England, 1890s. The brutal and embittered Marquis of Queensberry, who believes that his youngest son, Bosie, has an inappropriate relationship with the famous Irish writer Oscar Wilde, maintains an ongoing feud with the latter in order to ruin his reputation and cause his fall from grace.
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Peter Finch
Oscar
Yvonne Mitchell
Constance
James Mason
Edward Carson
Nigel Patrick
Sir Edward Clarke
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london, england
husband wife relationship
based on novel or book
court case
sex scandal
male friendship
biography
based on true story
sodomy
based on play or musical
rise and fall
victorian england
male homosexuality
playwright
male prostitution
brighton, england
sexual repression
husband wife estrangement
jury trial
fall from grace
19th century
father son relationship
mother son relationship
theatre history
gay history
social prejudices
persecuted writer
british literature
gay theme
gay artist
legal scandal
literature history
gay couple
irish writer
difamation
