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Salome: A Tragedy in one act

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Salome: A Tragedy in one act
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Publisher: John Lane Co.
ISBN/ASIN: B0011YYALO
Number of pages: 128

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The play tells in one act the Biblical story of Salome, stepdaughter of the tetrarch Herod Antipas, who, to her stepfather's dismay but to the delight of her mother Herodias, requests the head of Jokanaan (John the Baptist) on a silver platter as a reward for dancing the dance of the seven veils.

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