The Sho-Gun
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The Sho-Gun is a 1904 comedic opera written by George Ade and composed by Gustav Luders.
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George Ade
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George Ade was an American writer, syndicated newspaper columnist, librettist, and playwright who gained national notoriety at the turn of the 20th century with his "Stories of the Streets and of the
The Sho-Gun
…The Sho-Gun is a 1904 comedic opera written by George Ade and composed by Gustav Luders. Set on the fictional Korean island of Ka-Choo, the plot revolves around the arrival of William Henry Spangle, an American…
Ade in 1904
Ade (left), with John T. McCutcheon, circa 1894–1895
George Ade, 1903
Ade's house near Brook, Indiana