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From: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera
Date: 19960101
Author:JOHN WARRACK and EWAN WEST

Man without a Country, The. Opera in 2 acts by Damrosch; text by Arthur Guiterman, based on Edward Everett Hale's story (1863). Prem. New York, M, 12 May 1937.

Philip Nolan (ten), a young US Army officer, is deported for his impulsive shouts of treason in a courtroom. For 50 years he travels without a country, and gradually becomes a fanatical patriot. His bravery in a battle secures his return to his homeland, but the official pardon never arrives and he dies clutching the Stars and Stripes.

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