The Girl of the Golden West (play)
The Girl of the Golden West is a theatrical play written, produced and directed by David Belasco and later made into an opera, La fanciulla del West, by Puccini. The four-act melodrama set in the California Gold Rush opened at the Belasco Theatre in New York on November 14, 1905 and ran for 224 performances. Blanche Bates originated the role of The Girl. [1] William Furst composed the play's incidental music. The play toured throughout the US for several years, [2] and was made into four films, in 1915, 1923, 1930 and 1938.[3] Belasco wrote a novel based on the play in 1911.
- ^ Mantle and Sherwood, The Best Plays of 1899-1909, p. 500-501.
- ^ Theatrical program folder, NYPLPA
- ^ American Film Institute, Feature Films: 1911-1920, p. 328; Feature Films: 1921-1930, p.293; Feature Films: 1931-1940, p. 768.
Bibliography
- Mantle, Burns and Garrison P. Sherwood, eds., The Best Plays of 1899-1909, Philadelphia, The Blakiston Company, 1947.
- The Girl of the Golden West theatrical program folder held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
- American Film Institute, Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films, 1911-1920, Berkeley, University of California Press, 1988.
- American Film Institute, Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films, 1921-1930, Berkeley, University of California Press, 1971.
- American Film Institute, Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films, 1931-1940, Berkeley, University of California Press, 1993.
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