Stardom Outside The United States
A bad business deal forced Hayakawa to leave Hollywood in 1921. The next 15 years saw him performing in New York, France, England and Japan. In 1924 he made The Great Prince Chan and The Story of Su in London.
In 1925 he wrote a novel, The Bandit Prince, and turned it into a short play. In 1930 he performed in Samurai, a one-act play written especially for him, for Great Britain's King George V and Queen Mary. He also became very popular in France. In 1930 Hayakawa returned to Japan and produced a Japanese-language stage version of The Three Musketeers.
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