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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 ...
Irish Examiner9dOpinion
Rosita Sweetman: How Oscar Wilde’s forgotten wife Constance paid the price for his fame
Constance Wilde, Oscar’s devoted wife, endured heartbreak, betrayal, and tragedy — her story deserves to be remembered ...
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De Profundis: Oscar Wilde in Jail - World Premiere
THE GREATEST LOVE LETTER EVER WRITTEN. De Profundis: Oscar Wilde in Jail is a musical fantasy based on the letter Oscar Wilde wrote while incarcerated for two years at Reading Gaol, to his love ...
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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 ...