Collection of letters from people with a connection to Oscar Wilde and including a few letters from Wilde himself,
[ca. 1881-1974].
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| Summary: | Letters from 1881 to 1895, comprising a letter from Wilde to a Mrs. Stanley; photocopies of three Wilde letters; one sent by his wife Constance Wilde; two letters from Edward Carson, who was the Marquess of Queensberry's counsel at the libel trial; a letter from Charles H. Brookfield, (1857-1913), an actor and playwright who helped gather evidence against Wilde for his trials on sexual offences; a poem written by Olive Custance, who later married Lord Alfred Douglas; a letter from William Wilde, (1852-1899), brother of Oscar; a letter from Charles Haslewood Shannon, (1863-1937), an artist who illustrated some of Wilde's books. Letters from 1900 to 1919, comprising a letter from Alfred Wills, who was the judge in Wilde's trial; a letter from poet and playwright, Stephen Phillips; a letter from Osbert Burdett (1885-1936), about Christopher Millard, Wilde's bibliographer; a letter from John Gray, (1866-1934), librarian and aesthetic poet who had a relationship with Wilde in the period 1891-1893 (he later studied for the priesthood and was ordained a Roman Catholic priest by Cardinal Pietro Respighi at St. John Lateran, Rome on 21 December 1901). Letters from 1939 to 1974, comprising two from Lord Alfred Douglas (one a photocopy); a letter from Gwen Le Gallienne, sculptor; five letters to Sewell Stokes about his novel on Oscar Wilde, the correspondents including Cecil Day Lewis, Louis Wilkinson, Edward Colman and Mimi Queensberry; a letter from Martin Fido, biographer of Wilde. Undated or incompletely dated letters, comprising one from the caricaturist, Max Beerbohm, (1872-1956), who was a friend of Wilde; a letter from Aubrey Beardsley, (1872-1898), illustrator of a published version of Wilde's play 'Salome'; a letter from Michael Field, which was the pseudonym of the poets Katherine Harris Bradley (1846-1914) and her niece and ward Edith Emma Cooper (1862–1913). ; a letter from John Lane, (1854-1925), publisher and co-founder of the Bodley Head; a letter from the actress Rose Leclercq, (1843-1899), who created the part of Lady Bracknell in 1895; a letter from poet and essayist, Richard Le Gallienne, (1866-1947); a letter from the artist Frank Miles, (1852-1891); a letter from artist and theatre designer Charles Ricketts [Charles de Sousy Ricketts, R.A., (1866-1931)]; a letter from the author Walter Pater, (1839-1894); a letter from Robert Ross, (1869-1918), Wilde's friend and literary executor, who was with him when he died. A theatre programme for the first night of The Importance of Being Earnest at the St. James' Theatre 14 February 1895; a programme for Lady Windermere's Fan at the St. James' Theatre; a programme including The Poet and the Puppets: a travestie on "Lady Windermere's Fan" at The Comedy Theatre [1892]; a pamphlet entitled An appeal to friends and supporters of "Plain Speech" by Lord Alfred Douglas. |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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| Notes: | Most of the letters are handwritten with a few typed. Physical description: 2 folders (36 items). more |