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Original paragraph in
The West Australian - Thursday, May 30, 1895
The West Australian - Thursday, May 30, 1895
Most similar paragraph from
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser - Saturday, May 25, 1895
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser - Saturday, May 25, 1895
Difference
SPEAKING of a now notorious convict, the London correspondent of a contemporary says: - I am not going to touch upon the details of the
Oscar Wilde case, which has simply poisoned the moral atmosphere of London during the last fortnight. But it is impossible to help reflecting on the
extraordinary - the dramatic - change in a man's fortunes which this case reveals. It was my fortune to be present a short time ago at a first night of
one of his most successful plays, and I had a chance also of observing for a few moments how he behaved in the dock at Bow-street. No dramatist has ever
imagined a greater or more tragic change. In one case he stood there triumphant, looking condescendingly at the crowded and applauding audience,
especially at the well-dressed people in the stalls and boxes, with a lighted cigarette between his fingers and a smile which seemed to say, "It is kind
of you, my good people, to applaud me in this way, but I quite know my own deserts. You can hardly expect me to excite myself." And in the other case he
was an abject prisoner, trying hard to keep up an air of nonchalance, rather roughly treated by the police, and spoken to and of as "Wilde" and "this man
Wilde" by magistrate and prosecuting counsel. A haggard, unhappy creature he seemed, with dark rims under his eyes, and lines which told of a sleepless
night in a police cell, which must have contrasted so strongly with the luxurious abodes to which he was accustomed. People have wondered much how he ever
had the audacity to bring his libel action against Lord Queensberry, more especially as these scandals have been socially current for years.
I am not going to touch upon the details of the Oscar Wilde case, which has simply poisoned the moral atmosphere of London during
the last fortnight. But it is impossible to help reflecting on the extraordinary—the dramatic—change in a man's fortunes which this case reveals. It was
my fortune to be present a short time ago at a first night of one of his most successful plays, and I had a chance also of observing for a few moments how
he behaved in the dock at Bow-street. No dramatist has ever imagined a greater or more tragic change. In the one case he stood there triumphant, looking
condescendingly at the crowded, and applauding audience, especially at the well-dressed people in the stalls and boxes, with a lighted cigarette between
his fingers and a smile which seemed to say, "It is kind of you, my good people, to applaud me in this way, but I quite know my own deserts. You can
hardly expect me to excite myself." And in the other case there he was, an abject prisoner, trying hard to keep up an air of nonchalance, rather roughly
treated by the police, and spoken to and of as "Wilde" and "this man Wilde" by magistrate and prosecuting counsel. A haggard, unhappy creature he seemed,
with dark rims under his eyes, and lines which told of a sleepless night in the police cell, which must have contrasted so strongly with the luxurious
abodes to which he was accustomed. People have wondered much how he ever had the audacity to bring his libel action against Lord Queensberry, more
especially as these scandals have been socially current for years.