Three years later an english translation was published. It is fuller and more explicit than the censored versions of the drawings published in 1894. The play tells in one act the biblical story of salome, stepdaughter of the tetrarch herod antipas, who, to her stepfathers dismay but to the delight of her mother herodias, requests the head of iokanaan john the baptist on a silver platter as a reward for dancing the dance of the. The story of salome was prominent in both literature and the visual arts until the end of the renaissance, and was revived in the nineteenth century by heinrich herne, and explored by such divergent authors as gustave flaubert, stephane mallarme, joriskaril huysmans, and oscar wilde. Salome oscar wilde wilde, oscar 18541900 an irishborn english poet, novelist, and playwright. The roses in the garden of the queen of arabia are not so white as thy body. Strauss was produced in a mutilated verson at covent. Highlights of the play salome, directed by anastasia revi and performed in thessaloniki greece. A woman of no importance oscar wilde ph phoenixlibrary.
Wilde explained to a french journalist at the time, one of the most famous pieces of wildes selfmythology concerns the composition of this play. Aubrey beardsley illustrations for salome by oscar wilde. Its loosely based on the biblical story as told in the new testament books mark 6. The play tells in one act the biblical story of salome, stepdaughter of the tetrarch.
The play tells in one act the biblical story of salome, stepdaughter of the tetrarch herod antipas, who, to her stepfathers dismay but to the delight of her mother herodias, requests the head of jokanaan john the. To the right there is a gigantic staircase, to the left, at the back, an old cistern surrounded by a wall of green bronze. Before tracing briefly the vicissitudes of a work that has been more execrated than even its author, i venture to repeat the corrections which i communicated to the morning post when the opera of dr. While owen horsleys much livelier rsc version goes back to oscar wildes text, it uses it to explore, according to the programme, the complex issue of what it means to be gay today. Salomeoscar wilde descargar libropdf epubfreeditorial. A tragedy in one act versione in inglese dalla university of virginia library, electronic text center tags oscar wilde. Salome by oscar wilde 9781554811892 paperback barnes. A house of pomegranates oscar wilde gu projeto gutenberg. The play tells in one act the biblical story of salome, stepdaughter of the tetrarch herod antipas, who, to her stepfathers dismay but to the delight of her mother herodias, requests the head of iokanaan john the baptist on a silver platter as a reward for. Salome a tragedy in one act translated from the french of oscar wilde, with an introduction by robert ross, with seven teen lullpage ilhstratj. His salome is no mere instrument of herodias, but a. Wildes heroine bears no resemblance to her biblical origin.
However, it is for his illustrations for salome, a play by oscar wilde, that he is perhaps most wellknown, a book which brought together two of the key figures of cultural life in london in the 1890s. Salome hardcover january 1, 1930 by oscar wilde author 3. Wilde himself, in a rhetorical period, seems to have contemplated the possibility of his prose drama for a musical theme. Wilde wrote salome in french in 1893 for the famous actress. Oscar wilde 18541900 the original 1891 version of the play was in french. The original 1891 version of the play was in french. Considered an eccentric, he was the leader of the aesthetic movement that advocated art for arts sake and was once imprisoned for two years with hard labor for homosexual practices. Contains all the aubrey beardsley drawings and is the english translation undertaken by lord alfred douglas of wildes most brilliant tale of passion, which was originally written in french to avoid unsuccessfully victorian censorship. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Salome, daughter of herodias the slaves of salome scene a great terrace in the palace of herod, set above the banquetinghall. Translated by lord alfred bruce douglas addeddate 20091029 00. This rather solomn and sombre play, told in verse, is the biblical story of salome shown left, in the list of pictures plate, a.
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