Salome, the haunting oneact tragedy that marks Wildes first great success in the theatre, retells the Biblical story in which the stepdaughter of the tetrarch Herod Antipas demands the head of John the Baptist on a silver platter as a reward for her dancing for her stepfathers amusement. Written in 1891, and prepared for its first run in 1892, rehearsals of Salome had to be cancelled when the play was banned by the Lord Chamberlain due to its depiction of religious characters.Undaunted, Wilde moved on to the drawingroom and society comedies he is today best known for, wowing London audiences with Lady Windermeres Fan and A Woman of No Importance, and it was only in 1894 that Salome saw the light of day in an English translation, with a series of specially commissioned illustrations by the upandcoming Aubrey Beardsley.

Binding: Paperback;96 pages; Publisher: Renard Press Ltd; Classification: DD; Weight: 226 g; Dimensions: 131 x 200 x 11

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