wine writer and occasionally written features for Country Life, and The Oldie. In July 2013, Holland gave the keynote address for a symposium on Oscar Wilde presented by The Santa Fe Opera. The address surveyed the popular and critical attitudes towards Wilde and his work from the end of his life to the present day. The symposium was given in conjunction with the opera company's world premiere presentations of Oscar, composed by Theodore Morrison with a libretto written by John Cox and the composer. Holland's play The Trials of Oscar Wilde, co-authored with John O'Connor and re-enacting the 1895 trials of Lord Queensberry for libel and Oscar Wilde for gross indecency, toured the United Kingdom in 2014 in a production by the European Arts Company. Personal life Holland lives in Burgundy, France, with his second wife. His son, Lucian Holland (born 1979 to Merlin's first wife Sarah), studied classics at Magdalen College. He occupied rooms that his great-grandfather Wilde had occupied. He is a computer programmer, living in London. Merlin Holland briefly toyed with the idea of changing his name back to Wilde. He told The New York Times in 1998, “But if I did it, it would have to be not just for Oscar, but for his father and mother, too, for the whole family. It was an extraordinary family before he came along, so if I put the family name back on the map for the right reasons, then it's all right.” Published works 1998 – The Wilde Album 2003 – Irish Peacock and Scarlet Marquess: The Real Trial of Oscar Wilde 2004 – The Real Trial of Oscar Wilde References Citations General references Holland, Vyvyan (Merlin Holland, Ed.), Son of Oscar Wilde. London: Carroll & Graf, 1999. 2nd Edition. Nick Stafford (writer), David Hunter (director), The Real Trial of Oscar Wilde, based on Irish Peacock and Scarlet Marquess and broadcast for the first time on BBC Radio 4 as a Saturday Drama on 28 June 2014. External links Moss, Stephen, "The importance of being Merlin", The Guardian (London), 24 November 2000. (Profile of Holland on the publication of the new edition of Wilde's letters) Wheatcroft, Geoffrey, "The Picture of Dorian Gray is complete tosh", The Guardian (London), 24 November 2000. (Commentary on Wilde's importance) 1945 births English biographers English people of Irish descent Living people Oscar Wilde Writers from London English expatriates in France