Oscar Wilde | Bosie | 1

British Scandal

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Scandal, Alice Levine, Great Britain, Society & Culture, Exhibit C, British, England, History, Matt Forde, Documentary

4.5 • 6.5K Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

It’s 1891 and Oscar Wilde’s star is rising. His book, ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’, is a bestseller, and his first West End play is about to open. And then he meets Bosie Douglas, a young, handsome and beguiling poet. But homosexuality is illegal and they must keep their relationship secret. When Bosie’s father, the dogmatic Lord Queensberry, finds out, he resolves to do whatever it takes to keep them apart forever.

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0:00.0	Hello, Prime Members! You can listen to British scandal one week early and ad-free
0:04.4	on Amazon Music or via the OneDrew Plus subscription on the OneDrew app or Apple podcasts.
0:10.4	This episode contains language that you may find offensive,
0:13.6	but has been included for historical accuracy. Please be advised.
0:23.3	Matt is not often that I do anything deliberately to make you happy,
0:26.6	but I think you're going to love when this series is set. We're going to Victorian times,
0:31.2	which I just think you're going to adore. They're prudish, they love a moral outrage.
0:35.2	Yes, very good. Behave one in public. Yeah, no snogging on the bus, that sort of thing.
0:39.2	It's the ear of people famously asking for seconds. Oh, man, I love seconds. And thirds.
0:43.5	I think you'd have probably got a whipping for that, but yeah, give it a go. And of course,
0:47.2	it was the dawn of one of your favourite things, pubs. Oh, man. It basically sounds like paradise.
0:53.6	Are there any downsides? If I was going to nitpick,
0:56.6	an unhealthy obsession with the way everyone chose to live their lives,
1:00.0	resulting in dangerous judgement and condemnation. So I asked if there are any downsides.
1:04.8	A baguipon.
1:07.6	6th of April, 1895. Chelsea, London. Oscar Wilde hurries through the low-lit reception of
1:15.1	the Coduggan Hotel, feeling the eyes of the staff on him. He pulls his dark velvet cape closer.
1:22.0	Tiltzer's smoking cap lower over his face. As London's most successful playwright,
1:27.3	his face is known across town. But tonight, that's the last thing he wants.
1:33.3	He's just found out there's a warrant out for his arrest. He's been charged with
1:37.4	sodomy and gross indecency. Charges that carry serious and severe sentences.
1:43.2	He needs to leave England tonight. Oscar races up the spares, unlocking his room with shaking
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