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Why Oscar Wilde’s Play About a Biblical Temptress Was Banned From the British Stage for Decades
"Salome," a one-act tragedy by the Irish playwright, terrified the Victorian public with its provocative depiction of a ...
The Scandalous History of Oscar Wilde’s Memorial Tomb
Jacob Epstein was very upset. For months, the sculptor had toiled on a memorial tomb for Oscar Wilde, the celebrated—and ...
American tourist arrested in Paris after allegedly throwing newborn baby out of hotel window: reports
Paris authorities arrested an American woman on Monday after she allegedly killed her newborn by hurling the child out of a second-floor window, according to reports.
Oscar Wilde’s family criticise ‘hideous’ new statue of the writer
A new statue of Oscar Wild has been branded “absolutely ... The experience broke Wilde, who died impoverished in Paris aged ...