Salomé
$18.51
- Paperback
96 pages
- Release Date
27 January 2021
Summary
Salomé, the haunting one-act tragedy that marks Wilde’s 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 stepfather’s amusement.
Written in 1891, and prepared for its first run in 1892, rehearsals of Salomé had to be cancelled when the play was banned by the Lord Chamberlain due to its depiction of religious characters. Unda…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781913724368 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1913724360 |
| Author: | Oscar Wilde, Aubrey Beardsley |
| Publisher: | Renard Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | Renard Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 96 |
| Release Date: | 27 January 2021 |
| Weight: | 118g |
| Dimensions: | 12mm x 199mm x 128mm |
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‘If I craved for entertaining conversation by a first-class raconteur, I should choose Oscar Wilde.’ (George Bernard Shaw) ‘An extraordinarily illuminating intellect.’ (William Rothenstein)
About The Author
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) was an author, poet and one of the best-known playwrights in the English canon, best remembered for his novel Dorian Gray and his plays – particularly The Importance of Being Earnest.
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