Salome A Tragedy in One Act — Oscar Wilde

SALOMÉ has made the author s name a hou sehold word wherever the English language is not spoken Few English plays have such a peculiar his tory Written in French in 1892 it was in full rehe arsal by Madame Bernhardt at the Palace Theatre when it was prohibited by the Censor Oscar Wilde immediately announced his intention of changing his nationality a characteristic jest which was only taken seriously oddly enough in Ireland The in terference of the Censor has seldom been more po pular or more heartily endorsed by English critics Tanıtım Bülteninden