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. "SALOMÉ" has made the author's name a household word wherever the English language is not spoken. Few English plays have such a peculiar history. Written in French in 1892 it was in full rehearsal 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 c…
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