Wilde: Salome

William Tydeman (University of Wales, Bangor),Steven Price (University of Wales, Bangor)

Wilde: Salome
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Country
United Kingdom
Published
4 November 1996
Pages
228
ISBN
9780521454230

Wilde: Salome

William Tydeman (University of Wales, Bangor),Steven Price (University of Wales, Bangor)

This is the first book-length study of Oscar Wilde’s Salome, a play now regarded as central to his artistic achievement. Often drawing on little-known sources, the authors provide a detailed stage-history of this controversial work, and its transformation into opera, dance and film. Beginning with Sarah Bernhardt’s aborted production of 1892, the book surveys Salome’s principal realisations in the European theatre, including Lugne-Poe’s Parisian premiere of 1896, Reinhardt’s Berlin productions of 1902-3, attempts at presentation in pre-revolutionary Russia, and the play’s impact on the English stage between 1911 and 1990. A separate chapter explores a wealth of further interpretations, including Aubrey Beardsley’s challenging illustrations, Strauss’s operatic version and the provocative films created by Alla Nazimova and Ken Russell.

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