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49;229.Daughter of the Nile,” “A (play):227.Dauvray, Helen (Am. actress and th. man.):312;337.Davenport, Edward Loomis (Am. actor and th. man.: 1815-1877):72;153;197.Davenport, Louise (Mrs. William E. Sheridan: actress):225.“David Copperfield” (novel): B. makes dramatization of,84.Davis, Phœbe (Mrs. Joseph R. Grismer: Am. actress: 1864- ——):254.Davis, “Rellie” (actress):261.Dawn of Freedom,” “The (melod.): B. in,86.Dean, Julia(Hayne) (Mrs. Arthur Hayne—Mrs. James Cooper: Am. actress and th. man.: 1830-1868): B. in childhood, appears with—and sketch of,7,et seq.;132;164.“Dearer than Life” (melod.):106.De Bar, Benedict (Eng.-Am. actor and th. man.: 1814-1877):133.de Belleville, Frederic (Belgian-Am, actor: 1857-19—):382.“Deborah” (melod.):103.“Delmar’s Daughter” (play):279.De Mille, Henry Churchill(Am. playwright: 1850-1893):313;326;becomes collaborator with B.,327,et seq.;336;337;340;343;356;373;377;378;380;383.Denin, Kate (Mrs. John Wilson: Am. actress: 1837-1907):acts with B. and Thorn, Sr.,86;132.“Denise” (melod.):458.Densmore, Gilbert S. (Am. journalist):his version of “The Gilded Age”—and B.’s recollection of,64;Clemens on same,65;Raymond on,66.Detraction: of eminent persons, author on,129,et seq.Dickens, Charles, Sr. (the novelist and dramatist: 1812-1870):43.Dickson, James B. (Am. th. man. and actor):196;251.Dillon, John (actor):261.Dillon, Louise (actress):355.“Diplomacy” (play):189,237;299.Dithman, Edward Augustus (Am. journalist: 1854-1917):245.Dittenhoefer, Hon. Abram Jesse (Am. lawyer: 1836-19—):389.“Divorce” (play): revived in S. F.,70;B. on same,181.Dockstader’s Minstrels:375.Doll Master,” “The(melod.):418.“Dombey & Son” (novel): B. makes dramatization of,84.“Don Cæsar de Bazan” (play):69;87.Don, Laura (Anna Laura Fish—Mrs. Thomas B. McDonough—Mrs. George W. Fox: Am. actress: died, 1886):224;B.’s recollection of,225,et seq.“Donna Diana; or, Love’s Masque” (play):51.Donnelly, see Murphy, Joseph.“Dora” (play): adapted and directed by B.,84.Dorr, Dorothy (Mrs. H. J. W. Dam: Am. actress: 1867-19—):349.Douglas, Mrs. Belle (actress):87.Doyle, W. F. (actor):261.Drake, Samuel (Eng. actor: 1872-1847): grandfather of Julia Dean,8.Drake, Julia (Mrs. Thomas Fosdick—Mrs. Edmund Dean—Mrs. Samuel Drake: Eng.-Am. actress):8.Drew, Mrs. John (Louisa Lane—Mrs. Henry Hunt—Mrs. George Mossop: Eng.-Am. actress and th. man.: 1820-1897):206;207.“Drifting Apart” (play):198;199.Dudley, Mrs. Caroline:392.Dudley, W. C. (Am. actor):35.Duff, John (Am. speculative th. man.: 18— -1889):184.Dunbar, James:50.Dunn, John (Am. actor):131.Dunning, Alice (Mrs. William Horace Lingard: Eng.-Am. actress: 18— -1897):133.Duret, Marie (“The Limpet”—actress):131.E“Easiest Way,” “The (play):456.“East Lynne” (play):7;52;79;261.Eaves, Albert G. (th. costumer):375.Eberle, Robert (Am. actor and stage man.):217.Eddy, Edward (Am. actor: 1822-1875):193.“Editha’s Burglar” (play):317;318;365.Edmonds, Charles (actor):47.Edmonds, Mrs. Charles (actress):48.Edouin, “Willie” (Eng. actor: 1845-1908):135.Edwards, Charles (actor):69.Edwards, Henry (Am. actor, stage man., and naturalist: 1824-1891):36;135,et seq.;actsAntony,166;298.Edwards, R. M. (play agent): early friend of B.,39.Egyptian Hall, S. F.:98;99;100.Egyptian Mystery,” “The(illusion, etc.): B. associated with—and described by B.,97,et seq.“Electra” (tragedy—of Sophocles): revival of, under B.’s direction,353,et seq.Ellsler, Effie (Am. actress):254.Emanuel the First, King of Portugal (1495-1521):1.Emery, Samuel (Eng. actor: 1818-1881):153.Emily, “Virgie” (actress):261.Emmet, J. K. (Am. actor: 1841-1891): B. works for—and acts with,82;168;192.Emma, Queen of the Hawaiian Islands: recitation of B. and others before,15.Empire Theatre, N. Y.: origin of,400,et seq.;opened with “The Girl I Left Behind Me,”405.Enchantress,” “The (musical play): revised and directed by B.,72.“Enoch Arden” (play—on the poem):202.Été de St. Martin,” “L’ (comedy):450.Ethel, Agnes (Mrs. Francis W. Tracy—Mrs. —— Rondebush: Am. actress: 1853-1908):299.Eustace, “Jennie” (actress):349.Evans, Charles (Am. th. man.):436;492.Eviction,” “The (melod.):227.Ewer, Rev. Ferdinand Cartwright (1820-1883): funeral sermon of Julia Dean preached by, etc.,10.Eytinge, Rose (Mrs. David Barnes—Mrs. George H. Butler—Mrs. Cyril Searle: Am. actress: 1835-1911):53.Eyre, Gerald (actor):235;237;298.FFairbank, N. K. (capitalist): agrees to “back” B. and Mrs. Carter,385;withdraws support and repudiates obligations,reMrs. Carter’s tour—sued by B.,389;defeated by B.,390;B.’s kindly feeling toward—and admits he was “badly advised,”391;446.“Fairfax” (play):221.Falconer, Edmund (Eng. dram.: 1815-1879):28.Fall of Tarquin,” “The (tragedy):94.Famille Benoiton!” “La (farce): adapted by B.,125.Fast Family,” “A (farce—same as preceding):125.“Faust” (play):98;249.“Faustus” (spectacle): B. in,86.Fawcett, George (Am. actor: 1860-19—):349.“Fazio” (tragedy):9;160.“Featherbrain” (play):336.Fechter, Charles Albert: (French actor and th. man.: 1824-1879): Stuart’s Park Th. opened with performance by,59;69.“Fedora” (melod.):292.“Fernande” (comedy):299.“Ferréol” (play):355.“Festus” (poem):249.Feuillet, Octave (Fr. dramatist: 1821-1890):24;53;59;63.Field, Edward Captain:227.Fifth Avenue Theatre, N. Y.: the second, “The Big Bonanza,” produced at,80.Figaro,” “The San Francisco (th. news sheet): early notice of B. in,28;commendation of same in,37.Fire-Fly Social and Dramatic Club,” “The, of S. F.: B.’s association with,28.First Born,” “The (tragedy):B. buys—and in association with C. Frohman, produces in N. Y.,447;story of,448,et seq.;cast,450;produced in London—forestalled there, and failure of,451.Fischer, Alice (Mrs. William Harcourt [King]: Am. actress: 1869-19—):349.Fisher, Charles (actor: 1816-1891):204.Fisk, James, Jr. (capitalist, etc.):272.Fiske, Harrison Grey (Am. journalist and th. man.: 1867-19—):288;289.“Flies in the Web” (farce):474.Florence (Conlin), William James (Irish-Am, actor and th. man.: 1831-1891):133;a delicate artist, etc.,158;321.Florence (Conlin), Mrs. William James (Malvina Pray—Mrs. Joseph Littell—Mrs. George Howard Coveny: Am. actress: 1831-1906):133.Flynn, Thomas (actor: 17— -1849): the firstRip Van Winkle,173.Fool’s Revenge,” “The (tragedy):86;94;222;247.Foote, Samuel (Eng. actor and mimic: 1720-1777):38.“Forbidden Fruit” (play):57.Ford, Harriet:349.“Forget Me Not” (play):221;231.Forrest, Edwin (Am. actor: 1806-1872):132;134;death of, asHamlet,150;151.Fortesque (Finney), May (Eng. actress):313.Forty Thieves,” “The (burlesque):86.Francœur, Joseph W. (actor):252;261.Franks, Frederick (actor):135.Franks, Mrs. Frederick (actress):135.Frawley, Timothy Daniel (Am. actor and th. man.: 18— -19—):471;472.Frayne, Frank I. (Am. actor and th. man.: 18— -18—):74;104.Freedom of the Press,” “The (play): B. appears in,27.French, Samuel (’s Standard Drama):39.French Spy,” “The (play):70.Frohman, Charles(Am. speculative th. man.: 1860-1915): “Life” of—B. associated with—and B.’s recollections of,269,et seq.;292;311;proposal of, to B.—same accepted—and “Men and Women” written for,373,et seq.;383;suggests a venture with B.,395;buys “Miss Helyett” on B.’s advice,396;“Life” of,401;relations of, with B.,421;important letter from, to B.,422;425;B. adapts “The Younger Son” for,428;435;447;with B., presents “The First Born” in London,451;with same, presents “The Heart of Maryland” in London,453;454;arranges with B. for Am. presentation of Mrs. Carter in “Zaza,”455;with B. presents “Zaza” in London,484;487.Frohman, Daniel(Am. th. man. and moving picture operative: 1853-19—):254;engages B. as stage manager of Mad. Sq. Th., N. Y.,260;271;275;312;engages B. as stage manager, playwright, etc., of the Lyceum Theatre, N. Y.,313;328;329;commissions B. to write a second play for Lyceum,312;326;336;340;B.’s bargain with,reuse of a stage and “The Prince and the Pauper,”366;same repudiated,368;B.’s resentment of unfair treatment by—and letter to,369;suggests name of “The Girl I Left Behind Me” for B.’s play,403.Frohman, Gustave(Am. speculative th. man. and agent: 185[1?]-19—):associated with B.,254;255;260;B. leaves S. F. in employment of,261;269;281;292.“Frou-Frou” (play):80.Fyles, Franklyn (originally, Franklin Files) (Am. journalist and playwright: 1847-1911):401;collaborates with B. in “The Girl I Left Behind Me,”403;405.GGaboriau, Émile (Fr. novelist: 1833-1873):113.Galley Slave,” “The (melod.):221.Gambler’s Fate,” “The (melod.):346.Gamester,” “The (play):88;252.Gannon, Mary (Mrs. George Stevenson: 1829-1868):153.Gardner, Frank (th. man, and capitalist): B. associated with, in “The Egyptian Mystery,” etc.,97,et seq.Garrick, David (Eng. actor, th. man., and dramatist: 1716-1779):137;151;154.“Gaspardo; or, The Three Banished Men of Milan” (melod.): B. in,86.Gates, Daniel Virgil (actor):131.Gatti, Messrs. (Eng. th. man.):451.Gautier, Mme. Judith (Fr. dramatist):482.Genest, Rev. John (Eng. th. historian: 1764-1839):163.Giddens, George (Eng. actor: 1845-19—):62.Gilbert, John Gibbs (Am. actor: 1810-1889):153;177;298.Gilbert, Sir William Schwenck, kt. (Eng. dramatist and poet: 1836-1911):313.Gilded Age,” “The (story): Densmore’s dramatization of, produced—and B. on,64;Clemens to Howells on, quoted,65,et seq.;Raymond’s letter about—and Twain’s version of,66,et seq.;author on worth of—and Raymond’s performance in,67,et seq.;acted in N. Y.,68;165.Gillette, William Hooker (Am. actor and playwright: 1855-19—):317;337;339;356;375;387;439;453.Girl I Left Behind Me,” “The(melod.): written,403;excellence of—story of—and critically considered in detail,406,et seq.;produced—and Empire Th., N. Y., opened with,405;success of,415;cast of,416;417;418;419;origin of,420,et seq.;421;422;426;427;428;432;453.Girl of the Golden West,” “The(melod.): Puccini’s opera on B.’s play of,75;Sawtell engaged for,85;470.Gladstane, Mary (Am. actress: 1830-18—): B.’s admiration of—and gives prompt book to B.,79.Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (Ger. poet: 1749-1832):249.Gold Demon,” “The (burlesque): B. makes hit in,37.Golden Era,” “The, San Francisco (newspaper):66.“Golden Game” (melod.):221.Goldsmith, Oliver (the poet, novelist, and dramatist: 1728-1774):106;107;478.Good, Brent:336.Goodwin, Frank L. (th. agent and man.):243.Gordon, Marie E. (Mrs. John T. Raymond: Am. actress):135.Grand Opera House, S. F.: “The Passion Play,” produced at,115.Granville, Gertrude (Am. actress):74;B. acts with,104.Graves, Converse (stage man.):375.Great Divorce Case,” “The (melod.):252.Great Pink Pearl,” “The (farce):317.Great Republic,” “The (allegory):27;404.Great Ruby,” “The (melod.):472.Greene, Clay M. (Am. playwright: 1850-19—):247;295;310;318;446.Greenwall, Henry:400.“Griffith Gaunt” (novel): Mayo’s dramatization of—and B. makes version of,71.Grismer, Joseph Rhode (Am. actor, playwright, and th. man.: 1849-19—):224.Grove, Florence Crawford (Eng. playwright):231.Gunter, Archibald Clavering (Am. novelist and playwright: 1848-1907):311.HHaase, Frederick (Ger. actor: 1827-19—):251;252.Hackett, James Henry (Am. actor and th. man.: 1800-1871): effect of his acting,155;173.Hager, Professor ——: B. appears in his “Allegory,”27;404.Haggard, Henry Rider (Eng. novelist: 1856-19—):337.Halévy, Ludovic (Fr. dramatist: 1834-1908):450.“Hamlet”:43;69;88;138;154;247;249;252;294.Hamlin, John (Am. speculative th. man.):192;193;194.Happy Pair,” “A (farce):37;80;177.Harcourt, Charles (Eng. actor): actsPaul Zegers,170;171.“Hard Cash” (novel):257.Hardie, J. H. (Am. actor):35.Harkins, Major Daniel H. (Am. soldier, actor, and th. man.: 1835-1902):299.Harris, Sir Augustus (Eng. actor, th. man., and playwright: 1842-1896):227.Harris, William (Am. th. man.: 1845-1916):400;401.Harrison, Alice (Am. actress: 1852-1896):36.Harrison, Mrs. Burton N., Sr.:279.Haunted House,” “The (melod.):98.Haverley’s Minstrels:260.Hawthorne, Louise (actress):87.Hayes, Sarah:225.Hayman, Al. (Am. speculative th. man. and theatre proprietor: 18[52?]-1917):307;337;400;loans $1,500 on $30,000 security,437.Hayne, Arthur (M.D.): marriage of, to J. Dean,9.Hayne, Robert Young (U. S. Senator: 1791-1839):9.“Hazel Kirke” (melod.):254;258.Heart of Maryland,” “The(melod.):370;writing of,392;difficulty in getting it produced,394;401;422;423;B. arranges to produce, in Chicago,425;426;play “shelved” by death of R. M. Hooley,427;laid aside by B.,431;comment by B. on experience with,432;accepted by Palmer,433;preparations to produce,434;Palmer forced to abandon—B.’s reminiscence of final struggle to bring out,436,et seq.;produced at last,437;story of—and critically considered in detail,438,et seq.;cast of,444;first tour of,446;B. buys out partner’s interest in—and presents in S. F.,447;B. and C. Frohman arrange to present, in London,451;profits from—and third season of, ended,452;presented in London—success of, there and long run of—remechanical effects in,453,et seq.Heart of Midlothian,” “The (novel): Boucicault’s dramatization of,64.“Heart of Ruby” (tragedy): exquisite production of, by Daly—and a failure,482.“Hearts of Oak” (“Chums”—play): B. projects,188;writes, with Herne,189;produced—and fails,190;taken “on tour,”191;192;produced in Chicago—and succeeds,193;suit about,195;brought to N. Y.,196;198;author at first N. Y. performance of—story of, etc., critically considered in detail,201,et seq.;B.’s interest in, bought,206,et seq.;209;236;268.Heine, Heinrich (the poet: 1797-1856):166.“Held by the Enemy” (melod.):439.“Help” (melod.): B. acts in,34;35;49.Hemans, Felicia Dorothea (Eng. poet: 1793-1835):11.Henderson, Alexander (Eng. th. man.: 1829-1886):167.Henderson, David (Am. journalist and th. man.):335.Henderson, Grace (Mrs. David Henderson): beauty and talent of,351;360.Henley, Edward J. (Eng. actor: 1862-1898):427.Henrietta,” “The (comedy):375.“Her Atonement” (melod.):348.Herne, James A[lfred](James Ahearn: Am. actor, playwright, and stage manager: 1839-1902):70;actsRip Van Winkle—andSolon Shingle,71;actsBambuno—andSikes—version of “Charles O’Malley” by—and in “The Sphinx,”72;at Baldwin’s A. of M.,87;B. on, asRip,168;asRip—and inferior to Jefferson,176;with B., writes play for R. Coghlan,179;plan of, to go East,180;meeting with future wife,181;bft. to, and B.,182;183;with B., writes “Chums,”189;191;goes East with wife and B.,191,et seq.;unjust complaint of, to B.,195;birth—and sketch of his life,197,et seq.;principal plays of,198;share of, in making “Hearts of Oak,”199;death of,201;205;unjust treatment of B. by,207;208.Heron, Matilda (Mrs. Henry Herbert Byrne—Mrs. Robert Stoepel: Am. actress: 1830-1877):132;151.Hidden Hand,” “The (novel): B.’s dramatization of,103.Highest Bidder,” “The(farcical comedy): B. makes,314,et seq.;cast of,316;321;325;432.


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