Welcome to the Wilde web site. This is Stephen Fry and I shall be your tour guide as you learn more about our film on the life of Oscar Wilde. Throughout the site, you will see Wildean phrases and epigrams; simply click on a phrase to hear it spoken. Alternatively, for a random gem of Wildean wisdom, simply click the red 'W' icon in the top left hand corner of each page.

Audio welcome

A welcome from the producers

Welcome to 'Wilde' on the Web! On behalf of our director, Brian Gilbert, and ourselves, we are happy to share with you this cyber-guide to the motion picture 'WILDE'. As you explore the film and the man it honours, you join us in remembering two people of great moral courage as we celebrate the centenary of their lives: Oscar Wilde himself was a man determined to follow his nature despite the almost universal opposition of Victorian society. Given the chance to run away and avoid arrest, he stayed, spoke up and was imprisoned and ruined for the 'crime' of being himself. No less brave was his wife, Constance, who stood by her husband and who recognised Oscar's moral courage when it would have been infinitely easier to follow the advice of her friends and to turn her back on his struggle.

We made this film believing that there must be a time when the story of a man of wit, charm and courage can finally be told with honesty, and that time is now. We hope you enjoy the WebSite... and the film... and that you will help us spread the message.

Marc Samuelson and Peter Samuelson, Producers.