If not for Robbie Ross we wouldn't know hardly anything about Wilde. He deserves more praise.

Thanks for bringing the series of seven clips of Oscar Wilde, I thoroughly enjoyed them. He has always been a 'Hero' of mine. A fantastically witty genius, whose witty remarks are as true today, as they were in the Victorian era. It's a shame that the 'narrow mindedness' of the Victorian era, could not cope with Oscar Wilde's complicated private life. But I am glad to say that in our more enlightened society, Oscar Wilde is seen in a new light and for his literary expertise, wit, & genius.

thanks very much for posting this, I'm now reading De Profundis and is giving me a different insight into OW's work.

His friend Robert Ross wrote that "He was conscious that people were in the room, and raised his hand when I asked him whether he understood. He pressed our hands. I then sent in search of a priest, and after great difficulty found Father Cuthbert Dunne ... who came with me at once and administered Baptism and Extreme Unction. - Oscar could not take the Eucharist" Holland, A. and Rupert Hart-Davis (2000): The Complete Letters of Oscar Wilde. pp. 1219-1220, New York: Henry Holt and Co

Thank you for posting, it was woth watching.

Thank you Thank you Thank you so much !!!! You made my day ! I was revising , and bored to death to prepare something worthy for Oscar Wild's "Picture of Dorian Gray" , and I suddenly came across this documentary which is perfectly done! ... You opened my mind and motivated me to write guys ! ^^ million thanks :)

An excellent bio of my favourite English (sorry - Irish) writer. Wilde was a remarkable man in many respects - just what the stuffy 19th century Brits needed to shock them out of their pathological, hypocritical complacency - had they possessed a shred of humanity.and been able to respond. Even after the catastrophic shocks of two world wars their furtive, frustrated, immature sexual attitudes persist. Oscar was an incredible talent and a rare, truly human being.

It is unfortunate that he was born in the Victorian period because his unique personality and Outlook with the perfect for now the world needs people like him to be offbeat beautiful and quirky also it is once I generation men like Oscar Wilde that gives people the opportunity to be allowed to declare this is who I am and I make no excuses for it right man wrong x

This is a great lesson about what an unrestrained life of excess leads to. Such a shame that he had such a great wit and masterful use of words and did not really know how to appreciate it.

great bio, thanks for the availability

it's just so awful how society lifts you up, and smashes you down in the next second. I mean, I didn't think he behaved much worse than any other guy who left his wife and children for another love. (And I am sure, no man went to prison because of heterosexual affairs in these times) Its just so sad, cause Wilde wanted to live his real life openly and teach society a little more personal freedom. but society failed...again.

@truvianni Off the top of my head, I remember reading that he started attending mass, every once in a while, while he was in university, and had a few friends who were priests. People argue about how genuine his coversion was. But, from what I've learned about the man, he spent his entire adult life flirting with Catholicism, as much as he did potential lovers, and that he wasn't impulsive about his philosophy, or theology, of life. That's my opinion.

Unfortunately, this bio doesn't mention Oscar Wilde's conversion into the Roman Catholic Church. Bosie eventually converted as well.

A beautiful man! Thanks for sharing this =)

so many artists are "crucified"in their time but in our modern world are called geniouses ( well only some ) and their works of art classics

Oscar Wilde FOREVER

thanks for helping me on my report!

heartbreaking.

If you listened at all you would have noted he was bisexual...party on Wayne.

@truvianni I'm not sure if that's sarcastic, so I will answer the question directly. No. Oscar Wilde, like many other English literary figures of his era, converted to the Catholic Church, almost in submission, to a truth that he came face to face with, and just could not refuse.Somewhat like Augustine of Hippo, this man of great learning, eventually came to the point where it's as if he felt there was no other option, no other way to be complete.

@cruzincustoms54 @TheAgentChaos can we just appreciate the genius of Oscar Wilde instead of bringing in your perspectives on religion? this is about him, not a religious debate

a great man

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There is a huge irony in the fact that Oscar Wilde was a martir for a cause that was in no way his cause: homosexuality. During his trial he mentioned the beauty of the "love that dares not say its name, which is the love between an older man and a younger one". This was named in the Ancient Greece pederasty. Ironically by using the newly invented word "homosexuality" he has eased the victory of a different type of love! In fact even Byron was a martir for pederasty and not the gay love!

Oscar Wild is proof that be gay is not a sin to god. Why would god make someone gay and a genius.

Isn't it sad how genius is seldom recogonized until after the fact. I wonder if the life and works of Oscar Wilde had any impact on the openly gay writer Truman Capote? Perhaps these tragic figures of history gives the future the will to carry on.

@patrickttierney he was oscar wild

@hollierocker1 So glad.

It's funny how someone so irresponsible and egotistical can be admired just cuz he wrote some books that some people like. He reaped what he sowed and there was no one to blame but himself.

But, Wilde, in the search to satiate his own decadence and desires, was crushed also by his own free choice.

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Bruh

Jim Jeffries? Is that you? LOL God hates shrimp too, mentioned that alot more than homosexuality. Oh and he hates cursing too, so stop that.