Queensberry

Queensberry had planned to insult Wilde publicly by throwing a bouquet of rotting vegetables onto the stage; Wilde was tipped off and had Queensberry barred from entering the theatre.

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Sitting in Holyrood's historic Queensberry House, Ms Johnstone said the parliament has played “an incredibly important part in Scottish life over these two and a half decades”.

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And if I catch you and my son again in any public restaurant I will thrash you" to which Wilde responded: "I don't know what the Queensberry rules are, but the Oscar Wilde rule is to shoot on sight".

Ellmann (1988:402) Queensberry, who feuded regularly with his son, confronted Wilde and Lord Alfred about the nature of their relationship several times, but Wilde was able to mollify him.

Foldy (1997:8) To undermine Wilde's credibility, and to justify Queensberry's description of Wilde as a "posing.

He did not wish to bear Queensberry's insults, but he knew to confront him could lead to disaster were his liaisons disclosed publicly.

In contrast, at this time in England (the home of boxing and the Queensberry rules ), kicking was seen as unsportsmanlike.

Jackson, R. "The Importance of Being Earnest" in Raby, P. (Ed.) (1997:165) Wilde's professional success was mirrored by an escalation in his feud with Queensberry.

Raby (1988:120) Many names and ideas in the play were borrowed from people or places the author had known; Lady Queensberry, Lord Alfred Douglas 's mother, for example, lived at Bracknell.

Rules main The Marquess of Queensberry rules have been the general rules governing modern boxing since their publication in 1867.

Trials The Marquess of Queensberry 's calling card with the handwritten offending inscription "For Oscar Wilde posing Somdomite sic ".

Wilde was tipped off and Queensberry was refused admission.