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Oscar Wilde’s prison to be transformed into police firearms academy under planning proposal
The disused Victorian prison that once held Oscar Wilde could be turned into a police shooting academy. Thames Valley Police want to use Reading Gaol, which has been closed for more than decade ...
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Why Oscar Wilde’s Play About a Biblical Temptress Was Banned From the British Stage for Decades
"Salome," a one-act tragedy by the Irish playwright, terrified the Victorian public with its provocative depiction of a ...
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Bang To Writes: The Literary Greats Who Did Jail Time
After completing classics such as Salome, The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Happy Prince, in 1895 Oscar Wilde’s literary ... The Ballad of Reading Gaol. The confinement and heavy toil took ...