Founded in 1990, The Oscar Wilde Society is a nonprofit organisation that aims to promote knowledge, appreciation & study of Wilde’s life, personality, & works.
London, England
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It’s the 88th birthday of one of my favourite people: the great actor Sir Derek Jacobi. If you want to hear Sir Derek at his most charming, full of delicious theatrical stories, listen to his episode of Rosebud: rosebudpodcast.co.uk, or watch on @YouTube.
As of tomorrow (Saturday), Talking Pictures TV (Freeview 82) will be starting to show the 1978 TV series Lillie in which Francesca Annia plays Lillie Langtry and Peter Egan plays #OscarWilde.
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“My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or the other of us has to go” … even on his deathbed, he was a genius… #OnThisDay, #OscarWilde died in a hotel in Paris. We hope you have raised a glass for him today.
It’s #OscarWilde’s birthday! 172 years ago, on October the 16th, 1854 in Dublin, our man was born. 80 members of the Oscar Wilde Society are having a Birthday Dinner at the Athenaeum club in London. Others are celebrating in Paris and in San Francisco this weekend. Raise a glass!
If you have missed our AGM last night, you can still watch the recording of our Wilde & Whistler talk on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/0Dd8-3toXIM?si=Sw86… #OscarWilde #Whistler #events
The latest “Intentions”, the #OscarWilde Society #magazine will be arriving on members doormats from today. There are many interested #articles & #events +the announcement of the Wilde Wit competition winners. Join our society to enjoy all that & more: oscarwildesociety.co.uk
OWS member Rob Marland has three new #OscarWilde #books. For more information and links to purchase, see Rob’s website: robmarland.co.uk
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An afternoon that I’ll remember for a long time. #OscarWilde #MerlinHolland @littlemuseumdub @OscarWildeUK
The TimeTable London podcast episode with Matthew and our very own Press Officer Darcy Sullivan is now live: timetablelondon.com/episode/…
#podcast #OscarWilde #London
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Yes, that's because this is my portrait of David Lynch, rather than Oscar Wilde? I was just quoting him. But while we're here, here's my interpretation of Mr Wilde :)
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@OscarWildeUK
@GylesB1 on the award-winning
‘Wilde Without the Boy’ (Gareth Armstrong’s staging of Wilde’s ‘De Profundis’).
After selling out for three performances at Oxford Playhouse, the show plays at @OSOArtsCentre for two nights only on
14th & 15th May.
#OscarWilde
Our annual summer lunch in Oxford is taking place on 6th of June at St Hilda’s College, the first women’s college at the University of Oxford. Regular Wildean contributor Rob Marland will be speaking about his new book #OscarWilde’s First Tragedy.
oscarwildesociety.co.uk/even…
On Friday 8th and Friday 22nd May, visitors can watch and chat with the conservator Pavol Hudacek whilst he works on the courtroom dock where #OscarWilde and countless others have stood as part of their visit to Bow Street Museum.
bowstreetmuseum.org.uk/echoe… #events
Our Wilde Wit #competition is on! Write an epigram, witticism or statement that sounds like something #OscarWilde would have said. It can reflect modern sensibilities too. (oscarwildesociety.co.uk/wild…) Win a signed copy of After Oscar, by Wilde’s grandson, Merlin Holland.
What a find!
The Salvation Army, which had been marching its brass bands up and down Piccadilly saving souls – particularly outside the St James's Restaurant, a den of vice favoured by Mr O. Wilde and ilk – forthrightly dismisses in its journal a most ridiculous French fancy! @OscarWildeUK
Experience the captivating world of rule-breaking American artist James McNeill Whistler in the new exhibition in Tate Britain (21 MAY – 27 SEPTEMBER 2026). Book your tickets now:
tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-br…
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