london
Oscar Wile Autobiography With Frank Miles moves to the more fashionable address of Tite Street, Chelsea, which had been redesigned by E.W. Godwin.
Sept., sends Ellen Terry a copy of his first play Vera. -
Satirized in Gilbert & Sullivan comic opera
Satirized as Reginald Bunthorne in Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera. -
first volume of poems published
First volume of Poems published in England and America. -
Rehersals of Vera cancelled
Rehearsals of Vera cancelled because of politically sensitive situation. -
Oscar sets off on ship to America
Oscar Wilde Impressions of America 1882 TourArriving in America in January 1882 he is supposed to have said at customs, ” I have nothing to declare but my genius”, and then Oscar the master of self publicity charmed and beguiled the journalists. -
Arrives In America
Oscar arrives in America "i have nothing to declare but my genius" -
lecture tour of America and Canada
Jan - Dec., lecture tour of Americaand Canada. (Lectures on 'The England Renaissance', 'The House Beautiful' and 'The Decorative Arts'.)
Featured picture is of Richard D'Oyly Carte, manager of Gilbert & Sullivan's Patience, as well as manager of Oscar Wilde's 1882 lecture tour of America. -
oscar visits Walt Whitman
One of his first stops was to pay a call, on January 18, on the poet Walt Whitman at his home in Camden, NJ. They drank homemade elderberry wine together, and milk punch, talking for two hours... "He is the grandest man I have ever seen," Wilde told a reporter, "the simplest, most natural, and strongest character I have ever met in my life..." And, much later, in private, he bragged: "The kiss of Walt Whitman is still on my lips..." -
Oscar meets Henry James
on January 21 mets with henry James
]lthough they met only a few times and did not hit it off, the two men were obsessed with each other. It was an obsession that shaped their best known works such as Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest and James's The Turn of the Screw. "The more I did the research, the more I became sure about it," ..."There are clear parallels. Wilde goes out of his way to review James's novels, to keep tabs on him and to say he's not the future of American literature. -
Oscar Wilde in Brooklyn
The New York Times Feb 4, 1882 p.2 col. 7:
OSCAR WILDE IN BROOKLYN | HE REPEATS HIS LECTURE ON "THE ENGLISH RENAISSANCE" |
Oscar Wilde talked to an audience of 1800 persons in the Brooklyn Academy of Music last evening on “The English Renaissance,” but he made the extremities of his swallow-tail coat the object of more attention than his words. -
Oscar Lecture in Rochester, New York
The Democrat | Olean, Cattaraugus Co., N.Y., | Feb 9, 1882 . p.2 col. 5:
WILDE'S WELCOME IN ROCHESTER ROCHESTER, Feb 8th--A hundred students of the Rochester university created great disturbance at Oscar Wilde's lecture here last night. A policeman attempted to eject a disturber, when a melee ensued and the gas was turned off. Before additional policeman (sic) arrived most of the students had left. Only a few people remained till the conclusion of the lecture. -
Platt’s Hall San Fransico March 27, 1882.
Wilde arrived in San Francisco by train Sunday, March 26, 1882, with his first lecture scheduled for the next evening at Platt’s Hall. Charles E. Locke, had rooms for him at the Palace Hotel, then the largest hotel in the world. After his Monday lecture, Wilde visited Oakland, then returned for his second lecture at Platt’s Hall on the subject of “Art Decoration! Being the Practical and Application of the Esthetic Theory to Everyday Home Life and Art Ornamentation!” Later, Wilde made the oblig -
Arrives at the Markham House Atlanta Fourth of July
Arrives at the he Markham House Atlanta This was Wilde's first and only Fourth of July in America. He felt, he said, that the Declaration of Independence should be celebrated in a "noble manner" like the New Orleans Mardi Gras. "It shows them [the people] what otherwise they would not have a chance of seeing: noble costumes, beautiful colors and sculpturesque grouping." -
New York Times story:oscar wilde in deep south addressing race issue
The New York Times news story Wilde's agent purchased three first class tickets and three sleeping car tickets for a train from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia. A train employee who realised that one set of tickets was to be used by Wilde's black servant, offered to refund the ticket. Wilde objected to this. The employee returned later and warns of a threatening “mob” that will gather when the train reaches Jonesboro, and Mr. Wilde and his servant reluctanly agree to his request -
Boston meeting with Mary Anderson and her business manager and stepfather, Hamilton Griffin
The Duchess of Padua play discussions all three, wilde,Mary Anderson and her business manager and stepfather, terms are agreed and the play is set to open on the 22nd January 1883 -
jan-may 1883 in Paris
1883 late jan Wilde returned to Paris in late January 1883, staying first for a few weeks at the Hôtel Continental before moving to the Hôtel Voltaire again in early April, where he remained until May.
In Paris he met painters (Edgar Degas, Camille Pissarro, Giuseppe de Nittis, Jacques-Émile Blanche and John Sargent), writers (Victor Hugo, Edmond de Goncourt, Alphonse Daudet, Paul Bourget, Émile Zola, Maurice Rollinat and Paul Verlaine) actress Sarah Bernhardtand many other actors -
Paris
Feb. - May, went to Paris, where he met painters (Edgar Degas, Camille Pissarro, Giuseppe de Nittis, Jacques-Émile Blanche and John Sargent), writers (Victor Hugo, Edmond de Goncourt, Alphonse Daudet, Paul Bourget, Émile Zola, Maurice Rollinat and Paul Verlaine) and actors in a crowded social life and writes The Duchess of Padua. -
expelled from Churchill Lodge for failure to pay dues
Oscar Wilde was among the 11 members who were excluded in 1883. Whilst the excuses were accepted from the Brethren concerned, who were duly readmitted, Oscar Wilde's fate is recorded in the Lodge minutes for 4 June 1883: Bro Crowder Secretary proposed and Bro G L Hawkins seconded that the expulsion from the Lodge of Bro Oscar Wilde be reported to Grand Lodge, he having failed to acknowledge the three communications forwarded to him. This was carried unanimously. -
vera production in America
production of Vera in USA. -
another lecture tour of America begins
begins lecture tour of USA. -
engaged to Constance Lloyd
engaged to Constance Lloyd while lecturing in Dublin. -
Oscar and Constance get married
1884 29 May, marriage to Constance Lloyd at St James’s Church, Sussex Gardens, they honeymoon in Paris
Constance Wilde -
Oscar's Brother William Dies
Timeline On 13 March 1899 Willie died aged 46 at 9, Cheltenham Terrace in Chelsea from complications related to his alcoholism.After Robert Ross wrote to Oscar in France informing him of Willie's death, Oscar wrote "I suppose it had been expected for some time.... Between him and me there had been, as you know, wide chasms for many years. Requiescat in Pace" According to Canning, Oscar Wilde was not greatly affected by his brother's death (Canning 105). -
"Intentions" is published
"Intentions" is published "
Intentions is a set of dialogues on Aesthetic philosophy
The Critic as Artist is an essay containing the most extensive statements of his aesthetic philosophy.
The Decay of Lying
“The Truth of Masks – A Note on Illusion”
Pen, Pencil and poison -
Oscar Wilde posts bail for political activist and poet
John Evelyn Barlas (1860 – 1914), pseudonym Evelyn Douglas.
Barlas was arrested on the morning of New Year's Eve, 1891 after walking to Westminster Bridge and firing a revolver three times at the House of Commons, apparently to show his contempt for Parliament. Although he was bailed out by Wilde, Barlas was eventually admitted to Gartnavel Asylum, Glasgow, where he spent much of his later life in severe mental illness.SCHIZOPHRENIC (dorian gray?) -
licence for production of Salome refused(England)
June 1892, a license necessary for public performance was denied on the grounds that the play introduced biblical characters onto the stage; this was prohibited by an ancient law whose original purpose was to suppress Catholic mystery plays. Wilde deplored this action in a lecture at the Author’s Club and in interviews. In more dramatic moments he declared intentions to renounce his British citizenship. Nevertheless, “Salome” was not produced in England until 13 years later, 5 years after Wilde’ -
Publishers shelf revised version of the portrait of Mr. W.H.
Conflict with Mathews and Lane arose in
September 1894, when they refused to proceed with the publication of the revised and
expanded version of “The Portrait of Mr. W.H.” Mathews’ misgivings about Wilde’s
intimacy with the firm’s young clerk, Edward Shelley (1874-1951), -
Opening Night An Ideal Husband
1895 3 Jan., production of An Ideal Husband opens. Opening Night An Ideal Husband at St James Theatre -
Libel Trial begins Testimony of Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde Trial Transcripts
The trial opened on 3 April 1895 amongst scenes of near hysteria both in the press and the public galleries. The extent of the evidence massed against Wilde forced him to declare meekly, "I am the prosecutor in this case".Wilde's lawyer, Sir Edward George Clarke, opened the case by pre-emptively asking Wilde about two suggestive letters Wilde had written to Douglas, which the defence had in its possession. -
Apr 3, 1895 Queensberry's Trial Begins
Apr 3, 1895
Queensberry's Trial Begins The libel trial begins. It soon becomes clear that the trial is more about Wilde's conduct as a gay man than about Queensberry's libel. Edward Carson grill Wilde on his work and relationships, and submit his letters to Alfred Douglas as evidence. Queensberry is acquitted; Wilde is immediately arrested on charges of gross indecency. -
Oscar Wilde Trials Cross Examination by Edward Carson
Edward Carson Cross Examination
Edward Carson-skillful cross-examination. The cross generally broke into two main parts: a literary part and a fact-oriented part focusing on Wilde's past relationships. In the literary part of the examination, Carson asked Wilde about letters to Douglas and two of his own published works, The Portrait of Dorian Gray and Phrases and Philosophies for Use of the Young. Wilde defended the works against Carson's -
Oscar Wilde arrested
queensberrys Revenge
Queensberry coup de grace. He told his solicitor to send the notes from the libel trial and all of the evidence his private detectives had turned up about Wilde's interest in boy prostitutes to Scotland Yard. This move left authorities with no choice but to arrest Wilde and charge him with gross indecency. Queensberry sent word to Wilde alerting him, He ended the note with a threat. "I will not prevent your flight, but if you take my son with you I will shoot you like a dog," -
Apr 26, 1895 Wilde's Trial Begins
Oscar Wilde Trials Apr 26, 1895
Wilde's Trial Begins Wilde's trial for indecency opens. At his family's urging, Douglas leaves the country and goes to France. Constance Wilde takes their sons to Europe and changes their last name. Wilde never sees his children again. -
Oscar Wilde found Guilty
Oscar Wilde found Guilty
May 25, 1895
Sentenced Oscar Wilde is convicted of gross indecency and is sentenced to two years hard labor. He is sent immediately to prison and is eventually transferred to Reading Gaol. -
Freemasons erase Oscar name from the golden book deprieving him of all masonic rights and privileges
MasonsReport of the Committee of Supreme Council’ dated 9 July 1895 which states ‘The erasure from the Golden Book of the name of Oscar Wilde who has been sentenced to a term of imprisonment with hard labour’. It should be noted that regulation 11 of the Order provides that any member being convicted of felony or crime, whatever its nature, shall be deprived of all Masonic Rights and Privileges, namely expelled from the Order. Thus Oscar Wildes’s expulsion was in line with this regulation, irrespecti -
Oscar moved to Reading Gaol after fall
Oscar Wilde TimelineNov 21, 1895 After fainting in chapel, Oscar Wilde was moved to Reading Prison. The incident in the chapel cause an injury to his right ear (Canning 94). -
Paris gives first production of Salome
Oscar Wilde TimelineFeb 11, 1896 The first production of "Salome" in Paris.(Canning 94 and Oxford Dictionary of National Biography). -
Constance visits Oscar to tell him his mother has died
Oscar Wilde Timeline
On February 19, 1896, Constance Wilde arrived from Genoa to Tell Oscar Wilde that his mother has died. Jane had asked for Oscar to be allowed to visit in her last days, but he was denied (Canning 94). -
De Profundis
De Profundis
In January 1897, Oscar Wilde began a long letter of self-justification - addressed to Bosie. After three months, De Profundis wa finished and later would be published by Ross after Oscar Wilde's death (Canning 96-97). -
19 MAY 1897 Released from Reading Gaol
released from Reading Gaol Released From Jail
19 May 1897 Wilde is released from Reading Gaol in poor health, he then goes to France, where he spends the rest of his life in exile. -
Oscar meets Bosie
Oscar Wilde and Bosie Oscar Wilde meets up with Alfred Douglas in Rouen, France. Oscar burst into tears when he saw Bosie at the station. They ended up eating dinner and spending the night with one another (Canning 100). -
Oscar Wilde letter on prison condition
On March 24, 1898, Wilde published another controversial letter in the Chronicle. This letter, headed “Don’t Read This If You Want to Be Happy Today,” was prompted by the Home Secretary’s Prison Reform Bill which was then under debate in the House. The Bill suggested such reforms as increasing the number of inspectors and official visitors who had access to the prisons. Such reforms were “useless,” -
Constance Wilde dies
Wife Dies
7 Apr 1898 Wilde`s wife dies at the age of 40 during spinal surgery. -
The Ballad of Reading Gaol published
1898 In 1898, "The Ballad of Reading Gaol" was published in Britain, but not under Oscar Wilde's name. Instead, his cell number was used, "C.3.3." (Canning 99). -
7th publication of Ballad Of reading Gaol written by Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde Timeline
The finished poem was published by Leonard Smithers in 1898 under the name C.3.3., which stood for cell block C, landing 3, cell 3. This ensured that Wilde's name – by then notorious – did not appear on the poem's front cover. It was not commonly known, until the 7th printing in June 1899, that C.3.3. was actually Wilde -
9th Marquess of Queensberry Dies in London
1900 31 Jan., Queensberry dies leaving £ 20,000 to Alfred Douglas, who refuses financial help to Wilde. He died in London, aged 55, nearly a year before Oscar Wilde's death. Although he wrote a poem starting with the words "When I am dead cremate me," he was buried in Scotland. -
Death of Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde Dies
30 Nov 1900 Wilde dies of meningitis in Paris at the age of 46. He is buried first in Cimitiere de Bagneaux, but his tomb is later moved to Paris` famed Pere Lachaise Cemetery. -
First production of Salome in England
A performance of the play was arranged by the New Stage Club at the Bijou Theatre in Archer Street, London, on the 10th and 13th May 1905, starring Millicent Murby as Salome and directed by Florence Farr. No licence was applied for -
private performance of Salome in england
In June 1906 the play was presented privately with A Florentine Tragedy by the Literary Theatre Society at King's Hall, Covent Garden. The Lord Chamberlain's ban was not lifted for almost forty years -
Oscar Wilde grave moved
Oscar Wilde grave pere la chaise Paris
Burial 8 Sep 1909 Wilde was first buried in Cimetiere de Bagneux but in 1909 his remains were moved to Pere La chaise Cemetery. His ashes were placed in a compartment in the tomb in 1950. -
Cyril Holland Killed World War 1
After leaving school he joined the army, he served in the UK and India before being called to Europe for World War 1
He took part in the battle for Neuve-Chapelle, where he was killed by a German sniper on 9 May 1915 during the Battle of Festubert.He is buried at St. Vaast Post Military Cemetery, Richebourg-l'Avoué -
First public performance of Salomé in England
The first public performance of Salomé in England was at the Savoy Theatre on October 5, 1931
Oscar Wilde wrote Salomé in 1891, but he never lived to see it performed in London. He had hoped that Sarah Bernhardt would play the biblical temptress at the English Opera House, in fabulous costumes and, at her insistence, blue hair. But two weeks into rehearsals, the Lord Chamberlain had banned the play, citing an old law against the staging of scriptural characters. -
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
Directed by Albert Lewin; screenplay by Albert Lewin
Starring Hurd Hatfield as Dorian Gray; Lowell Gilmore as Basil Hallward; George Sanders as Henry Wotton; Angela Lansbury as Sibyl Vane. Lansbury was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Considered by many to be the best version, although a love interest not found in the novel appears; Basil Hallward’s niece played by Donna Reed. The film won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, an -
Oscar Wildes son writes Son of Oscar Wilde Memoirs
<strong>1954</strong> Oscar’s second son Vyvyan, who also served in the war, became an author following his father’s footprints and penned his memoir Son of Oscar Wilde in 1954. -
Dorian Gray, also known as The Movie:Evils of Dorian Gray or The Secret of Dorian Gray (1970)
Dorian Gray, also known as The Evils of Dorian Gray or The Secret of Dorian Gray (1970)
Directed by Massimo Dallamano; screenplay by Marcello Coscia; Massimo Dallamano and Günter Ebert
Starring Helmut Berger as Dorian Gray; Richard Todd as Basil Hallward; Herbert Lom as Henry Wotton; Marie Liljedahl as Sibyl Vane -
The Importance of Being Earnest (1992)
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Salome performed on Broadway starring Al Pacino
In 1992 the play was performed on Broadway at the Circle in the Square Theatre, under the direction of Robert Allan Ackerman. Sheryl Lee starred as the title role alongside Al Pacino. The play costarred Suzanne Bertish, Esai Morales and Arnold Vosloo. -
Poets Corner Westminster Abbey 1995
On 14 February 1995 a small stained glass memorial was unveiled in Poets' Corner Westminster Abbey for Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wilde, playwright and aesthete. The window, above the monument to Geoffrey Chaucer, was designed by Graham Jones . Others who have commemorated in this way are Alexander Pope, Robert Herrick, A.E.Housman, Frances Burney and Christopher Marlowe.
The window featured in an episode of The Simpsons in 2011 -
Salome (1995)
Salome (1995)
Salome (1995) is a TV filmization of Salomé (1893 Wilde), play, directed by Steven Berkoff. -
The Canterville Ghost (1996)
The Canterville Ghost (1996) This modern TV-movie update of the Oscar Wilde tale stars Patrick Stewart as the melancholy spectre of Sir Simon Canterville, doomed to wander the corridors of his vast estate for the past four centuries in guilt and despair over his wife’s suicide. -
An Ideal Husband(1999)
An Ideal Husband(1999)
A romantic and sentimental comedy set at the turn of the 19th century, An Ideal Husband delves into themes of love, passion, and betrayal among the aristocracy. starring Rupert Everett, Jeremy Northam, Minnie Driver ,Lindsay Duncan,Jeroen Krabbé, Julianne Moore, Cate Blanchett and directed by Oliver Parker. -
The Importance of Being Earnest 2002
The Importance of Being Earnest 2002 The Importance of Being Earnest 2002. a 2002 British-American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Oliver Parker, based on Oscar Wilde's classic comedy. -
The Picture of Dorian Gray (2002)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (2002)Sir Harry Wotton introduces young Dorian Gray to Victorian London's society circuit and a decadent world of self-indulgience. As Sir Harry's influence over him grows, Dorian sinks further into a cruel, hedonistic existence. Although Dorian's appearance remains youthful, his portrait ages, taking on hideous features reflecting his sinful ways. -
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Call me Salome movie 2005
Writer/director Claudio Sestieri take the reins for this compelling adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s Salome. -
2007 A Good Woman
2007 A Good Woman2007 A Good Woman
One of Oscar Wilde’s most popular plays is given a new screen interpretation in this period comedy. A Good Woman was based on Wilde’s Lady Windermere’s Fan, with its title drawn from that show’s subtitle, “A Play About a Good Woman.” -
Johnny 316 (2007)
Johnny 316 movie 2007Oscar Wilde’s Salome is given a new contemporary interpretation in this independent drama from director Erick Ifergan.
Also known as Hollywood Salome, most of Johnny 316 was shot in 1998, but the film was not completed until 2007 -
The Wonder 2007
The Wonder 2007 movie The Wonder 2007
Adapted from Oscar Wilde’s short story The Sphinx Without a Secret, director Sean Boyland’s heady romantic drama stars Matt DeLight, Adam Cahoon, and Liz Maher in an abstract tale that’s sure to keep viewers guessing to the very end. -
2006 The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray2006 The Picture of Dorian Gray
A contemporary adaptation of Oscar Wilde classic tale of vanity. Directed by Duncan Roy; screenplay by Duncan Roy
Starring David Gallagher as Dorian
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qM257hm5-jQ#t=31s Stars:
David Gallagher, Noah Segan and Christian Camargo
Directed by Jon Cunningham; screenplay by Jon Cunningham and Deborah Warner -
Dorian Gray Movie 2009
2009 Dorian Gray MovieDorian Gray 2009 Directed byOliver Parker
Starring Ben Barnes, Colin Firth and Rebecca Hall
A vain London playboy offers his soul in exchange for eternal beauty in this adaptation of the chilling tale by author Oscar Wilde.
