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full length · drama

Salomé: A Tragedy in One Act

by Oscar Wilde · translated by Alfred Bruce Douglas

14 roles (0M / 0F / 14 any) · approx 74–102 minutes

Royalty-free Public domain — free to read, perform, and adapt. No licence needed.

Characters

Herod lead 80 speeches
Salomé lead 70 speeches
Herodias supporting 52 speeches
The Young Syrian supporting 28 speeches
First Soldier supporting 27 speeches
Second Soldier supporting 25 speeches
The Cappadocian minor 18 speeches
Jokanaan minor 16 speeches
First Nazarene minor 12 speeches
The Page Of Herodias minor 11 speeches
The Voice Of Jokanaan minor 11 speeches
Tigellinus minor 5 speeches
A Jew minor 4 speeches
Second Nazarene minor 4 speeches

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