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''[[The Darling of the Gods]]'' (subtitled ''A Drama of Japan'') is a play by David Belasco and John Luther Long.

This production is a return engagement of The Darling of the Gods (Dec 03, 1902 - May 1903)
SettingJapan. During the period of the "sword edict", when the Emperor took away the swords of the Samurai - the two-sword men.

Opened in the Belasco Theatre, New York, on December the 3rd, 1902, playing till May 1903, produced and directed by David Belasco, with incidental music written and directed by William Furst. The production played a return engagement from September 16, 1903 - July 1904.

https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/the-darling-of-the-gods-12857

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-''[[The Darling of the Gods]]'' (subtitled ''A Drama of Japan'') is a play by David Belasco (1853-1931)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Belasco] and John Luther Long.
+''[[The Darling of the Gods]]'' (subtitled ''A Drama of Japan'') is a play by David Belasco (1853-1931)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Belasco] and John Luther Long (1861-1927)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Luther_Long].
 ==The original text==
-Set in Japan during the period of the "sword edict", when the Emperor took away the swords of the Samurai ("the two-sword men"), the play opened in the Belasco Theatre, New York,  on December the 3rd, 1902, playing till May 1903, produced and directed by David Belasco, with incidental music written and directed by William Furst.  It played a return engagement from September 16, 1903 - July 1904.
+Based on Long's writings about old Japan, the play is set in Japan during the period of the "sword edict", when the Emperor took away the swords of the Samurai ("the two-sword men"). The first production opened in the Belasco Theatre, New York,  on December the 3rd, 1902, playing till May 1903, produced and directed by David Belasco, with incidental music written and directed by William Furst.  It played a return engagement from September 16, 1903 - July 1904.
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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 Set in Japan during the period of the "sword edict", when the Emperor took away the swords of the Samurai ("the two-sword men"), the play opened in the Belasco Theatre, New York,  on December the 3rd, 1902, playing till May 1903, produced and directed by David Belasco, with incidental music written and directed by William Furst.  It played a return engagement from September 16, 1903 - July 1904.
 ==Sources==
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 [[D.C. Boonzaier]]. 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage",  in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1923. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
-[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 127-8, 381
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p. 422
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 ''[[The Darling of the Gods]]'' (subtitled ''A Drama of Japan'') is a play by David Belasco and John Luther Long.
-This production is a return engagement of The Darling of the Gods (Dec 03, 1902 - May 1903)
+Set in Japan during the period of the "sword edict", when the Emperor took away the swords of the Samurai ("the two-sword men"), the play opened in the Belasco Theatre, New York,  on December the 3rd, 1902, playing till May 1903, produced and directed by David Belasco, with incidental music written and directed by William Furst.  It played a return engagement from September 16, 1903 - July 1904.
-IBDB (Internet Broadway Database) archive is the official database for Broadway theatre information. IBDB provides records of productions from the beginnings of New York theatre until today.
+"The Darling of the Gods", [[IBDB]] ([[Internet Broadway Database]])[https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/the-darling-of-the-gods-12857]
+Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
-= Return to =
+== Return to ==
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		+	IBDB (Internet Broadway Database) archive is the official database for Broadway theatre information. IBDB provides records of productions from the beginnings of New York theatre until today.

		+	Opened in the Belasco Theatre, New York, on December the 3rd, 1902, playing till May 1903, produced and directed by David Belasco, with incidental music written and directed by William Furst. The production played a return engagement from September 16, 1903 - July 1904.

−	Opened in the Belasco Theatre, New York, on December the 3rd, 1902, playing till May 1903, produced and directed by David Belasco, with incidental music written and directed by William Furst. The production played a return engagement from September 16, 1903 - July 1904.


−	https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/the-darling-of-the-gods-12857	+	"The Darling of the Gods", [[IBDB]] ([[Internet Broadway Database]])[https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/the-darling-of-the-gods-12857]