Which famous playwright was Alfred Douglas romantically involved with?
George Bernard Shaw
Samuel Beckett
Oscar Wilde
Anton Chekhov
Answer
Alfred Douglas was romantically involved with the famous playwright Oscar Wilde. They met in 1891 and quickly fell in love. Their relationship was passionate and intense, but it was also turbulent and ultimately destructive. Wilde was prosecuted for gross indecency in 1895 and sentenced to two years of hard labor. Douglas was forced to flee to France and never saw Wilde again.
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