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Abstract / Summary

A dark Biblical tale of hubris, lust, and self-destruction, written in the inimitable voice of Oscar Wilde. The beautiful Salomé is King Herod’s stepdaughter, who helps her mother Herodias exact a gruesome revenge on the prophet John the Baptist. Wilde originally wrote this powerful one-act tragedy in French, and the play was so controversial that no theatre in England would produce it for nearly four decades.An L.A. Theatre Works full cast performance featuring:James Marsters as IokanaanKate Steele as SaloméJohn Vickery as HerrodRosalind Ayres as HerodiasMatthew Wolf as A Cappadocian/Page of Herodias/VariousAndré Sogliuzzo as The Young Syrian/Tigellinus/VariousOriginal music by Djivan Gasparyan and Lian Ensemble.Includes a live post-performance discussion with director Michael Hackett and Wilde scholar David Rodes.Directed by Michael Hackett. Recorded in Los Angeles before a live audience at The James Bridges Theater, UCLA in January of 2014.

Field of Interest

Theatre

Copyright Message

Copyright © 2014 L.A. Theatre Works

Director

Michael Hackett

Content Type

Spoken word recording

Duration

1 hour 30 mins

Warning: Contains explicit content

No

Format

Audio

Sub Genre

Tragedy

Label

L.A. Theatre Works

Performer

James Marsters, 1962-, Kate Steele, John Vickery, Rosalind Ayres, 1946-

Playwright

Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900

Producer

Susan Loewenberg

Publisher

L.A. Theatre Works

Place Published / Released

Los Angeles, CA

Date Recorded

2014

Release Date

2014

Subject

Theatre, Music & Performing Arts, American Theater, Teatro Norte-Americano, Teatro Norteamericano, Herod, Herodias, Salome, John the Baptist

Keywords and Translated Subjects

Teatro Norte-Americano, Teatro Norteamericano