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Score: 66%( 277 votes )

Overview: The story of Oscar Wilde, genius, poet, playwright and the First Modern Man. The self-realisation of his homosexuality caused Wilde enormous torment as he juggled marriage, fatherhood and responsibility with his obsessive love for Lord Alfred Douglas.

Cast:

Stephen Fry
Oscar Wilde

Jude Law
Lord Alfred 'Bosie' Douglas

Vanessa Redgrave
Lady Speranza Wilde

Jennifer Ehle
Constance Lloyd Wilde

Gemma Jones
Lady Queensberry

Judy Parfitt
Lady Mount-Temple

Michael Sheen
Robbie Ross

Zoë Wanamaker
Ada Leverson 'Sphinx'

Tom Wilkinson
Marquess of Queensberry

Ioan Gruffudd
John Gray

Orlando Bloom
Rent Boy

James D'Arcy
First Friend

Andrew Havill
Algernon

Jason Morell
Ernest Dowson

Jamie Lee
Second Friend

Matthew Mills
Lionel Johnson

Peter Barkworth
Charles Gill

Adam Garcia
Jones

Joseph May
First Miner

Orlando Wells
Undergraduate

Robert Lang
C.O. Humphreys

David Westhead
Edward Carson

Laurence Owen
Vyvyan Wilde

Benedict Sandiford
Alfred Wood

Mark Letheren
Charles Parker

Robin Kermode
George Alexander

Avril Elgar
Lady Bracknell

Jean Ainslie
Miss Prism

Bridget Hodson
Gwendolen

Judi Maynard
Mrs. Allonby

Hugh Munro
Chasuble

Michael Simkins
Lord Illingworth

Albert Welling
Arthur

Philip Locke
Judge

Bob Sessions
Mine Owner

James Vaughan
Hotel Manager

Richard Cubison
Head Waiter

John Bleasdale
Warder

Peter Forbes
Detective

Peter Harding
Doorman at the Cadogan

Edward Laurie
Cabman

Geoffrey Leesley
Policeman

Colin MacLachlan
Prison Officer

Arthur Whybrow
Doorkeeper

Hywel Simons
Reporter