5. Wilde's Plays

Fourth lecture in the Oscar Wilde series. Looking at Wilde's sexuality and how it influenced his literature. 

Sos Eltis gives the third lecture in the series on Oscar Wilde, focussing on Wilde's concept of morality shown in his works including the Picture of Dorian Gray, Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and The Devoted Friend. 

Life lessons, panto plans and Oscar Wilde. 

Fifth lecture in the Philosophy of Religion lecture series. 

Oscar Wilde, author of The Importance of Being Earnest and The Ballad of Reading Gaol, is proposed by Will Self, a writer once described as a 'high powered satirical weapon'.In 1895, and at the height of his success, Wilde began libel proceedings against the Marquess of Queensber ...  Show more

Emma Smith continues her Approaching Shakespeare series with a lecture on the play Love's Labour's Lost. Originally published in the Approaching Shakespeare series.