Philip Hensher

De Profundis: the agony of filming Oscar Wilde’s last years

Rupert Everett’s miserable experience making The Happy Prince almost rivals Wilde’s own at the end of his life

Rupert Everett as Oscar Wilde, filming The Happy Prince. Credit: Cne Plus Filmproduktion/Robert Fox Limited/BBC Films/Album/Alamy
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  • To the End of the World: Travels with Oscar Wilde

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    Little, Brown, pp. 352, £20

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