Which George Gershwin opera is adapted from a novel by DuBose Heyward?
DuBose Heyward DuBose Heyward Edwin DuBose Heyward (August 31, 1885 – June 16, 1940) was an American author best known for his 1925 novel "Porgy". He and his wife Dorothy, a playwright, adapted it as a 1927 play of the same name. The couple worked with composer George Gershwin to adapt the work as the 1935 opera "Porgy and Bess". It was later adapted as a 1959 film of the same name. Heyward also wrote poetry and other novels and plays. He wrote the children's book "The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes" (1939). Heyward was born in 1885 in Charleston,
DuBose Heyward Porter Military Academy. In 1925 he published his novel "Porgy", set in the black community of Charleston, which had many Gullah people. Given the positive reception for the book, he and Dorothy, a playwright, adapted it as a dramatic play. While working on that adaptation, he was approached by composer George Gershwin, who proposed collaborating on an opera of the material. His and Dorothy's play "Porgy" opened on Broadway in 1927, and it was a considerable success, running for 367 performances. Describing Heyward's achievement in "Porgy", the African-American poet and playwright Langston Hughes said Heyward was one who saw "with