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Afternoon Play: Oscar's Mother

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

A play by biographer Joy Melville about Lady Jane Wilde, mother of Oscar. Living in penury in London while awaiting the outcome of Oscar Wilde's trial, Lady Jane Wilde recalls another trial. Thirty years ago in a Dublin court, she defended the reputation of her husband, the eminent surgeon Lord William Wilde, who was accused by a patient of rape.
Director Pam Wardell

Contributors

Play By:
Joy Melville
Unknown:
Lady Jane Wilde
Unknown:
Oscar Wilde
Unknown:
Lady Jane Wilde
Unknown:
Lord Willliam Wilde
Director:
Pam Wardell
Lady Wilde:
Ronnie Masterson
Lord Wilde:
Eamonn Morrissey
Bridget:
Joan O'Hara
Mary:
Ton! Chauvet
Lord Chief Justice:
Des Cave
Sullivan:
Mark Lambert
Armstrong:
Aldan Kelly
Source: Radio Times

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