The School of Music is putting on a performance of Frederic Rzewski’s composition – a set of eight piano preludes interlinked with excerpts from Wilde’s work. According to Dr Gregory Mackie, a Wildean scholar in the department of English, Douglas was “one of the greatest shits in the history of English literature.” An extremely good-looking, flamboyant and well-connected man, Douglas was never tried or placed under arrest for his “indecent actions” with Wilde or other men.ĭe Profundis, the letter from Wilde to Douglas, not only addresses specific points in their relationship, but Wilde’s own downfall, his suffering in prison and the injustice of the situation. During this period, he wrote a letter to his former lover, Lord Alfred Douglas. Known not only for his literary mastery, Wilde was a renowned personality in the latter half of the 19th century.įor two years from 1895-1897, Wilde was placed in solitary confinement in Reading Gaol for sodomy. Oscar Wilde is a writer known to almost every speaker of the English language. Dawson's decision to tackle De Profundis was not one he took lightly.
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