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Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde [a] (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular playwrights in London in the early 1890s.
About Wikipedia; Contact us; Contribute Help; ... Picture of Oscar Wilde taken by Elliott & Fry in their studio at 55 ... Date of birth/death: Elliott: 14 October ...
Italiano: Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) ritratto da Napoleon Sarony nel 1882; nel decennio successivo sarebbe divenuto a Londra uno dei drammaturghi più famosi. È ricordato per i suoi aforismi e commedie, per il romanzo Il ritratto di Dorian Gray e per i procedimenti giudiziari a suo carico, che condussero alla sua condanna ai lavori forzati - secondo la legge del tempo - per palese ...
This briefly mentioned Wilde's life, but resulted in Ransome (and The Times Book Club) being sued for libel by Lord Alfred Douglas; a trial in April 1913 which in a way was a re-run of the trial(s) of Oscar Wilde. The trial resulted from Douglas's rivalry with Robbie Ross for Wilde (and his need for money).
The trial court had found that Sarony had "by posing the said Oscar Wilde in front of the camera, selecting and arranging the costume, draperies, and other various accessories in said photograph, arranging the subject so as to present graceful outlines, arranging and disposing the light and shade, suggesting and evoking the desired expression ...
The film was the inspiration for a promotional film made for the Rolling Stones song "We Love You"; the 1967 film, directed by Peter Whitehead, featured Mick Jagger as Wilde, Keith Richards as the judge in the Wilde trial, and Marianne Faithfull as Bosie. [19]
Wilde v Queensberry, 1895; R v Wilde, 1895. Clarke represented Oscar Wilde in his ill-advised prosecution of the Marquess of Queensberry for criminal libel. Queensberry being found not guilty, Clarke considered himself partly to blame for the tactics pursued during the trial, and when Wilde was subsequently arrested and prosecuted for ...
The case caused intense public scrutiny of the play, Oscar Wilde, and Maud Allan herself. [9] The trial, and the public outcry against Allan, contributed, among other factors, to the demise of her career in Europe. [8] After the trial, she returned to America to be with her mother, Isabella Durrant, following the death of her father.