Salome
by Oscar Wilde
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Salome is Oscar Wilde's most experimental--and controversial--play. In its own time, the play, written in French, was described by a reviewer as "an arrangement in blood and ferocity, morbid, bizarre, repulsive." None, however, could deny the importance of Wilde's creation. Contemporary audiences and reviewers variously regarded Salome as the symbol of a thrilling modernity, a challenge to patriarchy, a confession of desire, a sign of moral decay, a new form of art, and a revolt against the restraints of Victorian society. Less well known than Wilde's beloved comedies, Salome is as enduringly modern and relevant. This edition uses the English translation done by Wilde's lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, and overseen and corrected by Wilde himself. Appendices detail the play's sources and provide extensive materials on its contemporary reception and dramatic productions. --Provided by publisher.
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Drama, English Bible plays, Fiction, British and irish drama (dramatic works by one author), English drama, Art, Théâtre anglais, 18.05 English literature, Drama (dramatic works by one author), English literature, Performing arts, Fiction, historical, general, Wood-engraving, American, Salome, Operas, Librettos, Salome (Biblical figure) -- Drama, Natural history, History, Naturalists, Lincolnshire Naturalists' UnionPeople
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This edition of the play uses the English translation by Wilde's lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, and overseen by Wilde himself.
Translation of: Salomé.
Includes bibliographical references.
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Salome is a tragedy by Oscar Wilde. The original 1891 version of the play was in French. Three years later an English translation was published. The play tells in one act the Biblical story of Salome, stepdaughter of the tetrarch Herod Antipas, who, to her stepfather's dismay but to the delight of her mother Herodias, requests the head of Jokanaan (John the Baptist) on a silver platter as a reward for dancing the dance of the seven veils. This is a Green Bird Publication of a quality soft cover, suitable for repertoire companies, libraries, home libraries, and gift giving as well as keepsakes.
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