Saturday 21 July 2012

Oscar Wilde: Home

"The home of Oscar Wilde, wit, playwright and gay icon, is coming to the market. In this tall, red brick house in Tite Street, Chelsea, he wrote all his most famous plays, became a fin-de-siècle celebrity and faced his spectacular downfall...."

The Daily Telegraph.
I don't like to be pedantic - well, I do obviously - but Oscar Wilde went away to write his plays.
Lady Windermere's Fan was written by Lake Windermere (hence the name), A Woman Of No Importance was written in Norfolk, An Ideal Husband was written in Goring-on-Thames (hence Lord Goring), The Importance Of Being Earnest was written in Worthing (hence Jack Worthing), and Salome was written in France (hence it being in French).
And he famously was at the Cadogan Hotel when he faced his spectacular downfall. 
You've also spelt Dorian Gray wrong.
And any journalist who uses the term "gay icon" is a patronising idiot.
You can buy Oscar's "home" here - only it's not his actual house, just a converted flat.
Apart from that, a great article and a masterpiece of research.

3 comments:

  1. And apart from that, President Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play?

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  2. A. SONDOMITE ESQ.21 July 2012 at 23:50

    sir, nicely done. that last line particularly so. worthy of the great chap herself. carry on.

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  3. The Duchess of Padua was written in Paris.(hence ????)
    Apart from that, a great article and a masterpiece of research.

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