Madam Butterfly: A Japanese Tragedy, Founded on the Book by John L. Long and the Drama by David Belasco (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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9780265794784: Madam Butterfly: A Japanese Tragedy, Founded on the Book by John L. Long and the Drama by David Belasco (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0265794781 ISBN 13: 9780265794784

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Excerpt from Madam Butterfly: A Japanese Tragedy Founded on the Book by John L. Long and the Drama by David Belasco; Italian Libretto by L. Illica and G. Giacosa

The relations arrive, together with the Japanese officials, and the marriage contract is signed with due ceremony. While the guests are joyfully drinking the newly-wedded pair's health, a weird figure suddenly appears on the scene, shouting and cursing Wildly. It is butterfly's uncle, the Bonze (japanese priest), who has discovered her renunciation of faith and has come to curse her for it. He insists on all her relations, including her mother, renouncing her for ever: whereupon pinkerton, annoyed at the disturbance, turns the whole lot out of his house, and they depart, shaking the air with their imprecations. Butterfly is left weeping bitterly, and pinkerton proceeds to comfort his poor little Japanese wife. He soon woos her back to smiles and happiness, and a passionate love scene follows. And so we leave this strangely-assorted pair on the threshold of their life together.

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