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Salomé is issued in French as a public beheading-spectacle play

In 1893 Salomé appeared in French as a public play of eroticised beheading. In the causal graph this event weakens Protection of Minority Rights, a driver that strengthens Having a say in government — a worsening welfare path.

Sources: [1][2]

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In 1893 Salomé appeared in French as a public play of eroticised beheading. The English-stage ban is a different, state row.

Context

The play can be symbolist art and can teach a woman’s desire as a killing joke. Medium confidence. Split censorship as the Lord Chamberlain’s act.

Oscar Wilde’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below.

Why it matters

The 1892 English-stage refusal is not this publication.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Oscar Wilde

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.55 · verified

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactSalomé is issued in French as a public beheading-spectacle play
    2. weakensDriverProtection of Minority Rights
    3. strengthensIndicators (2)Having a say in government
    Worsening path

    impact weight 0.5 · Effect from 1 February 1893 · verified

    • Having a say in government

      via Protection of Minority Rights

      Worse

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.23 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      Two readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).

      20212023

      Above normal = better

    • Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score

      via Protection of Minority Rights

      Worse

      Weakens · Relationship strength 0.23 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      43.9 Score · 43.9 above the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      26 readings, 1996–2024: rose from 43 Score to 43.9 Score.

      Normal is zero · any amount = worse

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Britannica — Oscar WildeEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.British LibraryBritish Library · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

British Library drama holdings and Britannica independently date the 1893 French publication.

Established: 1893 public French Salomé. Not established: a unique harm series from Paris type.

Contribution type is direct.

Later museums, UNESCO listings, Loeb reprints, and 2024–2025 COP or NATO rows are not this event. Responsibility 0.55 and influence 0.55 bound the path; they are not a personality score. If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here. Readers should open both named URLs.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorOscar Wilde
  2. contributed toFactSalomé is issued in French as a public beheading-spectacle play
  3. weakensDriverProtection of Minority Rights
  4. strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). Salomé is issued in French as a public beheading-spectacle play. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/wil-salome-spectacle-1893

https://factrail.ai/facts/wil-salome-spectacle-1893

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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