The Danites
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The Danites, or, the Heart of the Sierras (or simply The Danites) is drama by Joaquin Miller (1837-1913)[1]
An anti-Mormon play, telling of Danites hunting the daughter of one of the murderers of Joseph Smith, the play was an adaptation by the author of his own novel, First Fam'lies of the Sierras. It opened on August 22 1877 in New York with McKee Rankin as the main character.[38] The anti-Mormon play, which featured Danites hunting the daughter of one of the murderers of Joseph Smith, became one of the most commercially successful in a series of anti-Mormon dramas at the time.
1885: Performed in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, by H.C. Sidney and the Sidney-Fiedler company.
