* ''For the other uses of Damien, see

Damien (disambiguation) Damien is a given name and a surname. Damien may also refer to: * ''Damien'' (play), by Aldyth Morris * "Damien" (''South Park'' episode), the tenth episode of the first season of ''South Park'' * ''Damien'' (TV series), an American television ser ...

.'' ''Damien'' is a 1976

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about Catholic missionary

Father Damien Father Damien or Saint Damien of Molokai, SS.CC. or Saint Damien De Veuster ( nl, Pater Damiaan or '; 3 January 1840 – 15 April 1889), born Jozef De Veuster, was a Roman Catholic priest from Belgium and member of the Congregation of the Sacr ...

, by Aldyth Morris. The play was originally performed in

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in by

Terence Knapp Terence Richard Knapp (14 February 1932 – 12 August 2019) was an English actor, director, educator, and author. He was an Emeritus Professor of Theatre, University of Hawaii at Manoa, a (Sir Winston, KG) Churchill Fellow and a Royal Academy o ...

and has had numerous professional and amateur productions since that time. The play is set in 1936 when Damien's body is being transported from

Molokai Molokai , or Molokai (), is the fifth most populated of the eight major islands that make up the Hawaiian Islands, Hawaiian Islands archipelago in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. It is 38 by 10 miles (61 by 16 km) at its greatest length an ...

to his native

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. Damien's story is retold through a series of flashbacks. ''Damien'' featuring Terence Knapp was broadcast nationally on

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in the

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in 1978 and again in 1986 on ''

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''. The broadcast received a number of recognitions including a

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Aldyth Morris (1901-1997)

Aldyth Vernon Morris was born 24 Aug 1901 in Logan, Cache County, Utah, USA, the second of six children born to Peter Weston and

Fanny Maughan Vernon Frances "Fanny" Maughan Vernon (November 24, 1872 - March 28, 1940) was an American educator. She was a prominent clubwoman and Democratic National committeewoman of Utah. Early life Frances "Fanny" Maughan was born in Logan, Utah, on November ...

. After working in San Francisco and New York, Morris moved to Honolulu in 1929. She was for a number of years, managing editor of the University of Hawaii Press. She wrote eight plays; almost all of the protagonists have some connection to Hawaiian history. In 1978, Morris was awarded the "Hawai‘i Award for Literature"."Hawai‘iAward for Literature", The Hawai'i Literary Arts Council
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Works

* ''Captain James Cook'' (1978) * ''Lili'uokalani'' (1993) * ''Robert Louis Stevenson Appointment on Moloka'i'' (1995)

References

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External links

Review of the film of Knapp's production of ''Damien''Website for information on the Stauros U.S.A. production of ''Damien''
1976 plays Fiction set in 1936 Plays set in the 19th century Plays set in the 1930s American plays Plays set in Belgium Plays set in Hawaii Biographical plays Cultural depictions of Father Damien