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Salome, London Coliseum
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By Richard Fairman [Financial Times, 21 October 2005]
In the age of reality television it is easy to assume we have become blasé about domestic sex and violence, but a visit to Salome offers a sharp corrective. As portrayed by Oscar Wilde and Richard Strauss, an evening spent in the company of Herod and family really is something else.