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    Salome
    Salome
    Salome
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    Salome

    By Oscar Wilde and Mint Editions

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    When the prophet Jokanaan is brought to the attention of the princess Salomé, he rebukes her interest, which causes her to make a brutal declaration.Oscar Wilde’s one-act tragedy explores the repercussions of her horrifying decision.

    Originally composed in French in 1892, Salomé is a controversial tale full of cruelty and retribution. Wilde expands on the Biblical story of John the Baptist, whom was captured and beheaded by Herod Antipas. It explores the interaction between the characters showing Salomé’s spiteful nature and Herod’s growing concern. It’s a bold adaptation of a somber tale that leaves a mark on all who read it.

    Salomé’s one-act story structure immediately dives into the strange dynamic amongst Herod and his family. Once Salomé’s bloodlust is apparent Herod’s forced to reconcile both of their futures. It’s a haunting drama that’s amplified by its Biblical setting and notable characters.

    With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Salomé is both modern and readable.

    Since our inception in 2020, Mint Editions has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh, professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover, all while maintaining the integrity of the original book.

    With thousands of titles in our collection, we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works, curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMint Editions
    Release dateFeb 9, 2021
    ISBN9781513276267
    Author

    Oscar Wilde

    OSCAR WILDE (Dublín, 1854–París, 1900), poeta y dramaturgo irlandés, es considerado uno de los más célebres escritores en lengua inglesa de todos los tiempos, tanto por su provocadora personalidad como por su obra. Escribió relatos y novelas, como El retrato de Dorian Gray, poemas como el desgarrador La balada de la cárcel de Reading, y fue enormemente popular en el Londres victoriano por su exitosa producción teatral, como La importancia de llamarse Ernesto, y por su ingenio mordaz y brillante conversación.

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    • 4/5
      Wilde's writing is the center piece of this play about Herod, Salome, and John the Baptist. A fine, quick read, with a very fine introduction by Holbrook Jackson.
    • 4/5
      Very well-edited, newly translated three-language edition (French, English, Swedish) of Wilde's quite short and very quickly banned play. The annotations are very good, placing the script in a biblical and historical context, even noting where Wilde, for example, uses phrases in his other works. Not my fave tome by Wilde, but still very readable.
    • 2/5
      I suppose its actually better than this old, twentieth century, South Pacific native could ever appreciate. If it was, indeed, written by Oscar Wilde, it is so different from his Victorian English comedic dramas that I couldn't recognize any threads of sisterhood to them. I love those and I don't love this.
    • 3/5
      Salome by Oscar Wilde was a very strange play. The usual witty, humorous dialogs which I expected in his play was totally absent. This actually turned out to be a very depressing book. I could not relate to the protagonist Salome one bit I felt she was an eccentric character. First of all Salome desiring a Baptist was something very odd and on top that she wanted him very badly and then when he rejected her at once she took a very drastic step to get him back which was horrible and disturbing. I am unable to understand what to make out of this play!!
    • 3/5
      Classic retelling of the story of The daughter of Herod and her wish of the Head of John the Baptist for dancing the Dance of the Seven Veils.
    • 1/5
      Note to Oscar -- stick to the witty repartee and the mocking of society that is your trademark. I could not sit through this wordy, heavy piece if my life depended on it. The guy who was beheaded was the lucky one.

    Book preview

    Salome - Oscar Wilde

    THE PERSONS OF THE PLAY

    HEROD ANTIPAS, TETRARCH OF JUDÆA.

    JOKANAAN, THE PROPHET.

    THE YOUNG SYRIAN, CAPTAIN of the GUARD.

    TIGELLINUS, A YOUNG ROMAN.

    A CAPPADOCIAN.

    A NUBIAN.

    FIRST SOLDIER.

    SECOND SOLDIER.

    THE PAGE OF HERODIAS.

    JEWS, NAZARENES, ETC.

    A SLAVE.

    NAAMAN, THE EXECUTIONER.

    HERODIAS, WIFE OF THE TETRARCH.

    SALOMÉ, DAUGHTER OF HERODIAS.

    THE SLAVES OF SALOMÉ.

    SCENE.—A great terrace in the Palace of Herod, set above the banqueting-hall. Some soldiers are leaning over the balcony. To the right there is a gigantic staircase, to the left, at the back, an old cistern surrounded by a wall of green bronze. Moonlight.

    THE YOUNG SYRIAN: How beautiful is the Princess Salomé to-night!

    THE PAGE OF HERODIAS: Look at the moon! How strange the moon seems! She is like a woman rising from a tomb. She is like a dead woman. You would fancy she was looking for dead things.

    THE YOUNG SYRIAN: She has a strange look. She is like a little princess who wears a yellow veil, and whose feet are of silver. She is like a princess who has little white doves for feet. You would fancy she was dancing.

    THE PAGE OF HERODIAS: She is like a woman who is dead. She moves very slowly.

    (Noise in the banqueting-hall)

    FIRST SOLDIER: What an uproar! Who are those wild beasts howling?

    SECOND SOLDIER: The Jews. They are always like that. They are disputing about their religion.

    FIRST SOLDIER: Why do they dispute about their religion?

    SECOND SOLDIER: I cannot tell. They are always doing it. The Pharisees, for instance, say that there are angels, and the Sadducees declare that angels do not exist.

    FIRST SOLDIER: I think it is ridiculous to dispute about such things.

    THE YOUNG SYRIAN: How beautiful is the Princess Salomé to-night!

    THE PAGE OF HERODIAS: You are always looking at her. You look at her too much. It is dangerous to look at people in such fashion. Something terrible may happen.

    THE YOUNG SYRIAN: She is very beautiful to-night.

    FIRST SOLDIER: The Tetrarch has a sombre look.

    SECOND SOLDIER: Yes; he has a sombre look.

    FIRST SOLDIER: He is looking at something.

    SECOND SOLDIER: He is looking at some one.

    FIRST SOLDIER: At whom is he looking?

    SECOND SOLDIER: I cannot tell.

    THE YOUNG SYRIAN: How pale the Princess is! Never have I seen her so pale. She is like the shadow of a white rose in a mirror of silver.

    THE PAGE OF HERODIAS: You must not look at her. You look too much at her.

    FIRST SOLDIER: Herodias has filled the cup of the Tetrarch.

    THE CAPPADOCIAN: Is that the Queen Herodias, she who wears a black mitre sewn with pearls, and whose hair is powdered with blue dust?

    FIRST SOLDIER: Yes; that is Herodias, the Tetrarch’s wife.

    SECOND SOLDIER: The Tetrarch is very fond of wine. He has wine of three sorts. One which is brought from the Island of Samothrace, and is purple like the cloak of Cæsar.

    THE CAPPADOCIAN: I have never seen Cæsar.

    SECOND SOLDIER: Another that comes from a town called Cyprus, and is yellow like gold.

    THE CAPPADOCIAN: I love gold.

    SECOND SOLDIER: And the third is a wine of Sicily. That wine is red like blood.

    THE NUBIAN: The gods of my country are very fond of blood. Twice in the year we sacrifice to them young men and maidens; fifty young men and a hundred maidens. But it seems we never give them quite enough, for they are very harsh to us.

    THE CAPPADOCIAN:

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