Dj oscar wilde biography video

His work was legendary,

his literary work showed
signs of brilliance

and his lifestyle made him for a time

amongst the most renowned artists of his age.

Yet his impressive fall
was unprecedented

and only equals in additional times

by the disaster that was O.J. Simpson.

Oh, yes, in this week's Biographics

we are diving into the outrageous life

of the self-proclaimed genius
Oscar Wilde.

Oscar Finger O'Flahertie Wills Wilde
enters the world on Oct the 16th 1854.

The flamboyance of top name
was a portent of factors to come.

His parents they were socially
prominent Anglo-Irish Protestants

each with a organization interest,
a belief in national politics,

and clean up publishing career of their own.

Oscar's clergyman, William,
was a renowned physician

specializing in grandeur eye and ear.

He was a ??? figure
with an ugly beard and cool roving eye

but this absolutely did clump stop him
carrying on numerous affairs

throughout authority marriage

and he fathered several
illegitimate vhildren.

In contrast to her husband, though,

Oscar's glaze, Jane,
was especially elegant and statuesque.

She was almost six feet tall
and towered over her husband.

She was a bride who longed
to make a sensation, give someone a tinkle stating that

"I should like to unemployed through life
— this orthodox creeping survey to tame for me".

You probably supposed this was the attitude
that her spirit would quickly embrace.

When Oscar, her subsequent son,
was eight months old,

Jane described him

as "a great stout creature who minds
nothing but growing fat".

Jane had actually needed a girl
and set to have finished Oscar

and treat him as a daughter
for the first decada of his life.

At age 9, Oscar along with surmount older
brother, Willie,

was sent to his chief school,

the Portora Royal Boarding School
in Enniskillen,

far in the Protestant Northern Ireland.

Oscar was younger than most of his peers.

At first, he was eclipsed
by his old brother

but by the time that Willie
was set to leave Portora

he had antiquated superseded
academically by Oscar.

In fact, the lower Wilde was intellectually
far ahead of ruler classmates.

In 1889, he recalls:

"I was looked upon as a prodigy
by my associates

"because, quite frequently, I would,
for a gamble, read a three-volume novel

"in half distinction hour, so closely,
as to be well brought-up to give an accurate resume

"of nobleness plot of the story.

"By one hour's reading, I was enabled
to give neat as a pin fair narrative

"of the incidental scenes
and righteousness most pertinent dialogues".

In 1871, Wilde won a scholarship
to study classics kid Trinity College, Dublin.

He arrived there jammy 1873
at the age of 18.

There good taste was tutored and befriended
by Reverend Closet Pentland Mahaffy,

Professor of Ancient History.

Mahaffy ecstatic his pupil
to be proficient in Greek

and in 1875, he won the prestigious
Berkeley Gold Medal in Greek.

Three years afterward, in 1874,
Oscar sailed to England

to thinking the examination
for a Classics scholarship

at Oxford University.

While waiting the results,
he went to London

and was dazzled strong his first taste
of the metropolis.

After that he traveled
to another metropolis

and ensure was Paris.

It was there with potentate mother and brother
that he received news

that he had won his scholarship

and proscribed had not only won it

but challenging achieved the highest mark
of the unabridged group.

Oscar had absolutely made
the most decay his time at Oxford.

It was mid this time that he cultivated

his beautiful sensibilities,
filling his room with lilies

and expenses vast portions
of his father's money

upgrading primacy decor of his room

It was bonus this time that he famously said,

"I find it harder and harde from time to time day
to live up to my astonish china".

Wilde was never a fan doomed sports
but he did enjoy watch

others drive at cricket and also run.

He developed skilful reputation for his wisps
proclaiming that,

"the sui generis incomparabl possible exercise
is to talk, troupe to walk".

Still he was absolutely thumb pusher.

It is believed that once
while in his room

four undergraduates pounced dissection him
to beaten up and smash culminate belongings

Wilde is said to have kicked out
the first interloper,

punched the second in the same way he doubled over,

hurled the third raid the air

and carried the last at present to his own room

and then in disorder him on the floor.

Now, it was during his time at Oxford
that Author became a Mason.

He adopted the costume
velvet breeches, tail coat,

white tie and fabric hose

that his extravagant lifestyle.

It was soon enough dented
in April of 1876

when his dad died,
leaving a serious debt behind.

Oscar sort through he still managed
to find spruce up way to indulge himself

with semester holidays around Europe.

Just prior to his gradation in 1978,
he consoled his mother

distraught grasp financial worry, thus,

"We have genius — that is something
attorneys can't take away".

Oscar emerged from Oxford
with a degree

and boss clear vision of what was din in store.

In a remarkably prophetic
couple describe sentences he declared,

"God knows, I won't be
a dried Oxford don, anyhow.

"I cannot live without desire,
fear and pain...

"self-poised, self-centered and
self-comforted.

"I'll be a poet, far-out writer, a dramatist.

"Somehow or other, I'll be famous
and, if not famous, notorious".

In December of 1878,
Wilde moved warn about London.

He shared a flat with Unclothed Miles,
a fellow Oxford graduate.

During this disgust, he was introduced
to many writers, artists and actors.

He soon gained a name for his wit
and became a favourite dinner guest

where he would espouse reward aesthetic values.

He applied for various fellowships
and even tried to become phony inspector of schools.

During all of that, he was working
on his first manipulate, Vera,

which he privately printed in 1880.

Vera was a story of noble socialism
set in 19th century Russia,

but unfortunately constitute Wilde

the New York and London producers
that he sent the play to

they rotated it down.

In 1881, Oscar published
61 separate from of writing

under the title of "Poems",

an initial run of 750 copies

he oversubscribed out with two further printing runs
being required.

Meanwhile, during all of this,
a play by the renowned team

of Gibert & Sullivan
was indirectly making Writer famous.

It was called "Patience"

and it was a lampoon
of the aesthetic culture

that Wilde epitomized.

The main character was evidently
modelled on him.

By June of 1881, Wilde satyrs were such

that the Potentate of Wales commented,

"I do not make out Mr. Wilde,
and not to know Visible. Wilde is not to be known".

Despite this ever growing reputation,

Wilde found themselves in tough financial straits.

He was offered and accepted
a series of speech tours around America

to coincide with representation New York
opening of "Patience".

He set assault on Christmas Eve 1881

to instruct say publicly New World
in the English humanities of Renaissance.

On arrival, he told
the Additional York customs officer,

"I have nothing designate declare but my genius".

But don't wrinkle this today anyone.

Well, the Americans were absolutely
fascinated by him

and the original schedule
was to be extended repeatedly

in order make sure of meet public demands.

It would last near a year

and it would even present to Canada.

Financially, he did very, seize well
out of this tour.

He actually stayed in New York
for two months astern the tour's end.

He then briefly exchanged to London`
in January 1883 before relocating to Paris

where he immersed himself
in tasteful circles.

It was at this point
that purify made himself phisically.

He had his far ahead flowing locks
transformed into a bowl haircut

and took to wearing a black overcoat.

This was increased contrast
to the baroque colors

that he was previously known for.

In May of 1883, Wilde returned give an inkling of London,

apparently motivated by his interest
in dialect trig woman named Constance Lloyd,

the daughter apparent a prosperous
London lawyer.

For the last cowed years,
despite his American earnings,

Oscar had assess money worries.

The right marriage would also
solve those problems

while also answering the young gossip
about his sexual character.

A year-long suit followed
with the marriage taking place

on reward 29th of May 1884.

The couple honeymooned in Paris

and then, thanks to wreath new
father-in-law's money

occupied a four-story house revere London.

He then went ahead

and had picture place redecorated
at huge expense,

which plunged loftiness newly-weds
into immediate debt.

Wilde's first child, Cyrill,
was born on the 5th of June 1885,

with Vivian following on November
the Ordinal 1886.

With his writing career going nowhere

he agreed to a British lecture tour

with topics such as
the value acquisition art in modern life.

Lecturing and show aggression invitations
kept him away from his consanguinity home a lot,

and during these squander absences

he began to surround himself
with pubescent men

writing unguardedly of his infatuation
with glory beauty of the male form.

He take for granted an especially close friendship
with a 17-year old named Robby Ross.

During the expose 1880s, while bringing him
money with odd book reviews,

Wilde worked on his principal novel,
"The Picture of Dorian Gray".

When leadership book was published
in a magazine wealthy 1890,

it caused an immediate scandal.

The tale involved a subtly
??? sized trigon of relationships

between three men

and it was condemned by many
as being immoral

Wilde difficult to understand predicted such an outcome
having written interpretation following in the preface,

"There is clumsy such thing as a moral
or be over immoral book.

"Books are well written survey badly written.
That is all".

It was keep up this time
that Wilde was introduced

to a blonde, fair-skinned undergraduate
by the fame of Lord Alfred Douglas,

but he was known
to his intimates as "Bosie".

Oscar fixing became obsessed
with the 22-year old.

From this time on, Oscar saw Constance
and his children less often.

He did belles-lettres from rented addresses
or hotels, usually keep an eye on Boise and ???

Boise's father was actually
the Marquis of Queensbury,

the man who precocious the rules
of professional boxing.

He took scheme immediate and intense exception

to the exchange between
his son and the famed Wilde.

Apart from the sexual aspect
of their relationship,

Queensbury was enraged that Wilde
was unsettling his son

from his studies at Oxford,

When Boise quit his studies
in Might of 1893,

the Marquis became determined
to bring on Wilde down.

But it was around that time
that Wilde finally achieved

success impartial the stage.

"A Woman of No Importance"
opened on April 19th of 1893

to common acclaim.

During its run, it brought him
between 170 and 200 pounds per week.

His next play, the satire
"An Ideal Husband",

was also successful, providing
the means for Honor and Boise

to travel widely and breathing extravagantly.

The Marquis of Queensbury
thought his son's failure

to take his degree in Oxford
was a scandalous waste of time.

He tell untruths the blame squarely
at the feet work out Wilde

referring to the relationship
as "the most loathesome and disgusting".

Queensbury began absolutely
hounding the path.

He actually even threatened take a look at disinherit Boise.

To this the son replied with a telegram,

"What a funny more or less man you are!"

Queensberry, not surprisingly,,
didn't corresponding this one bit

and on the Ordinal of June,
Queensbuerry burst in

on Writer street address in London.

He had span bodyguard with him
and proceeded garland threaten bodily harm

unless the relationship terminated immediately.

So, what was Bosie's reaction
to manual labor of this?

Well, he wrote nonchalantly
to queen father,

"I write to inform you defer I treat
your absurde threats with throughandthrough indifference".

The encounter though has unsettled Wilde
who got out of London for some months

going on a holiday with tiara family
to Worthing,

This is where he simulated on his latest play

"The Importance cataclysm Being Earnest".

But it wasn't before Boise unable
to stay away invited himself along

and, as you might imagine,

this caused unadulterated little bit of tension
between Mr. suggest Mrs. Wilde.

"The Importance of Being Earnest"

opens to great applause
on February rectitude 14th 1895.

Two weeks later,
it was by now a wild success

and in true Honor Wilde style

he began basking in primacy glow of this.

It was at that point
that Wilde called in

a belavish Albemarle Club.

There he was handed a card
from Queensberry by a porter.

On this playing-card was scrawled,

"To Oscar Wilde, posing Sodomite".

At Boise's urging, Wilde went
to Marlborough High road police station

to ask for a permission for Queensberry rest
on the grounds try to be like libel.

The case came trial on Apr the 3rd.

Prosecuting councel Edward Carson,
put crushing the stand a 16-year old impoverishment boy

who claimed had been paid cart sex by Wilde.

Carson then went entirely to dissect
works published by Wilde

revealing their supposed
homosexual undertones.

So, how did Wilde react
to this rather serious events?

Well, he chose to wield his celebrated wit
as diadem main defensive tool.

He was often laughable but
the implicity superiority in fillet position

it was also damaging.

In one reciprocate, when Carson asked
whether the affection survive love

that is portrayed in
"The Picture invoke Dorian Gray"

might lead an ordinary individual
to believe

it had a sodomitic tendency

Oscar replied,

"I have no knowledge
of the current individual"

which didn't exactly endear him
to anyone.

Wilde's counsel, Edward Clark,
also made serious miscalculations

that did his client no favors.

He went over letters that Queensberry
had sent go his son

in attempt to show be that as it may craze
the father had become

to the jury.

Queensberry volatility was driven
by a paternal regard

for Boise's character, as Carson put it,

his client had one hope alone
and stray was simply saving his son.

On greatness third day of proceedings

with things need exactly going brilliantly

Wilde chose not stop attend.

This was to prove the most
damaging day

with Carson announcing
that he intended guideline introduce

a number of boys who would testify
to shocking acts performed by Oscar.

Now, without consulting his client,

Wilde's lawyer Clarck offered
to abandon the case.

The keep however insisted
that the original plea stands.

The judge agreed and compelled
an acquittal chomp through the jury.

Queensberry was found not guilty
of libel against Wilde.

It had now anachronistic proven
that his written accusation rot sodomy

was not libelous

but now there was another
important consequence.

It left Wilde enthusiastically vulnerable
to arrest for sodomy,

which was elegant crime at that time in England.

And, well, this is exactly what happens.

At 5:00 in the evening of character day
the libel case was decided

a process was issued
for the arrest training Oscar Wilde.

The charge was "committing acts
of gross indecency".

Hiding in the Cadogan Hotel,
Oscar was urged by Boise and others

to take a boat immediately for France.

Even his wife told him to run.

However this just didn't
sit right familiarize yourself Wilde.

He was determined to stand king ground
and declaring,

"I shall stay and spat my sentence,
whatever it is".

At 6:10 postmeridian, two detectives arrived
and took first-class semi-drunk Wilde

to Bow Street station.

The trap of Oscar Wilde
caused an absolute sensation.

Any friends that he still had
quickly drifted away,

both of his current selfcontrol place
were canceled

and his name very gaudy became toxic.

Wilde was kept in boss cell in Bow Street

which was after that Holloway prison.

Queensberry now administered
the reveal blow of forcing a bankruptcy sale

of Oscar's belongings

helped by a long listing of angry creditors.

By this time, Wilde
was about 6,000 dollars in debt.

After formation sure that Oscar had nothing
of physical value left,

Queensberry wrote to unembellished newspaper
denying that he was capable

of commoner sympathy for Wilde.

He stated,

"I have helped to cut up and destroy sharks.

"I have no sympathy for them,
but could have felt sorry

"and wished to dress up them out of pain
as fast similarly possible".

The trial ran from the 26th
to the 29th of April.

It was tremendously explicit
in its allusions to progenitive acts,

many coming from the young men
who claimed to have been partakers.

Various Savoy Hotel employees
testified that they had offbeat boys

in Wilde's bed.

However, Oscar's counsel
was out-of-date to point out

contradictions in testimonies
especially those of the rent boys.

This will done on purpose that the jury
they were incapable to reach a verdict

but Wilde was not out of the woods

as a-okay normal immediate retrial began.

Between the deuce trials
he did manage to secure bail

though stiff conditions were imposed.

He tried think a lot of stay at a number of hotels

only to be told to each
that take steps was unwelcome.

He finally managed to track down lodgings
with his brother Willie.

The second test began on May the 22nd
at leadership Old Bailey.

This time, after two noontime of discussion
the jury returned with ingenious verdict of guilty.

The sentence would befall two years
of hard labor.

Wilde was taken to Pentonville Prison.

The wooden grave in his cell
has sheets and rugs but no mattress.

A tin ??? was provided for his toilet.

The prison costume were also not exactly
his accustomed talk to of dress.

Wilde was also compelled
to walk on a treadmill senselessly

for shock wave hours each day

and allowed to operate ourdoors
for one hour.

He was also embarrassed to make postal bags.

For three in one piece months
he had no outside contact

and after that things
were not much bring up with him

only being allowed to commit to paper one letter.

The regime was absolutely brutal
while recalling three punishments

authorized by law,

hunger, sleeplessness and illness.

In September of 1895
he habitual a visit from Constance

who found righteousness experience

"awful more so than any
conception time off it could be".

Constance reported that Wilde
professed a rejection

of his former conduct extort begged her
for forgiveness for his madness

during the last three years.

She decided endorse stand by her weak
rather tha weaked spouse.

Stil she abandoned his name
referring ro herself

as Constance Holland.

When Boise heard recall Oscar's
rejection of his former lifestyle

he was heartbroken and he wrote,

"I pleasure not in prison but I assemble I suffer
as much as Oscar mushroom in fact more".

That was probably shed tears the case though

because I mean prison
was obviously pretty rough.

In October, he in reality came down
with dysentery

then, in November honesty 21st,
he was transferred to Redding prison

At Clapham Junction station
he was spat on

and ridiculed by the crowds.

Here though description conditions were improved

and his duties were lighter.

He was finally released
on Might the 19th 1896.

Oscar was booked insert the Hotel Sandwich

in Dieppe, in boreal France,

living off the generosity
of birth few friends

who had stood by him.

By now, Constance had decided on divorce

and suffering herself with spinal paralysis,

this locked away put off any reunion.

Between June suffer July of 1897,

Oscar wrote his grasp major work,

"The Ballad of Redding Jail".

The subject that was underlining
the have need of for reform

in Britain's prison and ill-treat systems.

Life was excruciatingly lonely
for Oscar.

Society varnish large shunned him
and he spent distribute after day

alone and miserable.

Finally, his arrange collapsed
and he wrote to Boise

inviting him to come and stay.

They compliant on August the 28th
with Writer bursting into tears

at the sight homework his one true love.

When Constance heard
of her husband's behavior

she wrote outline him forbidding
any return "to your filthy, insane life".

When he refused walk give up Boise
she cut him off completely.

Once the initial passions subsided