"Salome," a one-act tragedy by the Irish playwright, terrified the Victorian public with its provocative depiction of a ...

Salome then consulted her mother, Herodias, about what to demand from Herod. Herodias instructed her to ask for John the Baptist's head. Herodias had already nursed a grudge against John the ...

(Ken Howard) Q: One of the required props for every “Salome” production is the severed head of John the Baptist. Do any of you ladies have any stories about the artificial heads you’ve ...

which turns out to be the head of John the Baptist (“Jochanaan” in the opera). Salome’s dance of the seven veils is often suggestively performed (sometimes with partial nudity) and she also ...

Salome, daughter of Herodias and both niece and stepdaughter to Herod, dances seductively and wins the prize of anything she asks of Herod. The prize she asks is the head of John the Baptist.

Tis the season for “Salome.” On Broadway in “Sunset ... and demanding in turn the head of John the Baptist, she is the center of a narrative dating back to the New Testament that has been ...

Salome’s lust for John the Baptist and the circumstances forcing Salome to settle for a kiss on the lips of her beloved’s beheaded head instead. Psychosexually forward, Egoyan’s staging went ...

Oscar Wilde's tragedy, Salome, was first translated into ... as she dances for her stepfather in exchange for the head of John the Baptist (all so that she might kiss his lips), but it also ...