An Ideal Husband Resources

Websites

Oscar Wilde – Standing Ovations

This slightly scary website has flashing ticker tape telling you what happened to Wilde on each day of the year. It also has a stockpile of letters to and from Wilde.

Pere-Lachaise Cemetery

If you're feeling maudlin, take a virtual tour of the cemetery where Wilde is buried, along with a lot of other famous people.

Victorian Web

This website was developed for a Brown University class on the Victorian era and has a lot of good information about the time when Wilde was writing.

The Oscar Wilde Collection

Download free PDFs of all the works here for your own Wilde Festival.

The BBC History Page on Victorian England

A comprehensive look at life during this period. This excellent site is complete with articles exploring politics, technology, health, and British government during the Victorian period.

Movie or TV Productions

An Ideal Husband, 1999

The amazing cast of this movie includes Julianne Moore, Rupert Everett, Cate Blanchett, Minnie Driver, and Jeremy Northam.

Wilde, 1997

Adapted from the highly regarded biography by Richard Ellman, this biopic stars Stephen Fry as Oscar Wilde and Jude Law as Lord Alfred Douglas.

An Ideal Husband, 1947

This one features Paulette Godard as Mrs. Cheveley.

Audio

An Ideal Husband

A free audio book from LibriVox.

Stephen Fry's Podcasts

Actor Stephen Fry is a big Wilde fan. He's recorded podcasts of Wilde's short stories and his own thoughts about them.

Images

Child Oscar

Little Oscar in a dress.

Morrissey with His Oscar Wilde Books

Crooner Morrissey is obsessed with Oscar Wilde. Check it out.