Oscar Wilde (Part 1)

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"The truth is rarely pure and never simple." The Importance of Being Earnest, Wilde's most famous play, hints that Oscar Wilde's life was a complicated one. Perhaps the most famous gay martyr in history, Wilde is often presented as the sacrificial victim destroyed by a bigoted government whose Prime Minister was in fact gay himself. But the story of how Wilde came to prominence, and eventually sued his lover's father for libel, is as surprising as it is complex.
Join Keith as he joins the dots and explores Oscar Wilde's journey from the heights of brilliant success to the muddy depths of notoriety and suffering.