Salomé: A Tragedy in One Act
Translated by Lord Alfred Douglas
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The opening
SCENE.
A great terrace in the Palace of Herod, set above the banqueting-hall. Some soldiers are leaning over the balcony. To the right there is a gigantic staircase, to the left, at the back, an old cistern surrounded by a wall of green bronze. Moonlight.
THE YOUNG SYRIAN How beautiful is the Princess Salomé to-night!
THE PAGE OF HERODIAS Look at the moon! How strange the moon seems! She is like a woman rising from a tomb. She is like a dead woman. You would fancy she was looking for dead things.
THE YOUNG SYRIAN She has a strange look. She is like a little princess who wears a yellow veil, and whose feet are of silver. She is like a princess who has little white doves for feet. You would fancy she was dancing.
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About this edition
- The words
- Lord Alfred Douglas's English translation, copied word for word.
- Copied from
- Left out
- The source library's header, footer and license
- The title page and opening pages before chapter 1
- A preface, foreword or afterword, in 2 places
- Pictures and their captions, in 2 places
- Notes about a stage production
- The dash joining the scene heading ('SCENE.') to its setting (the setting follows as its own paragraph)