Witness History: Archive 2012 - The trial of Oscar Wilde

How a court case ruined the 19th century playwright.

He championed the love that dare not speak its name, or homosexuality, but he was jailed and died in exile.

Photo: Oscar Wilde (l) and Lord Alfred Douglas (r). Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Published on Monday, 23rd April 2012.

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