Imogen Millais-Scott was blind during the filming of this production due to a degenerative eye disease.
Glenda Jackson had fun with an "in joke" referring to her role as Lady Bracknell in the stage production of The Importance of Being Earnest by reciting the immortal lines "a HANDbag?!" in the latter part of the film.
Director Ken Russell's then-wife, Vivian Russell, translated the original Wilde script from French to English for this film.
Made in 3 weeks and 3 days at a cost of £860,000,