... Salome employs staccato sentences with long, surreal descriptions filled with flowing adjectives. The characters are introspective, openly lustful, and dwell in a Byzantine-esque court, living out their fantasies. Perverse attractions reign: Herod's lusts for his wife's daughter as does a ... Read review
...not the play for you. Salome employs staccato sentences with long, surreal descriptions filled with flowing adjectives. The characters are introspective, openly lustful, and dwell in a Byzantine-esque court, living out their fantasies. Perverse attractions reign: Herod's lusts for his wife's daughter as does a Syrian in the court; she for the frigid prophet Iokannan; the Syrian's friend lusts for him. Murder and suicide is triggered. In my opinion ... ...to chaste detatchment and disgust. Salome plays the role of suppressed artist as well as a young woman on the brink of sexual realisation.
The style is unusual and definitely not to everyone's taste, but those who enjoy the decadent, aesthetic style of Baudelaire, for example, will enjoy this. The hyperreal descriptions of jewels and bodies are certainly beautiful in an extravagant way. The play encapsulates the height of late C19 decadence: ... more
Originally written in French, the dialogue is choppy, surreal and desperately descriptive. The Biblical story is turned into a tale of lust, denial, female power and its suppression, and perverse attractions. If you're expecting a witty tea-room drama like 'The Importance of Being Ernest', this is definitely not the play for you. Salome employs staccato sentences with long, surreal descriptions filled with flowing adjectives. The characters are introspective, openly lustful, and dwell in a Byzantine-esque court, living out their fantasies. Perverse attractions reign: Herod's lusts for his wife's daughter as does a Syrian in the court; she for the frigid prophet Iokannan; the Syrian's friend lusts for him. Murder and suicide is triggered. In my opinion none of the characters are entirely likeable, but their bizarre story is fascinating. The play thrives on tropes such as the changing colour of the moon to announce the tone of the scene, and extremes of character from animal immediacy to chaste detatchment and disgust. Salome plays the role of suppressed artist as well as a young woman on the brink of sexual realisation. The style is unusual and definitely not to everyone's taste, but those who enjoy the decadent, aesthetic style of Baudelaire, for example, will enjoy this. The hyperreal descriptions of jewels and bodies are certainly beautiful in an extravagant way. The play encapsulates the height of late C19 decadence: materialism, aestheticism, sexuality and art. If you can find the original illustrations by Beardsley, these can add to the surreal experience.
Advantages: was in english Disadvantages: Not enough pictures
i used this book to learn how to read, it is a thrilling story which you should most definatly read because it will change the way you think and could even teach you something new. even though this play is by an old dead english man it does have relevance today and is very interesitng. i did find that the lack of pictures was a problem because when i didnt understand the story i couldnt see it in picture form...this would have improved the product. ...
griffinl 01.11.2006
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Advantages: A wonderful comedy with all the wit of Wilde. Disadvantages: Rather outdated now
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The plays written by OscarWilde and the dates of first performance were:
*Vera or The Nihilists (1880)
*The Duchess of Padua (1883)
*Salomé (French version) (1893, first performed in Paris 1896)
*Lady Windermere's Fan (1892)
*A Woman of No Importance (1893)
*Salomé: A Tragedy in One Act: Translated from the French of OscarWilde by Lord Alfred Douglas
*An Ideal Husband (1895)
*The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)
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?The Cult of the Clitoris?
In April 1918 the Imperialist published a short paragraph entitled ?The Cult of the Clitoris? purporting to be written by Pemberton Billing, in fact was written by Captain Harold Spencer. Suggesting that those who had subscribed to a private viewing of OscarWilde?sSalome might be many of the names of the 47,000. The 47,000 were the names of homosexuals and therefore, traitors to the country ...
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Type
Play
Title
Salome
Author
Oscar Wilde
ISBN
0486218309; 0571143504; 0828314675; 142092754X
Manufacturer's product description
Once banned, Salome is now rarely performed. Berkoff's new production has astonished audiences and this edition contains the original text together with Beardsley's fine illustrations and an introduction by Berkoff.
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