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May 10, 2024 · The character of Salomé has a long history: originating from the Bible, she eventually makes her way into Oscar Wilde’s play about fatal desire, decadence, and the consequences of looking. When I heard that this year’s ADC adaptation of Salomé would take on a radical approach by transforming Salomé into a drag performer against the ...
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The film focuses on four wealthy, corrupt Italian libertines in the time of the fascist Republic of Salò (1943–1945). The libertines kidnap 18 teenagers and subject them to four months of extreme violence, sadism, genital torture and psychological torture.
Nov 26, 2023 · Salomé is a one-act play by Oscar Wilde that is based on the biblical story of John the Baptist’s death. Wilde uses considerable poetic license in his version of what was originally a story from the gospels of Saints Matthew (14:1-12) and Mark (6:14-29).
Salome is commonly identified with the daughter of Herodias who, according to accounts in the Gospel of Mark and the Gospel of Matthew, danced for Herod Antipas. In his Jewish Antiquities, Josephus mentions marriages and children of the daughter of Herodias named Salome.
Salome (French: Salomé, pronounced [salɔme]) is a one-act tragedy by Oscar Wilde. The original version of the play was first published in French in 1893; an English translation was published a year later.
- Oscar Wilde
- 1894
In 1905, Richard Strauss used Wilde’s play as the basis for his opera Salomé. The story is based upon the biblical account of John the Baptist’s death, in which the daughter of Queen Herodias supposedly demanded his head on a platter as payment for a dance.
Richard Strauss' shocking opera Salome follows the story of Herod's stepdaughter and is based on an original play by Oscar Wilde. Explore the history of this acclaimed and controversial opera by ENO.
