Show Plot Deadwood Dick

Authors: Tom Taggart, based on pulp novels by Edward L. Wheeler

Settings: Deadwood Gulch in the Black Hills of the Dakota Territory

Time Period: mid-1870s, specifically during the great Gold Rush

Summary: The most famous stage adaptation is Deadwood Dick, or a Game of Gold. Set in the American Old West during the 1870s Gold Rush, it is a fun melodrama about heroes, outlaws, stolen gold mines, and hairbreadth escapes.