The Darling of the Gods

The Darling of the Gods (subtitled A Drama of Japan) is a play by David Belasco and 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.

Sources

"The Darling of the Gods", IBDB (Internet Broadway Database)[1] Go to ESAT Bibliography

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 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

Go to ESAT Bibliography