{"id":"The Gate of Heaven (play)","doctype":"articles","links":{"html":"https://resourceguide.densho.org/The%20Gate%20of%20Heaven%20(play)/","json":"https://resourceguide.densho.org/api/3.0/articles/The%20Gate%20of%20Heaven%20(play)/"},"title_sort":"gateofheaven","description":"Play by\n  \n   Lane Nishikawa\n  \n  and Victor Talmadge about the lifelong friendship between a\n  \n   Nisei\n  \n  who helped liberate a Nazi death camp as a member of the\n  \n   522nd Field Artillery Battalion\n  \n  and a Holocaust survivor. The main characters, Kiyoshi \"Sam\" Yamamoto and Leon Ehrlich, are based on the lives of the playwrights' fathers. The play begins in April 1945 and follows the two men over the course of their lives. It was first produced at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego on March 5, 1996. Nishikawa adapted the play into a short dramatic film titled\n  \n\n    When We Were Warriors, Part I\n   \n\n  , which he directed and starred in alongside Talmadge.","rg_rgmediatype":["plays"],"mediatype_label":"Plays","mediatype_icon":"fa-ticket","categories":[{"title":"Arts"}],"topics":[],"authors":[{"title":"Brian Niiya","json":"https://resourceguide.densho.org/api/3.0/authors/Brian%20Niiya/","html":"https://resourceguide.densho.org/authors/Brian%20Niiya/"}],"sources":[],"title":"The Gate of Heaven (play)","published_rg":true,"modified":"2018-03-01T23:39:18","databoxes":{"rgdatabox-Core":{"rgmediatype":["plays"],"title":["The Gate of Heaven"],"creators":[],"interestlevel":[],"readinglevel":[],"guidedreadinglevel":[],"lexile":[],"theme":[],"genre":[],"pov":[],"relatedevents":[],"availability":[],"freewebversion":["No"],"primarysecondary":[],"hasteachingaids":["No"],"warnings":[],"denshotopic":[],"geography":[],"chronology":[],"facility":[]},"databox-Plays":{"name":["The Gate of Heaven"],"firstdate":["March 5, 1996"],"finaldate":[],"location":["Old Globe Theater, San Diego, CA"],"writer":["Lane Nishikawa and Victor Talmadge"],"director":[],"producer":[],"creative":[],"technical":[],"characters":[],"website":[],"playbilllink":[],"ibdbid":[],"iodbid":[],"theatricaliaid":[],"publisher":[],"pubdate":[],"currentpublisher":[],"currentpubdate":[]}},"rg_title":["The Gate of Heaven"],"rg_freewebversion":["No"],"rg_hasteachingaids":["No"],"body":"<div class=\"mw-parser-output\">\n <div id=\"databox-Plays\" style=\"display:none;\">\n  <p>\n   Name:The Gate of Heaven;\nFirstDate:March 5, 1996;\nFinalDate:;\nLocation:Old Globe Theater, San Diego, CA;\nWriter:Lane Nishikawa and Victor Talmadge;\nDirector:;\nProducer:;\nCreative:;\nTechnical:;\nCharacters:;\nWebsite:;\nPlaybillLink:;\nIBDBID:;\nIODBID:;\nTheatricaliaID:;\nPublisher:;\nPubDate:;\nCurrentPublisher:;\nCurrentPubDate:;\n  </p>\n </div>\n <div class=\"rgonly\">\n  <!--\"rgdatabox-CoreDisplay\" removed-->\n  <div id=\"rgdatabox-Core\" style=\"display:none;\">\n   <p>\n    RGMediaType:plays;\nTitle:The Gate of Heaven;\nCreators:;\nInterestLevel:;\nReadingLevel:;\nGuidedReadingLevel:;\nLexile:;\nTheme:;\nGenre:;\nPoV:;\nRelatedEvents:;\nAvailability:;\nFreeWebVersion:No;\nPrimarySecondary:;\nHasTeachingAids:No;\nWarnings:;\nDenshoTopic:;\nGeography:;\nChronology:;\nFacility:;\n   </p>\n  </div>\n </div>\n <p>\n  Play by\n  <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Lane_Nishikawa\" title=\"Lane Nishikawa\">\n   Lane Nishikawa\n  </a>\n  and Victor Talmadge about the lifelong friendship between a\n  <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Nisei\" title=\"Nisei\">\n   Nisei\n  </a>\n  who helped liberate a Nazi death camp as a member of the\n  <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/522nd_Field_Artillery_Battalion\" title=\"522nd Field Artillery Battalion\">\n   522nd Field Artillery Battalion\n  </a>\n  and a Holocaust survivor. The main characters, Kiyoshi \"Sam\" Yamamoto and Leon Ehrlich, are based on the lives of the playwrights' fathers. The play begins in April 1945 and follows the two men over the course of their lives. It was first produced at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego on March 5, 1996. Nishikawa adapted the play into a short dramatic film titled\n  <i>\n   <a class=\"encyc rg\" href=\"/wiki/When We Were Warriors, Part 1 (film)/\" title=\"When We Were Warriors, Part 1 (film)\">\n    When We Were Warriors, Part I\n   </a>\n  </i>\n  , which he directed and starred in alongside Talmadge.\n </p>\n <div id=\"authorByline\">\n  <b>\n   Authored by\n   <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Brian_Niiya\" title=\"Brian Niiya\">\n    Brian Niiya\n   </a>\n   , Densho\n  </b>\n </div>\n <div id=\"citationAuthor\" style=\"display:none;\">\n  Niiya, Brian\n </div>\n <div id=\"RelatedArticlesDisplay\">\n  <div class=\"section\" id=\"Related_Articles\">\n   <h2>\n    <span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Related_Articles\">\n     Related Articles\n    </span>\n   </h2>\n   <div class=\"section_content\">\n    <p class=\"mw-empty-elt\">\n    </p>\n    <div id=\"RelatedArticlesSectionDisplay\">\n     <div class=\"section\" id=\"\">\n      <h3>\n       <span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"\">\n       </span>\n      </h3>\n      <div class=\"section_content\">\n       <p class=\"mw-empty-elt\">\n       </p>\n       <ul>\n        <li>\n         <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Plays_on_incarceration\" title=\"Plays on incarceration\">\n          Plays on incarceration\n         </a>\n        </li>\n       </ul>\n      </div>\n     </div>\n    </div>\n   </div>\n  </div>\n </div>\n</div>\n","moreinfo":"<div class=\"section\" id=\"For_More_Information\">\n <h2>\n  <span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"For_More_Information\">\n   For More Information\n  </span>\n </h2>\n <div class=\"section_content\">\n  <p>\n   Nishikawa, Lane, and Victor Talmadge. \"The Gate of Heaven.\" In\n   <i>\n    Asian American Drama: 9 Plays from the Multiethnic Landscape\n   </i>\n   . Edited by Brian Nelson. 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