Wilde was imprisoned in Reading Gaol when Wooldridge was hanged there on Saturday 7 July 1896. The two never met but Wilde would observe the condemned man during silent exercise periods in the prison yard, known as the 'Fools' Parade'.
Wilde was incarcerated in Reading Gaol when Wooldridge was hanged there on Saturday 7 July 1896. The two never met, but Wilde observed the condemned man during silent exercise periods in the prison yard, known as the 'Fools' Parade'.