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Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas (22 October 1870 – 20 March 1945), also known as Bosie Douglas, was an English poet and journalist, and a lover of Oscar Wilde.At Oxford University he edited an undergraduate journal, The Spirit Lamp, that carried a homoerotic subtext, and met Wilde, starting a close but stormy relationship.
That attitude reached its climax a few years later when Oscar Wilde was tried for gross indecency as the result of his affair with Lord Alfred Douglas. Oscar Wilde may have alluded to the scandal in The Picture of Dorian Gray , first published in 1890. [ 57 ]
Robbie Ross Robert Ross at twenty-four Born Robert Baldwin Ross (1869-05-25) 25 May 1869 Tours, France Died 5 October 1918 (1918-10-05) (aged 49) London, England Nationality Canadian-British Other names Robbie Ross Occupation Journalist Known for Executor of the estate of Oscar Wilde Robert Baldwin Ross (25 May 1869 – 5 October 1918) was a British journalist, art critic and art dealer, best ...
Homosexuality was illegal in 1890s United Kingdom. Wilde had a relationship with Lord Alfred Douglas, a younger man, whose father wanted it to end.Following a failed private prosecution for criminal libel that Wilde brought against Douglas's father, the Marquess of Queensberry for statements he had made accusing Wilde of sodomy, Wilde was charged with "committing acts of gross indecency with ...
In 1893, Lord Alfred Douglas, with whom he had a brief affair, introduced Ives to several Oxford poets whom Ives also tried to recruit. [7] By 1897, Ives founded the Order of Chaeronea, a secret society for homosexuals which was named after the location of the battle where the Sacred Band of Thebes was finally annihilated in 338 BC.
Kirk and Anne Douglas are getting candid about their 63-year marriage. Hollywood's original power couple released a new book, "Kirk and Anne: Letters of Love, Laughter and a Lifetime in Hollywood ...
The Judas Kiss is a 1998 British play by David Hare about Oscar Wilde's scandal and disgrace at the hands of his young lover Bosie (Lord Alfred Douglas). Plot [ edit ]
Alfred Molina, John Douglas Thompson and Chris Perfetti star in Pasadena Playhouse's revival of 'Inherit the Wind,' the Scopes "monkey" trial drama, directed by Michael Michetti.