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Paperback. Salome, stepdaughter of King Herod, agrees to perform the mysterious and erotic Dance of the Seven Veils - but demands in return the head of the King's most infamous prisoner, Jokanaan (John the Baptist). Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 5. Weight in Grams: 72.
The savage power of ancient myth collides with twentieth-century decadence in Oscar Wilde's astonishing tragedy.
Salome, stepdaughter of King Herod, agrees to perform the mysterious and erotic Dance of the Seven Veils – but demands in return the head of the King's most infamous prisoner, Iokanaan (John the Baptist).
To avoid censorship by the Lord Chamberlain, Wilde originally wrote Salome in French, and it premiered in Paris in 1896, while he was in prison. The play was finally seen in London in 1906, but has yet to gain the massive popularity of his comedies.
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Publisher
Nick Hern Books London
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
56
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848421011
SKU
V9781848421011
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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-5
About Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) was an Irish poet and playwright who became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. His plays include The Importance of Being Earnest, An Ideal Husband, Lady Windermere's Fan and A Woman of No Importance.
Reviews for Salome
'An operatic riff on the destructive potential of desire and power'
The Times
'Lyrical, exotic and dark in the extreme'
Whatsonstage.com
The Times
'Lyrical, exotic and dark in the extreme'
Whatsonstage.com