(checking out a historical event) is this the tragedy or the farce

Yes Prime Minister: The Computer Game (C64/DOS, Oxford Digital Enterprises, 1987/1988)

The game of the British comedy TV series. You can play it in your browser here, and read a digital manual for the C64 version here. For the DOS version, assume all disks are already inserted.

Tip: Sir Humphrey is the Cabinet Secretary. The protagonist, Prime Minister Jim Hacker, loves finishing his sentences.

Vincent Price as Oscar Wilde in John Gay’s Diversions and Delights, 1978 [link]

a story from the comments here

oscar wilde in letters to bosie douglas

In 1977, Vincent Price starred in a one-man-show where he played openly gay Oscar Wilde. The show was condemned by anti-gay activist Anita Bryant. When asked about her condemnation, Price replied that Wilde had already written a play about Anita: “A Woman of No Importance.”

things this film really has going for it:

-> inexplicable subplot with victorianesque chimney sweeps in a film set in the 1480s

-> exquisite outfits

-> basil rathbone

-> the use of a dollhouse for his evil schemes

-> vincent price as clarence with a gay little dog

-> the expression ‘mm. that does make the gravy thick.’

-> boris karloff as a bald torturer telling richard ‘you’re more than a duke. more than a king. you’re a god to me.’

-> boris karloff as a bald torturer straddling a man to throttle him saying ‘there, my pretty. that’ll teach you not to run from old mord.’

cannot get over this outfit

Nan Grey-Basil Rathbone "La torre de Londres" (Tower of London) 1939, de Rowland V. Lee.

Tower of London (1939) dir. Rowland V. Lee