The Girl of the Golden West (play)
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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. William Furst
composed the play's incidental music. The play toured throughout the US for several years, and was made into four films, in 1915
, 1923, 1930 and 1938
. Belasco wrote a novel based on the play in 1911.
David Belasco
David Belasco was an American theatrical producer, impresario, director and playwright.-Biography:Born in San Francisco, California, where his Sephardic Jewish parents had moved from London, England, during the Gold Rush, he began working in a San Francisco theatre doing a variety of routine jobs,...
and later made into an opera, La fanciulla del West
La fanciulla del West
La fanciulla del West is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Guelfo Civinini and Carlo Zangarini, based on the play The Girl of the Golden West by the American author David Belasco. Its highly-publicised premiere occurred in New York City in 1910...
, 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
Blanche Bates
Blanche Bates was an American actress, born at Portland, Ore. She made her début in San Francisco in a benefit performance of Brander Matthews's This Picture and That. Among her early successes were her Mrs. Hillary in The Senator, Phyllis in The Charity Ball, and Nora in A Doll's House...
originated the role of The Girl. William Furst
William Furst
William Wallace Fuerst was an American composer of musical theatre pieces and a music director, best remembered for supplying incidental music to theatrical productions on Broadway.- Career :...
composed the play's incidental music. The play toured throughout the US for several years, and was made into four films, in 1915
The Girl of the Golden West (1915 film)
The Girl of the Golden West is a 1915 Western film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. It was originally a play by David Belasco, which he then turned into a novel. It became an opera by Giacomo Puccini in 1910. Prints of the film survive in the Library of Congress film archive...
, 1923, 1930 and 1938
The Girl of the Golden West (1938 film)
The Girl of the Golden West is a 1938 musical western film. It was adapted from the play of the same name by David Belasco, better known for providing the plot of the opera La fanciulla del West by Giacomo Puccini...
. Belasco wrote a novel based on the play in 1911.