In letters to its author, both Stephane Mallarme and Maurice Maeterlinck expressed their appreciation while William Butler Yeats called its dialogue sluggish.
In letters to its author, both Stephane Mallarme and Maurice Maeterlinck expressed their appreciation while William Butler Yeats called its dialogue sluggish. Because of a law prohibiting theatrical presentations of biblical figures, it was written in French. Foreshadowing is a major player as a Page announces his interest in the Moon as if it were a woman rising from a tomb, while the Syrian describes it as wearing a yellow veil and dancing feet of silver. For 10 points, name this play by Oscar Wilde about the titular Princess who is killed by her stepfather Herod upon the death of the prophet Jokannan, or John the Baptist.
In letters to its author, both Stephane Mallarme and Maurice Maeterlinck expressed their appreciation while William Butler Yeats called its dialogue sluggish.
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