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The Life of David Belasco; Vol. 1

The Life of David Belasco; Vol. 1

by William Winter

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Author
Winter, William Jefferson, 1878-1929
Credits
Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections
Subject
Belasco, David, 1853-1931
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 62448
Release Date
June 22, 2020
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE LIFE OF DAVID BELASCO
  2. 2.CONTENTS The Life of David Belasco—Volume One
  3. 3.ILLUSTRATIONS. Volume One.
  4. 4.PREFACE
  5. 5.ANCESTRY AND BIRTH.
  6. 6.BOYHOOD IN BRITISH COLUMBIA.
  7. 7.EARLY PROCLIVITY FOR THE THEATRE.
  8. 8.MEMORIES OF JULIA DEAN.
  9. 9.REMOVAL TO SAN FRANCISCO.
  10. 10.GLIMPSES OF BOYHOOD.
  11. 11.SCHOOL DAYS IN SAN FRANCISCO.
  12. 12.HARD TIMES IN EARLY DAYS.
  13. 13.THE SENTIMENTAL STOWAWAY.
  14. 14.A BOHEMIAN INTERLUDE.
  15. 15.BELASCO’S EARLIEST ASSOCIATIONS WITH THE THEATRE IN SAN FRANCISCO
  16. 16.AN EARLY FRIEND.—W. H. SEDLEY-SMITH.
  17. 17.ADOPTION OF THE STAGE.
  18. 18.BELASCO’S THEATRICAL NOVITIATE.
  19. 19.A THEATRICAL VAGABOND.
  20. 20.EMULATION OF WALTER MONTGOMERY.
  21. 21.A ROMANTIC COURTSHIP.—MARRIAGE.
  22. 22.THEATRICAL LIFE IN VIRGINIA CITY.
  23. 23.DION BOUCICAULT AND KATHARINE RODGERS.
  24. 24.CONFLICTIVE TESTIMONY.
  25. 25.VARIEGATED EXPERIENCES.
  26. 26.RANDOM RECOLLECTIONS.—1875.
  27. 27.BALDWIN’S ACADEMY AND BARRY SULLIVAN.
  28. 28.WITH BOOTH AT THE CALIFORNIA.
  29. 29.BELASCO AND “THE EGYPTIAN MYSTERY.”
  30. 30.A REMINISCENCE OF HELENA MODJESKA.
  31. 31.STROLLING AD INTERIM .—BELASCO AS “THE FIRST OLD WOMAN.”
  32. 32.A SUBSTANTIAL TRIBUTE.
  33. 33.“OLIVIA” AND “PROOF POSITIVE.”
  34. 34.BELASCO’S VERSION OF “NOT GUILTY.”
  35. 35.WITHDRAWAL FROM THE BALDWIN.—“THE LONE PINE” AND DENMAN THOMPSON.
  36. 36.“WITHIN AN INCH OF HIS LIFE.”
  37. 37.SALMI MORSE’S “PASSION PLAY.”
  38. 38.NOT THE OBERAMMERGAU DRAMA.
  39. 39.CONSTITUENTS OF MORSE’S PLAY.
  40. 40.AS TO PROPRIETY.
  41. 41.“THE PASSION PLAY” IN NEW YORK.
  42. 42.“THE MILLIONAIRE’S DAUGHTER.”
  43. 43.DETRACTION OF BELASCO.—EARLY CALIFORNIA INFLUENCES.
  44. 44.BELASCO’S REPERTORY AS AN ACTOR.
  45. 45.BELASCO’S “THE STORY OF MY LIFE.”
  46. 46.A LEADING LADY IN A PET.
  47. 47.ROSE COGHLAN AND “THE MOONLIGHT MARRIAGE.”
  48. 48.“L’ASSOMMOIR” AND A DOUBLE-BARRELLED BENEFIT.
  49. 49.A HOT WATER REHEARSAL.
  50. 50.THE PLAY OF “CHUMS.”
  51. 51.FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO CHICAGO.
  52. 52.“HEARTS OF OAK.”
  53. 53.FIRST VENTURE IN NEW YORK.
  54. 54.JAMES ALFRED HERNE.
  55. 55.ANALYSIS OF “HEARTS OF OAK.”
  56. 56.FAILURE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.
  57. 57.SAN FRANCISCO AGAIN.
  58. 58.BELASCO’S RECOLLECTIONS OF ADELAIDE NEILSON.
  59. 59.“PAUL ARNIFF.”
  60. 60.WANING FORTUNES AT THE BALDWIN.
  61. 61.AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE,—JOHN T. MALONE.
  62. 62.“TRUE TO THE CORE.”
  63. 63.A STERLING ACTOR AND AN INTERESTING ESTIMATE:—WILLIAM E. SHERIDAN.
  64. 64.LAURA DON.—AN UNFULFILLED AMBITION.
  65. 65.“LA BELLE RUSSE.”
  66. 66.“THE STRANGLERS OF PARIS.”
  67. 67.NEW YORK AGAIN.—“LA BELLE RUSSE” AT WALLACK’S.
  68. 68.AN OPINION BY BRONSON HOWARD.—WALLACK IN THE THIRTIETH STREET HOUSE.
  69. 69.BELASCO AND HIS “THE CURSE OF CAIN.”
  70. 70.THE PASSING OF MAGUIRE.
  71. 71.BELASCO AND GUSTAVE FROHMAN.—THEY REVIVE “THE OCTOROON.”
  72. 72.“AMERICAN BORN.”
  73. 73.FIRST MEETING WITH CHARLES FROHMAN.
  74. 74.EASTWARD, HO!
  75. 75.A RETROSPECT.
  76. 76.A SECOND VENTURE IN CHICAGO.—THE LAST OF “AMERICAN BORN.”
  77. 77.THE MADISON SQUARE THEATRE.
  78. 78.BELASCO AT THE MADISON SQUARE.
  79. 79.“MAY BLOSSOM.”
  80. 80.FIRST VISIT TO ENGLAND.—“CALLED BACK.”
  81. 81.CHANGES AT THE MADISON SQUARE.
  82. 82.A LABORIOUS INTERLUDE.—LYCEUM THEATRE.
  83. 83.“VALERIE” AT WALLACK’S.
  84. 84.MORE ERRORS CORRECTED.
  85. 85.AN EXTRAORDINARY COMPANY AND A SUMMER SEASON IN SAN FRANCISCO.
  86. 86.AFFAIRS OF THE LYCEUM.
  87. 87.“THE HIGHEST BIDDER.”
  88. 88.“PAWN TICKET 210.”
  89. 89.“BARON RUDOLPH” AND GEORGE S. KNIGHT.
  90. 90.“THE WIFE.”
  91. 91.“A COMMON-SENSE HUSBAND.”
  92. 92.REVISION OF “SHE.”
  93. 93.“LORD CHUMLEY” AND E. H. SOTHERN.
  94. 94.“THE KAFFIR DIAMOND.”
  95. 95.THE SCHOOL OF ACTING.
  96. 96.A REVIVAL OF “ELECTRA.”
  97. 97.MANY NEW TASKS.
  98. 98.“THE CHARITY BALL.”
  99. 99.MRS. LESLIE CARTER.
  100. 100.EPISODE OF “THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER.”
  101. 101.RETIREMENT FROM THE LYCEUM THEATRE.
  102. 102.A LONG, LONG ROAD.
  103. 103.CONFEDERATION WITH CHARLES FROHMAN.
  104. 104.PROCTOR’S TWENTY-THIRD STREET THEATRE.
  105. 105.THE PLAY OF “MEN AND WOMEN.”
  106. 106.HATCHING “THE UGLY DUCKLING.”
  107. 107.“THE UGLY DUCKLING.”—MRS. CARTER’S DÉBUT.
  108. 108.MORE FAILURE, AND A LAWSUIT.
  109. 109.A POVERTY-STRICKEN STRUGGLE.
  110. 110.“MISS HELYETT” AND MRS. CARTER.
  111. 111.ORIGIN OF THE EMPIRE THEATRE.
  112. 112.“THE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME.”
  113. 113.BELASCO AND CHARLES FROHMAN.
  114. 114.A CHARLES FROHMAN LETTER.
  115. 115.A BAFFLED ENTERPRISE IN CHICAGO.
  116. 116.“THE YOUNGER SON.”
  117. 117.FIGHTING FOR A CHANCE.
  118. 118.STORY AND PRODUCTION OF “THE HEART OF MARYLAND.”—ITS GREAT SUCCESS.
  119. 119.“THE FIRST BORN.”—A SUCCESS AND A FAILURE.
  120. 120.BELASCO’S SECOND ENGLISH VENTURE.—“THE HEART OF MARYLAND” IN LONDON.
  121. 121.“ZAZA,” AND THE ETHICAL QUESTION.
  122. 122.PRODUCTION, AND CONTENTS, OF “ZAZA.”
  123. 123.DEATH OF BELASCO’S MOTHER.—“CAN THE DEAD COME BACK?”—A STRANGE EXPERIENCE.
  124. 124.BLANCHE BATES AND “NAUGHTY ANTHONY.”
  125. 125.“MADAME BUTTERFLY.”
  126. 126.“ZAZA” ABROAD.
  127. 127.VIEWS OF THE FRENCH DRAMATISTS.
  128. 128.“WITH SPEED FOR ENGLAND.”—ANOTHER SUCCESS IN LONDON.
  129. 129.PUCCINI AND BELASCO.
  130. 130.“MADAME BUTTERFLY” AS AN OPERA.—A PROPOSAL BY LADY VALERIE MEUX.
  131. 131.INDEX TO VOLUME ONE

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