Because at the time British law forbade the depiction of Biblical characters on stage, Wilde wrote the play originally in French, and then produced an English translation ( titled Salome ).

Along with Stuart Merrill, Adolphe Retté, and Pierre Louÿs, Marcel Schwob worked on Oscar Wilde's play Salome, which was written in French to avoid a British law forbidding the depiction of Bible characters on stage.

Robert French Laurence ( 1807 – 85 ), who was vicar of Chalgrove and Berrick Salome for the last 53 years of his life, was secretary of the local agricultural workers ' trades union.

Maude Allan as Salome | Salomé with the head of John the Baptist

IMDB lists at the very least 25 Salome / Salomé films, and numerous resettings of the Salome story to modern times.

Salome | Salomé, by Henri Regnault ( 1870 ).

Salome or Salomé may also refer to:

Mark includes Mary, the mother of James and Salome ( not to be confused with Salomé the daughter of Herodias ) at the crucifixion and Salome at the tomb.

Brigid Bazlen as Salome | Salomé in the biblical epic King of Kings ( 1961 film ) | King of Kings ( 1961 ).

The band Xandria released the album Salomé – The Seventh Veil in 2007, which includes a song titled " Salome ".

The movement is led by former Foreign Minister Salome Zourabichvili, and appears to be relatively popular.

Just after sunrise on the day after the Sabbath three women, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome, come to anoint Jesus ' body, wondering how they can roll the rock away from the tomb ; but they find the rock already rolled aside and a young man in white inside ; he tells them that Jesus is risen, and that they should tell Peter and the disciples that he will meet them in Galilee, " just as he told you.

Catherine Astrid Salome " Cathy " Freeman, OAM ( born 16 February 1973 ) is a former Australian sprinter, who specialised in the 400 metres event.

He is known for his operas, which include Der Rosenkavalier and Salome ; his lieder, especially his Four Last Songs ; and his tone poems and other orchestral works, such as Death and Transfiguration, Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, Also sprach Zarathustra, An Alpine Symphony, and Metamorphosen.

When she learns that he is a writer, she invites him in and asks for his opinion on an immense script she has written for a film about Salome that she hopes will revive her faded acting career.

" On page 16, the young Syrian is named by Salome: his name is Narraboth and he beseeches Salome to avoid looking at Iokanaan and, finally, commits suicide.

Salome is a census-designated place ( CDP ) in La Paz County, Arizona, United States.

Salome is located at ( 33. 763728 ,-113. 608555 ).

" It does mention James the Just, who is singled out (" No matter where you are you are to go to James the Just, for whose sake heaven and earth came into being "); Simon Peter ; Matthew ; Thomas, who is taken aside and receives three points of revelation ; Mary ; and Salome.

This doctrine of the Virgin Birth is often represented Christian art in terms of the annunciation to Mary by the Archangel Gabriel that she would conceive a child to be born the Son of God, and in Nativity scenes that include the figure of Salome.

Mark says the Sabbath is now over and Mary Magdalene, another Mary, the mother of James, and Salome ( all also mentioned in ), come to anoint Jesus ' body, which Luke 24: 1 agrees with.

Salome (, Salōmē ), the Daughter of Herodias ( c. AD 14-between 62 and 71 ), is known from the New Testament ( Mark 6: 17-29 and Matthew 14: 3-11, where, however, her name is not given ).

Asteroid 562 Salome is named after her.

According to Mark 6: 21-29 ( Salome is not mentioned by name in this passage so reference is incomplete ), Salome was the stepdaughter of Herod Antipas.

However, the Latin Vulgate Bible translates the passage as it is above, and western Church Fathers therefore tended to refer to Salome as " Herodias's daughter " or just " the girl ".

This Salome is not considered to be the same person as Salome the disciple, who is a witness to the Crucifixion of Jesus in Mark 15: 40.

He first won fame with the scandalous Salome and the dark tragedy Elektra, in which tonality was pushed to the limits.

An opinion poll conducted by the Georgian weekly Kviris Palitra and published on April 10, 2006 suggested that Salome Zourabichvili would garner 23. 1 % of votes if a presidential election were held today.

says she was accompanied by Salome and Mary the mother of James, while Matthew 28: 1 omits Salome.

* Zhora Salome / Luba Luft ( played by Joanna Cassidy ) was retrained for political homicide, operating in a " kick murder squad.

* CIS: ' Summer of Love ' Reached Behind Iron Curtain, by Salome Asatiani.

Rabanus states that Joseph of Arimathea was sent to Britain, and he goes on to detail who travelled with him as far as France, claiming that he was accompanied by " the two Bethany sisters, Mary and Martha, Lazarus ( who was raised from the dead ), St. Eutropius, St. Salome, St. Cleon, St. Saturnius, St. Mary Magdalen, Marcella ( the maid of the Bethany sisters ), St. Maxium or Maximin, St.

In 1905, Strauss produced Salome, a somewhat dissonant modernist opera based on the play by Oscar Wilde, which produced a passionate reaction from audiences.

Alexander was succeeded by his widow, Salome Alexandra, whose brother was Shimon ben Shetach, a leading Pharisee.

Although it won considerable praise, its success was overshadowed by the Paris premiere of Richard Strauss's sensational opera Salome at much the same time.

Maud Allan, an actress who had played Wilde's Salome in a performance authorised by Ross, was identified as a member of the " cult ".

Alexander was followed by his wife, Salome Alexandra, who reigned from 76 – 67 BCE.

Alexander was succeeded by his widow, Salome Alexandra, whose brother was Shimon ben Shetach, a leading Pharisee.

His work there included a highly controversial staging of Strauss ’ Salome with sets by Salvador Dalí and also an effective re-staging of Puccini ’ s La Boheme using sets dating from 1899.

It begins with the discovery of the empty tomb by Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome — there they encounter a man dressed in white who announces the Resurrection of Jesus.

In the Gospel of Mark both Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of James are mentioned, joined by Salome.

Rambova's designs for Salome were based on drawings by Aubrey Beardsley for Oscar Wilde's version.

A new ramification was added by Oscar Wilde, who in his play Salome portrayed her as something of a femme fatale.

Salome with the Head of John the Baptist by Titian, c 1515 ( Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Rome )

confound the laws of our country, and divorced herself from her husband while he was alive, and was married to Herod, her husband's brother by the father's side, he was tetrarch of Galilee ; but her daughter Salome was married to Philip, the son of Herod, and tetrarch of Trachonitis ; and as he died childless,