Oscar Wilde

Full Name: Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde
Profession: Writer and Poet

Nationality:

Biography: One of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s.

Best remembered for his epigrams, his novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray", his plays, and his imprisonment and early death.

Born: October 16, 1854
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Star Sign: Libra

Died: November 30, 1900 (aged 46)
Cause of Death: Cerebral meningitis

Articles and Photos

The Hidden Depths of Mark Twain
Forced to find a new job when the American Civil War struck the Mississippi river, Samuel Langhorne Clemens turned to writing and Mark Twain was born.
February 2, 1863
Oscar Wilde Presses Self-Destruct Button
When Oscar Wilde sued the Marquess of Queensberry for libel over a sodomite slur, he opened the door to social and financial ruin that would lead to his death.
April 26, 1895

Married Life

1884-05-29 Irish writer Oscar Wilde marries Constance Lloyd at St. James Church, Paddington, London

Historical Events

1891-01-26 Oscar Wilde's tragic play "Duchess of Padua" premieres at the Broadway Theater in NYC
1892-02-20 Comedy "Lady Windermere's Fan, A Play About a Good Woman" by Oscar Wilde premieres at St James Theatre, London
1895-01-13 Oscar Wilde's play "An Ideal Husband" premieres at the Haymarket Theatre in London
1895-02-14 Oscar Wilde's play "Importance of Being Earnest" premieres at St James's Theatre in London
1895-04-05 Oscar Wilde loses libel case against Marquess of Queensberry, who accused him of homosexual practices
1895-05-25 Oscar Wilde sentenced to 2 years imprisonment for gross indecency
1896-02-11 Oscar Wilde's "Salome" premieres in Paris
1897-05-19 Playwright Oscar Wilde is released from Reading Gaol
1996-05-01 Revival of Oscar Wilde's stage play "An Ideal Husband" opens at Ethel Barrymore Theatre, NYC; runs for 308 performances