Ernest Dowson

Thursday, 04 November 2021

'Ernest Dowson' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:

Wilde (1997)

Actors: Sacha Bennett (actor), John Bleasdale (actor), Orlando Bloom (actor), Richard Cubison (actor), James D'Arcy (actor), Harry Fielder (actor), Michael Fitzgerald (actor), Peter Forbes (actor), Stephen Fry (actor), Adam Garcia (actor), Ioan Gruffudd (actor), Peter Harding (actor), Andrew Havill (actor), Robin Kermode (actor), Peter Barkworth (actor),

Plot: The story of Oscar Wilde, genius, poet, playwright and the First Modern Man. The self-realization of his homosexuality caused Wilde enormous torment as he juggled marriage, fatherhood and responsibility with his obsessive love for Lord Alfred Douglas, nicknamed Bosie. After legal action instigated by Bosie's father, the enraged Marquise of Queensberry, Wilde refused to flee the country and was sentenced to two years at hard labor by the courts of an intolerant Victorian society.

Keywords: aristocracy, bare-butt, based-on-book, bisexual, character-name-in-title, courtroom, diving, england, family-relationships, father-son-relationship
Genres: Biography, Drama, History,
Taglines: The story of the first modern man We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

Quotes:

Oscar Wilde: I do believe in anything, provided it is incredible. That's why I intend to die a Catholic, though I never could live as one.

Oscar Wilde: Alcohol, taken in sufficient quantities, may produce all the effects of drunkenness.

[the love of older men for younger men:]::Oscar Wilde: The love that dare not speak its name.

Oscar Wilde: I feel like a city that's been under siege for twenty years, and suddenly the gates are thrown open.

Oscar Wilde: In this life there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants. The other is getting it.

Lord Alfred 'Bosie' Douglas: No gentleman ever has the slightest idea of what his bank balance is.

Ada: You really must be careful, you're in great danger of becoming rich.

Marquess of Queensberry: Men shouldn't be charming. It's disgusting!

Rentboy: Looking for someone?

Marquess of Queensberry: [very drunk] Where d'you stand on cremation?::Oscar Wilde: I'm not sure I have a position.::Marquess of Queensberry: I'm for it. I wrote a poem about it. 'When I am dead, cremate me.' That's how it starts. 'When... I am dead... cremate me'. Whaddya think of that for an opening line?::Oscar Wilde: It's... challenging.

Latest News for: Ernest Dowson

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Why do we buy red roses for Valentine's Day? Let us count the reasons

The Chronicle-Express 12 Feb 2021

A rose is a rose is a rose, said Gertrude Stein. Which just goes to prove that a poet is a poet is a poet. Because what poet doesn't talk about roses?. "O my Luve is like a red, red rose," said Bobby Burns. "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet," said Shakespeare. "They are not long, the days of wine and roses," said Ernest Dowson ... Email.

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Oscar Wilde and me: How did all these books get into my house?

The Independent 10 Jan 2021

E ... The answer lies in that tired phrase “an inquiring mind” ... Read more ... Let me give an example ... SIGN UP ... WB Yeats's autobiography, for instance, memorialises what he called “The Tragic Generation”, mainly the artist Aubrey Beardsley and several poets of the Rhymers' Club, all of whom died young, including the wistful and tubercular Ernest Dowson ... .