ADREA

   David Belasco and John Luther Long's five-act drama opened on 11 January 1905 at Belasco Theatre for 123 performances, followed by a brief return engagement the following September. It marked the end of Belasco's association with Long, which had begun with their collaboration on Madame Butterfly (1900), and with Mrs. Leslie Carter, who in Adrea played a blind princess on an Adriatic island in the fifth century. Critics and audiences enjoyed the play's dark fairy tale qualities, enhanced by Belasco's lavish production, and many regarded it as Mrs. Carter's finest performance. The cast also included Tyrone Power.