The complete online text of The Girl of the Golden West by David Belasco.

David Belasco (1853-1931), American theatrical director-producer and playwright, attempted to bring veracity to the popular melodrama through meticulous detail in setting and lighting. He led in the movement that made the director the theater's dominant...

A phenomenon of the nineteenth century, David Belasco became one of the most powerful people in the American theatre by the turn of the new century. After World War I, as the social and cultural upheavals of a new era forced changes upon the theatrical w...

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