Oscar Wilde's play "Salomé" is premiered on February 11, 1896, at the Théâtre de l'Œuvre in Paris,. The one-act play debuted while Wilde was imprisoned in England, following a ban on his 1892 London production due to its depiction of Biblical characters. The performance was viewed as a protest against English censorship.
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