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How a court case ruined the 19th century playwright.
He championed the love that dare not speak its name, or homosexuality, but he was jailed and died in exile.
Photo: Oscar Wilde (l) and Lord Alfred Douglas (r). Hulton Archive/Getty Images
By BBC World Service4.3
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How a court case ruined the 19th century playwright.
He championed the love that dare not speak its name, or homosexuality, but he was jailed and died in exile.
Photo: Oscar Wilde (l) and Lord Alfred Douglas (r). Hulton Archive/Getty Images

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