Mrs. Oscar Wilde: Recent Episodes
Lexi Wolfe
An extension of the one woman stage play. Constance is all but forgotten in modern literature, despite being a celebrity in her time, an early feminist and a writer. When she is remembered, it is as the wife of Oscar Wilde. In this podcast, we explore Constance's life through excerpts and letters she wrote, put together with things we knew were happening in her life at the time. From leaving her mother's house in her teens through to just before her death, we trace the story of a fascinating and tragic character whocould never be the wife of anyone but Oscar Wilde.
The full extent of the scandal coming their way begins to rear its head, and Constance is torn between standing by her husband and battening down the hatches...
"A Woman Of No Importance." Constance is increasingly distracted by the inexplicable distance of her husband, and begins to make errors in judgement...
Constance and Oscar marry and quickly become the biggest celebrities London has yet known. But soon, cracks are beginning to show in the supposedly perfect match...
Constance's charm and allure grows, but her heart is already captured - by the distant figure of the Irish writer Oscar Wilde, absent to tour America. But she has not given up hope just yet...
Episode One - Miss Constance Lloyd. Constance Lloyd, a young, avid letter writer, confides in her brother Otho in her teens and early twenties. Written and read by Lexi Wolfe, based on the play of the same name, itself based on the life of Constance Wilde née Lloyd. 1/6.