"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 ...

What did our critic think of SAN DIEGO OPERA PRESENTS STRAUSS'S SALOME at San Diego Civic Theater? Richard Strauss’s eerie ...

Salome, who danced for King Herod at his birthday celebration and was told she could ask for anything in return. She asked for the head of John the Baptist. While I personally have never ...

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 ...

(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 ...

During a sumptuous repast, Salome, a daughter of Herodias by her lawful husband ... and she dispatched her daughter with haste, to demand that the head of John the Baptist be brought in to her at once ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...