In the second of these events, their subject gave a famousresponse when asked to explain (*) "the love that dare not speak its name.
These events were the subject of a 1997 play by Moises Kaufman. One theory holds that theywere prompted by the death of the Viscount Drumlanrig, which caused pressure to be put on PrimeMinister Rosebery. A.E. Housman was inspired by these events to write "he can curse the God thatmade him for the colour of his hair." The first of these sought to prove libel against the boxingaficionado Marquess of Queensberry. In the second of these events, their subject gave a famousresponse when asked to explain (*) "the love that dare not speak its name." The third ended in the jailterm which prompted the writing of De Profundis and "The Ballad of Reading Gaol. For 10 points, namethese events in which the author of The Importance of Being Ernest was accused of indecency.
These events were the subject of a 1997 play by Moises Kaufman.
trials of Oscar Wilde