Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900
Dates
- Existence: 1854-10-16 - 1900-11-30
Biography
Irish poet and playwright.
Found in 480 Collections and/or Records:
1895
These research materials consist of articles; excerpts from published sources; reproductions of correspondence, most accompanied by typed transcriptions; Ellmann's notes; and the like--all of which were gathered and arranged by Ellmann in a chronological sequence.
1895-1896
Photocopied materials.
1898
Photocopied tear sheets from The Daily Telegraph (Literary Notes: "Ballad of Reading Gaol", 23 Feb 1898) have been removed from the papers due to their poor condition.
1899-1900s
Includes a copy of an agreement between Oscar Wilde and Ada Rehan; copy of an agreement between Oscar Wilde and Charles Frohman. Photocopied tear sheets from The Daily Express (Literature column: Dec 1902, Jan-Mar 1903, Oct-Nov 1903) and The Irish Times (Literature column: Apr, Sept 1903) have been removed from the papers due to their poor condition.
"A Florentine Tragedy", 1940s
"Some Notes Upon the Manuscript of Oscar Wilde's Unfinished Play."
"A Late Victorian Love Affair", 1977
Multiple drafts of Ellmann's article with handwritten revisions, and the article as it appeared in The New York Review. Includes first two pages of a draft marked "Early draft now suspended".
"A Wife's Tragedy"
Photocopy of Wilde's original manuscript.
Acknowledgments
Two drafts, with variations, of the Acknowlegments for the Wilde biography.
Acton, Harold, 1979-08-13
Ellmann wishes to arrange a meeting with Acton to discuss Oscar Wilde.