7/8/2023 0 Comments Salome oscar wilde book![]() ![]() The prophet is now imprisoned in the palace cistern, which one of the soldiers reveals is the same place Herod had his brother (who was his wife Herodias's husband at the time) imprisoned for twelve years before he had him strangled. One of the soldiers reveals that it is the voice of Iokanaan, a gentle prophet whom Herod had captured in the desert alongside his sizable following of disciples. They begin a conversation about religion, which is interrupted by an offstage voice shouting prophesies about the coming of the Messiah. ![]() While the Syrian and the Page discuss the moon, a figure for the princess Salome with whom the Syrian is infatuated, four soldiers discuss a group of Jews in Herod's court, who are loudly "disputing their religion." They become anxious that the Tetrarch is "sombre" because he is looking at someone, and they try to determine who it is. Offstage, Herod is conducting a banquet with many international guests. The Young Syrian, the Page of Heroidias, and some soldiers are gathered on a balcony at King Herod's palace, overlooking a walled cistern (a well). ![]()
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