Editing Case File: Oscar Wilde

==Overview==
The trials of Oscar Wilde.

==Locations==
* Albemarle Club
* Carter's Hotel: residence of Lord Queensberry in 1895
* Marlborough St Police Court

==People==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Name
!(Born-Died)
!Description
|-
|Carson, Edward "Ned"
|
|Solicitor for Lord Queensberry in libel case
|-
|Custance, Olive
|1874-1944
|poet and wife of Bosie Douglas
|-
|Douglas Alfred "Bosie"
|1870-1945
|Lord, poet, lover of Oscar Wilde
|-
|Douglas, Francis
|1867-1894
|Viscount Drumlanrig, brother of Bosie
|-
|Douglas, John Sholto 
|1844-1900
|Father of Bosie Douglas
|-
|Douglas, Percy
|1868-1920
|10th Marquess Queensberry, brother of Bosie
|-
|Gray, John
|1866-1934
|poet, friend of Oscar, later priest
|-
|Greet, Inspector
|
|Arrested Lord Queensberry
|-
|Holland, Cyril
|1885-1915
|son of Oscar Wilde
|-
|Holland, Vyvyan
|1886-1967
|son of Oscar Wilde
|-
|Humphreys, C. O.
|
|Solicitor for Oscar Wilde in libel case
|-
|Johnson, Lionel
|1867-1902
|cousin of Bosie, introducted him to Oscar Wilde
|-
|Lewis, Sir George
|
|Solicitor for Lord Queensberry in libel case
|-
|Lloyd, Constance
|1858-1898
|Wife of Oscar Wilde
|-
|Parker, Charles
|
|lover of Oscar Wilde, valet
|-
|Parker, Mr.
|
|brother of Charles Parker, groom
|-
|Primrose, Archibald
|1847-1929
|5th Earl of Rosebery, Prime Minister 1894/5
|-
|Raffalovich, Marc-Andre
|1864-1934
|student of homosexuality and criminology
|-
|Ross, Robbie
|1869-1918
|Friend and 1st lover of Oscar Wilde
|-
|[[Alfred Taylor|Taylor, Alfred]]
|
|rent boy
|-
|Queensberry, Marquess
|
|(see John Sholto Douglas)
|-
|Wilde, Oscar
|1854-1900
|
|-
|Wright, Sidney
|
|Hall-Porter at the Albemarle Club
|}


==Documentation==
===Newspaper Transcriptions===
* [[6 May 1891 - Morning Post (London)]]: Suicide of Lord James Douglas
* [[20 Oct 1894 - Aberdeen Free Press (Aberdeen, Scotland)]]: The Late Viscount Drumlanrig
* [[26 Aug 1894 - Reynold's Newspaper (London)]]: The Raid in Fitzroy-street
* [[2 Mar 1895 - The Echo (London)]]: Lord Queensberry Arrested
* [[8 Mar 1895 - The Echo (London)]]: Ads for two plays by Oscar Wilde
* [[8 Mar 1895 - The Globe (London)]]: lawyer obtained
* [[9 Mar 1895 - The Echo (London)]]: To-Day's Hearing at Marlborough Street
* [[9 Mar 1895 - The Globe (London)]]: Evidence Today
* [[11 Mar 1895 - The Echo (London)]]: Sir G. Lewis retires
* [[11 Mar 1895 - The Globe (London)]]: Retirement of Sir George Lewis
* [[25 Mar 1895 - The Globe (London)]]: Recorder's Charge
* [[26 Mar 1895 - The Echo (London)]]: True Bill Returned
* [[26 Mar 1895 - The Globe (London)]]: A True Bill
* [[28 Mar 1895 - The Echo (London)]]: Date of the Hearing Arranged
* [[28 Mar 1895 - The Globe (London)]]: Date of Hearing Fixed
* [[3 Apr 1895 - The Echo (London)]]: Trial at the Old Bailey
* [[3 Apr 1895 - The Globe (London)]]: Trial at the Old Bailey
* [[4 Apr 1895 - The Globe (London)]]: Proceedings To-Day
* [[5 Apr 1895 - The Globe (London)]]: Sensational Termination
* [[6 Apr 1895 - The Globe (London)]]: Oscar Wilde at Bow-Street
* [[8 Apr 1895 - The Globe (London)]]: Oscar Wilde at Bow-Street
* [[11 Apr 1895 - The Globe (London)]]: Oscar Wilde at Bow-Street, Resumed Hearing To-Day
* [[16 Apr 1895 - The Globe (London)]]: Sir Edward Clarke defedning Oscar for free
* [[18 Apr 1895 - The Globe (London)]]: Duel Between Literary Men
* [[19 Apr 1895 - The Globe (London)]]: Oscar Wilde at Bow-Street, Committed For Trial
* [[20 Apr 1895 - The Globe (London)]]: Oscar Wilde - The Question of Bail
* [[23 Apr 1895 - The Globe (London)]]: The Oscar Wilde Case
* [[25 Apr 1895 - The Globe (London)]]: Application for a Postponement Refused
* [[26 Apr 1895 - The Globe (London)]]: Trial of Oscar Wilde
* [[27 Apr 1895 - The Globe (London)]]: To-Day's Proceedings
* [[29 Apr 1895 - The Globe (London)]]: The Wilde Case
* [[30 Apr 1895 - The Globe (London)]]: Conspiracy Charges Withdrawn - The Defendant in the Box
* [[1 May 1895 - The Globe (London)]]: Judge's Summing-up; The jury disagree
* [[7 Jun 1895 - The Western Chronicle (West Counties)]]: Oscar Wilde in Pentonville