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May 1, 2022 · Prisoner C33 vividly reminds us that only a century ago, a great artist, a genius of the theatre, was imprisoned and then exiled for being gay, in unutterably humiliating national condemnation.
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May 21, 2024 · Prisoner C33 vividly reminds us that only a century ago, a great artist, a genius of the theatre, was imprisoned and then exiled for being gay, in unutterably humiliating national condemnation. Directed by multi-award winner Trevor Nunn and written by Stuart Paterson.
May 1, 2022 · Prisoner C33 was commissioned by Emma Cahusac for BBC Arts and BBC Four. It was directed by Trevor Nunn and written by Stuart Paterson.
Prisoner C33: Directed by Trevor Nunn. With Toby Stephens. Oscar Wilde is confined in Reading Gaol. His younger self appears, and the two men wrestle with the humiliation of Wilde's fall from celebrity to convict because he loved a man.
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May 13, 2021 · Although consensual, until England decriminalised homosexuality in 1967, Oscar was faced with prison, and was incarcerated in Reading. Under the pseudonym of Prisoner C33, an allusion to Wilde’s cell number C33, 'The Ballad of Reading Gaol' was first published in 1898.
Jun 4, 2024 · Prisoner C33. In 1895, in cell 3, we find Prisoner C33. His real name is Oscar Wilde (played by Toby Stephens). He has been imprisoned for the crime of having participated in a relationship with a man.
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May 1, 2022 · Prisoner C33 – real name Oscar Wilde – is a dramatist of genius, poet, wit, novelist, husband, father of two children and, until recently, the darling of London society. He has been imprisoned for the crime of having participated in a homosexual relationship.
