Salome (play)
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| The original [[1891]] version of the play was in [[French language|French]]. Three years later an English translation was published. The play tells in one act the Biblical story of [[Salome]], step-daughter of the tetrarch [[Herod Antipas]], who, to her step-father's dismay but to the delight of her mother [[Herodias]], requests the head of Jokanaan ([[John the Baptist]]) on a silver platter as reward for dancing the ''[[Dance of the Seven Veils]]''. | The original [[1891]] version of the play was in [[French language|French]]. Three years later an English translation was published. The play tells in one act the Biblical story of [[Salome]], step-daughter of the tetrarch [[Herod Antipas]], who, to her step-father's dismay but to the delight of her mother [[Herodias]], requests the head of Jokanaan ([[John the Baptist]]) on a silver platter as reward for dancing the ''[[Dance of the Seven Veils]]''. | ||
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| + | The play premiered in [[Paris]] in [[1896]], under the [[French (language)|French]] name ''Salomé''. In Wilde's play, Salome takes a perverse fancy for [[John the Baptist]], and causes him to be executed when John spurns her affections. In the finale, Salome takes up John's severed head and kisses it. Because [[United Kingdom|British]] law forbade the depiction of Biblical characters on stage, Wilde wrote the play originally in French, and then produced an [[English language|English]] translation (titled ''Salome''). Wilde's French was as close to perfect as is possible for a nonnative French speaker; nevertheless, he showed it to at least two esteemed French writers who were his acquaintances, one of whom said to correct the idiom would be to destroy the unique harmonies of the Wildean French. The play was also proofread by [[Marcel Schwob]]. In the English version [[Alfred Bruce Douglas]] (Bosie) is indicated as translator. | ||
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Salome (or in French: Salomé ) 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, step-daughter of the tetrarch Herod Antipas, who, to her step-father's dismay but to the delight of her mother Herodias, requests the head of Jokanaan (John the Baptist) on a silver platter as reward for dancing the Dance of the Seven Veils.
The play premiered in Paris in 1896, under the French name Salomé. In Wilde's play, Salome takes a perverse fancy for John the Baptist, and causes him to be executed when John spurns her affections. In the finale, Salome takes up John's severed head and kisses it. Because British law forbade the depiction of Biblical characters on stage, Wilde wrote the play originally in French, and then produced an English translation (titled Salome). Wilde's French was as close to perfect as is possible for a nonnative French speaker; nevertheless, he showed it to at least two esteemed French writers who were his acquaintances, one of whom said to correct the idiom would be to destroy the unique harmonies of the Wildean French. The play was also proofread by Marcel Schwob. In the English version Alfred Bruce Douglas (Bosie) is indicated as translator.
