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Richard Walton Tully (May 7, 1877 – February 1, 1945) was an American playwright. Biography. Tully was born on May 7, 1877, in Nevada City, California. Tully was married to another playwright Eleanor Gates until he divorced her in 1914. [1]
The Bird of Paradise is a melodramatic American play of 1912 set in Hawaii, the best known work of Richard Walton Tully. The play has been credited with creating an image of Hawaii as a land where native girls “dance the hula, play ukuleles, live in grass huts, and worship volcano gods”.
Richard Walton Tully. (1877—1945) Quick Reference. (1877–1945), playwright. He was born in Nevada City, California, and educated at the University of California. His first work, The Strenuous Life, was mounted briefly in Los Angeles by Oliver ... From: Tully, Richard Walton in The Oxford Companion to American Theatre »
This article examines Richard Walton Tully's forgotten play The Bird of Paradise (1912) that became a major box-office success for over twelve years before being forced to close due to alleged...
Jan 25, 2009 · The subject of this essay is a largely forgotten long-run play that had considerable impact on US culture in the first half of the twentieth century. Richard Walton Tully´s romantic drama "The Bird of Paradise" is a perfect example of a serious-minded, commercially successful play that has been erased from our disciplinary memory
Richard Walton Tully’s romantic drama The Bird of Paradise is a perfect example of a serious-minded, commercially successful play that has been erased from our disciplinary memory.
Oct 29, 2021 · Playwright Richard Walton Tully, (1877-1945), was born in the house at 449 Broad St. in Nevada City, once home to Aaron and Ellen Sargent.
Contributor: Tully, Richard Walton Photo, Print, Drawing The Bird of Paradise Playbill. 5 3/4 in X 8 3/4 in | Belasco Theatre From Federal Theatre Project Collection (Production Records, Playbills File, 1934-1939).
Los Angeles Herald, Volume XLIII, Number 62, 12 January 1918 — RICHARD WALTON TULLY, AUTHOR AND PRODUCER OF’THE FLAME' [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]
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