The Heart of Maryland was a theatrical play written, produced and directed by David Belasco

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,...

. The four-act melodrama set in the American Civil War opened at the Herald Square Theatre in New York on October 22, 1895 and ran for 240 performances. Mrs. Leslie Carter

Mrs. Leslie Carter

Caroline Louise Dudley was an American silent film and stage actress who used her married name, Mrs. Leslie Carter, as her stage name to spite her former husband. She was called "The American Sarah Bernhardt"....

 originated the role of Maryland Calvert and Maurice Barrymore

Maurice Barrymore

Herbert Arthur Chamberlayne Blythe —stage name Maurice Barrymore — was the patriarch of the Barrymore acting family and great-grandfather of actress Drew Barrymore.-Early life:...

 originated the role of Col. Alan Kendrick. 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 a silent film by the same title

The Heart of Maryland

The Heart of Maryland is a silent 1927 costume drama produced and distributed by Warner Brothers and directed by Lloyd Bacon. The film stars Dolores Costello in the title character. This film is the last silent version of the oft filmed Victorian story with versions having been produced in 1915 and...

in 1927.

The Best Plays of 1894-1899 featured The Heart of Maryland as the most notable play of the 1895-1896 season.