Oscar Wilde
29/05/1960
2h



England, 1891. Ascending writer Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) meets Lord Alfred Douglas, a young nobleman. Over the years, they will maintain an intimate relationship that will be openly criticized by Alfred's father, the Marquis of Queensberry, in such a harsh way that Wilde, instigated by Alfred, decides to sue Queensberry in 1895, accusing him of defamation.
Cast


Robert Morley
Oscar Wilde


Ralph Richardson
Sir Edward Carson


Phyllis Calvert
Constance Wilde


John Neville
Lord Alfred Douglas


Dennis Price
Robert Ross


Alexander Knox
Sir Edgar Clarke


Edward Chapman
Marquis of Queensberry
William Devlin
Solicitor-General


Robert Harris
Justice Henn Collins


Henry Oscar
Justice Wills


Martin Benson
George Alexander
Wilton Morley
Cyril Wilde
Stephen Dartnell
Cobble


Ronald Leigh-Hunt
Lionel Johnson


Martin Boddey
Inspector Richards


Leonard Sachs
Richard Le Gallienne
Tom Chatto
Clerk of Arraigns
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