The Trials of Oscar Wilde

Using transcripts from the original trials and Wilde's own sparkling words, we can feel what it was like to be in the company of a flawed genius.

Thursday 14 February 1895 was the triumphant opening night of The Importance of Being Earnest and the zenith of Oscar Wilde's career. Less than 100 days later, he found himself a common prisoner sentenced to two years hard labour.

But what happened during the trials and what did Wilde say? Was he harshly treated or the author of his own downfall? Using transcripts from the original trials and Wilde's own sparkling words, we can feel what it was like to be in the company of a flawed genius - as this less than ideal husband was suddenly reduced to a man of no importance.

'The truth is rarely pure and never simple' - Oscar Wilde