The title character has a prophet extracted from prison before performing an act that ultimately leads to his death, to the delight of her mother Herodias.
Near this play's beginning, a character compares the moon to a "princess who wears a yellow veil, and whose feet are of silver", the first of a number of metaphors comparing the moon to the title character. The title character has a prophet extracted from prison before performing an act that ultimately leads to his death, to the delight of her mother Herodias. For ten points name this play in which Jokanaan, or John the Baptist, is beheaded after the title character's Dance of the Seven Veils, written by Oscar Wilde.
Near this play's beginning, a character compares the moon to a "princess who wears a yellow veil, and whose feet are of silver", the first of a number of metaphors comparing the moon to the title character.
{Salomé}