Oscar Wilde's Salome, [directed by and starring Steven Berkoff]
Type
Label
Oscar Wilde's Salome, [directed by and starring Steven Berkoff]
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
Oscar Wilde's Salome
Medium
videorecording
Oclc number
56341966
Responsibility statement
[directed by and starring Steven Berkoff]
Runtime
150
Summary
Based on the tale from the New Testament, Herod is so infatuated with his stepdaughter, Salome, that he promises her up to half his kingdom if she performs the Dance of the seven veils for him. She performs the dance and to Herod's chagrin, requests the head of John the Baptist on a platter. In Berkoff's interpretation, the play is stripped down to its essential components, favoring simplicity in sets and props, thus highlighting Wilde's text
Technique
live action
resource.variantTitle
Salome
Subject
Content
Mapped to
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Contributor4
- Genre2
- Subject5
- Content1
- Mapped to1