# The Lord Chamberlain refuses an English-stage Salomé; Wilde’s share is as the banned author, not as censor

Date: 1892

## The fact

In 1892 the Lord Chamberlain’s office refused Salomé for the English stage. His contribution is as author of the banned script, not as censor.

It is one event.

## Context

A ban is a knowledge-access harm. Do not score it as his persecution-deed in the Labouchere sense; it is still a fact on his page.

[Oscar Wilde](/people/oscar-wilde)’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below. Sharing a field with them is not a reason to drop a documented act, and it is not a reason to assign later consequences done in the name after death.

The examiner of plays refused the English performance. Wilde wrote the play; he did not sign the refusal. Stored as a state instrument under his heading, with small responsibility.
Named person as heading of the dated public instrument. Later editors, museums, printers, or offices share publication. Complex where later carriers date the row.

## Evidence and sources

British Library theatre-censorship context and Britannica independently date the refusal of the English production.

Official or archival record: British Library (https://www.bl.uk/; British Library).

## Significance

A refused premiere is an education-and-arts access cost inflicted by the office, not by his pen as a law.

The French 1893 book is a different instrument.

A refused premiere is an education-and-arts access cost inflicted by the office, not by his pen as a law.

## What is established and what is not

Established: 1892 English-stage refusal. Not established: that he drafted the examiner’s minute.

What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions.

The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit.

Established here: a sourced, dated public instrument with a named contribution by Oscar Wilde.

What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date, signatory, or non-occurrence; a demonstrated forgery; or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of other causes.

They are not a public rating.

## People

- Oscar Wilde: https://factrail.ai/people/oscar-wilde

## Drivers

- Digital Learning Access: https://factrail.ai/drivers/edu-digital-learning-access

## Sources

- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Oscar-Wilde
- https://www.bl.uk/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/wil-salome-english-ban-1892