 The Marquess of Queensberry , the father of Wilde 's lover Lord Alfred Douglas ( who was on holiday in Algiers at the time ) , had planned to disrupt the play by throwing a bouquet of rotten vegetables at the playwright when he took his bow at the end of the show . Wilde and Alexander learned of the plan , and the latter cancelled Queensberry 's ticket and arranged for policemen to bar his entrance . Nevertheless , he continued harassing Wilde , who eventually launched a private prosecution against the peer for criminal libel , triggering a series of trials ending in Wilde 's imprisonment for gross indecency . Alexander tried , unsuccessfully , to save the production by removing Wilde 's name from the billing , but the play had to close after only 86 performances . 
 The Marquess of Queensberry , the father of Wilde <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>lover Lord Alfred Douglas ( <a href='null_relcl' title='2'><mark>who</mark></a>was on holiday in Algiers at the time ) , <a href='been_done' title='3'><mark>had</mark></a> planned to disrupt the play by throwing a bouquet of rotten vegetables at the playwright when he took his bow at the end of the show . Wilde and Alexander learned of the plan , and the latter <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>cancelled</mark></a> Queensberry <a href='null_genetive' title='5'><mark>'s</mark></a>ticket and arranged for policemen to bar his entrance . Nevertheless , he continued harassing Wilde , <a href='null_relcl' title='6'><mark>who</mark></a>eventually launched a private prosecution against the peer for criminal libel , triggering a series of trials ending in Wilde <a href='null_genetive' title='7'><mark>'s</mark></a>imprisonment for gross indecency . Alexander tried , unsuccessfully , to save the production by removing Wilde <a href='null_genetive' title='8'><mark>'s</mark></a>name from the billing , but the play had to close after only 86 performances . 
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