The Gift of Eternal Life
While living in Santa Barbara he wrote and produced a play called The Gift of Eternal Life, An Indo-Persian Legend, performed at the Lobero Theatre during March 20–23, 1929. He played the part of the King in the production, and designed the sets and costumes. The play was produced through the Drama Branch of the Community Arts Music Association of Santa Barbara. In the playbill Herter acknowledged the writings of Lily Adams Beck for inspiring the Orientalist theme and "much of its imagery", and he said that he also used several lines written by Rabindranath Tagore and Ananda Coomaraswamy. The cast was made up primarily of locals.
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