{"product_id":"9781913724368","title":"Salome","description":"\u003cp\u003eSalomÃ©, the haunting one-act tragedy that marks Wildeâ€™s first great success in the theatre, retells the Biblical story in which the stepdaughter of the tetrarch Herod Antipas demands the head of John the Baptist on a silver platter as a reward for her dancing for her stepfatherâ€™s amusement. Written in 1891, and prepared for its first run in 1892, rehearsals of SalomÃ© had to be cancelled when the play was banned by the Lord Chamberlain due to its depiction of religious characters. Undaunted, Wilde moved on to the drawing-room and society comedies he is today best known for, wowing London audiences with Lady Windermereâ€™s Fan and A Woman of No Importance, and it was only in 1894 that SalomÃ© saw the light of day in an English translation, with a series of specially commissioned illustrations by the up-and-coming Aubrey Beardsley.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shelf-Made.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52063570264392,"sku":"9781913724368","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0907\/1260\/5000\/files\/9781913724368_45d99e2e-d68d-4cd2-ab2e-a5801e0fe913.jpg?v=1764083847","url":"https:\/\/shelfmadebooks.com\/products\/9781913724368","provider":"Shelf-Made.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}