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Oscar Wilde is one of the great playwrights and dramatists of the Victorian Age, known for his barbed and clever wit. He is regarded as one of the most proficient and versatile writers of the English language. He is perhaps best known for his sharp and witty rejoinders. Indeed, the playwright spoke in aphorisms on his deathbed when he stated through fevers, "My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or the other of us has to go." His plays continue to dazzle audiences even a century after his death.
Wilde wrote only nine plays during his lifetime. They include Salome, The Duchess of Padua, Lady Windermere's Fan, A Woman of no Importance, An Ideal Husband and The Importance of Being Earnest.
Salome is a tragedy that tells the Biblical story of Salome, who dances the "Dance of the Seven Veils" for her step father King Herod and asks for the head of John the Baptist on a silver platter as a reward. The play was originally published in French. It was banned on the basis......

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