Two Loves

Two Loves charts the life and works of Lord Alfred Douglas, the lover of Oscar Wilde. On meeting him in 1891 the popular Wilde instantly fell in love with this young, aristocratic poet, nicknamed Bosie. He and Wilde had a stormy relationship in the Victorian era; an era in which homosexuality was forbidden. Their love affair was the cause of; The Trial of the Century’ between Wilde and Bosie’s father, which ultimately became Wilde’s downfall. By the public at large Bosie has always been considered as ‘the evil genius’ and ‘the selfish bon-vivant’, who brought Wilde down. But how accurate is this? Wilde died in 1900: Bosie passed away in 1945, a disillusioned, lonely old man. After Wilde’s death, Bosie tried time and again to give his life a new direction, a new meaning. He loses all his inheritance on horses; he converts from Atheism to Catholicism; he marries and turns openly against homosexuality. But nothing he does can turn the tide; he is declared bankrupt, he loses his son and his wife leaves him. Two loves gives the audience the chance to enjoy Bosie’s poems and meet Wilde’s grandson Merlin Holland, Bosie’s great-nephew Lord Gawain Douglas and some of the last remaining eyewitnesses of this intriguing life like the British actor Sir Donald Sinden.