Salome: A Tragedy in one act
by Oscar Wilde
Publisher: eBooks@Adelaide 2010
ISBN/ASIN: B0011YYALO
Description:
The play tells in one act the Biblical story of Salome, stepdaughter of the tetrarch Herod Antipas, who, to her stepfather's dismay but to the delight of her mother Herodias, requests the head of Jokanaan (John the Baptist) on a silver platter as a reward for dancing the dance of the seven veils.
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