Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900 · 3 chapters· 10,962 words
COMPOSED in 1891 in the French language, _Salomé_ was _not_ written for Madame Sarah Bernhardt, but was accepted by her for production at the Palace Theatre, London, in 1892, when a license was refused by the Censor. The play was first performed by the THÉÂTRE DE L’ŒUVRE, Pari...
COMPOSED in 1891 in the French language, _Salomé_ was _not_ written for Madame Sarah Bernhardt, but was accepted by her for production at the Palace Theatre, London, in 1892, when a license was refused by the Censor. The play was first performed by the THÉÂTRE DE L’ŒUVRE, Paris, in 1896. Private performances have been given in England by the New Stage Club in 1905, and by the Literary Theatre Club in 1906. The opera of Dr. Richard Strauss was first produced in Dresden in 1905; an incomplete text is used for the score. The dramatic and literary rights are protected in every language. The original and complete French dramatic version, here reprinted, is the literary and dramatic property of...