John Luther Long
Illustration — John Luther Long John Luther Long (January 1, 1861 – October 31, 1927) was an American lawyer and writer best known for his short story "Madame Butterfly", which was based on the recollections of his sister, Jennie Correll, who had been to Japan with her husband—a Methodist missionary.
John Luther Long
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- Born
- 1861 · Hanover.
- Died
- 1927 · Ontario County.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- librettist · writer · lawyer · screenwriter
- Languages
- English
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Illustration — John Luther Long John Luther Long (January 1, 1861 – October 31, 1927) was an American lawyer and writer best known for his short story "Madame Butterfly", which was based on the recollections of his sister, Jennie Correll, who had been to Japan with her husband—a Methodist missionary.
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Born in Hanover, Pennsylvania, Long had been admitted to the bar in Philadelphia on October 29, 1881, and become a practicing lawyer. On January 17, 1882, he married Mary Jane Sprenkle. He died at age 66 on October 31, 1927, having spent the last two months of his life at a sanatorium in Clifton Springs, New York. The obituary in The New York Times of November 1, 1927, quoted his own interpretation of himself as "a sentimentalist, and a feminist and proud of it". With David Belasco he wrote the four act play Andrea which starred Mrs. Leslie Carter and which ran for 123 performances at the first Belasco Theatre. His one act play Dolce was staged at the Manhattan Theater on April 24, 1906, starring Minnie Maddern Fiske.
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• Andrea, written with David Belasco • Dolce, a one act play • Kassa • The Darling of the Gods and Andrea
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1861
John Luther Long was born in 1861 at Hanover.
1905
Madame Butterfly; Purple eyes; A gentleman of Japan and a lady; Kito; Glory / by John Luther Long is dated 1905.
1927
John Luther Long died in 1927 at Ontario County.
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The Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center has an extensive collection of his papers including correspondence and literary projects.
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