One-act Oscar Wilde play (6)

I believe the answer is:

salome

'one-act oscar wilde play' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for salome that I've seen before include "13 dn for Herod" , "Seven veils dancer" , "Asked for the head of John the Baptist" , "Biblical dancer" , "18 [OPERA]" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times and The Chronicle of Higher Education.

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