Hill, Charles John Barton (Am. actor, playwright, th. man. and stage man.: 1830-1911): actsMercutiowith Neilson,63;employs B. at Calif. Th.,69;92;gives trial to Modjeska,101,et seq.;133;218.Hill, James M. (Am. th. man.): B. employed to write play for, etc.,111,et seq.;400.Hill, Richard:400.Hinckley, George (Am. actor):35;62.Hinckley, “Sallie” (Am. actress):35;in “The New Magdalen,”69;74;133.Hoey, Mrs. John (Am. actress):153.Hoitt, Dr. Ira G. (educator):11.Holbrook, Mrs. “Nelly” (Am. actress and dram. teacher):11.Holmes, E. B.:135.Holmes, Dr. Oliver Wendell (the poet, etc.: 1809-1894):287.Honeymoon,” “The (comedy):32.Hood, Thomas (the poet: 1799-1845):43.Hooley, Richard Martin (Am. th. man.: 1822-1898):80;his th. co. in S. F.—B.’s interest in,81;success of “Ultimo” produced by,82;191;rejects “Chums,”192;425;B. arranges with, for production of “The Heart of Maryland,”426;death of,427.Hopper, De Wolf (Am. actor: 1858-19—):290.Howells, William Dean (Am. novelist and playwright: 1837-19—): letter to, by Clemensre“The Gilded Age,”65.Howard, Bronson (Am. dramatist: 1843-1908):125;244;his opinion of “La Belle Russe,” etc.,245;recognition of, helps B.,279;328;influence of his example,329;373;439.Hunchback,” “The (comedy): Julia Dean remembered in,8;performance of same in, perfection,9;63;372.Hurlburt, Alvin (hotel keeper):192.I“Ici on Parle Français” (farce):36.Illustrious Stranger,” “The (play): B. in,37.Ince, Annette (Am. actress): actsNancy, in “Oliver Twist,”72;135.Ingoldsby, Thomas (Richard Harris Barham: Eng. poet: 1788-1845):43.“Ingomar” (play):372.“In Spite of All” (melod.):311.“Ireland and America” (melod.):49.“Ireland As It Was” (play):50.Irving, Sir Henry, kt. (John Henry Brodribb: Eng. actor, th. man., and stage man.: 1838-1905):140;168;170;171;222;his revival of “K. Louis XI.,”223;performance in,224.Irving, Washington (Am. man. of letters: 1783-1859):169;175.Isherwood, William (actor):173.“Itinerant,” Ryley’s (dram. biography):40.“Ixion; or, The Man at the Wheel” (burlesque):177.JJackson, Hart (Am. playwright: died, 1882):300.James [Belasco], David (Eng. actor and th. man.: 1839-1893): uncle of B.,6.James, Louis (Am. actor: 1843-1910):87;89.James, Miss (school teacher):11.“Jane Shore” (melod.):458.Jarrett & Palmer (Am. th. managers): bring G. Rignold to Am.,90;dissension between, and same—their transcontinental express train,91.Jealous Wife,” “The (play):52;160.Jefferson, Elizabeth (Mrs. Samuel Chapman—Mrs. Augustus Richardson—Mrs. Charles J. B. Fisher: Am. actress: 1810-1890):153.Jefferson, Mrs. Joseph (wife of the third J. J.—Cornelia Frances Thomas—Mrs. Thomas Burke: Am. actress: 1796-1849: mother of J. J., 1829-1905):153.Jefferson, Joseph(the fourth: Am. actor, playwright, and stage manager: 1829-1905): effect of, asRip,69;155;B. on hisRip,168;and asRip Van Winkle,172,et seq.;Herne impressed by, and emulative of,200.Jeffreys-Lewis, Mary (Eng.-Am. actress: 18— -19—):70;230;238;242.“Jesse Brown; or, The Relief of Lucknow” (melod.) :412;419.Jerome, Jerome Klapka (Eng. author and playwright: 1859-19—):Jibbenainosay,” “The (melod.): B. appears in, with J. Proctor,26.“Jim Black; or, The Regulator’s Revenge”: first(?) play by B.,13.Johnson, Dr. Samuel (Eng. dramatist and man of letters: 1709-1784): quoted,reaccuracy,23;306.“Jones’s Baby” (farce):60.Jones, Frank (actor): B. acts with,86.Judah, Mrs. Emanuel (Marietta Starfield—Mrs. John Torrence: Am. actress: 1829-1883):131;135.“Julius Cæsar”: Montgomery, Barrett, McCullough, etc., in cast of,42;43;Booth, McCullough, etc., in, at Calif. Th.,94.KKaffir Diamond,” “The (melod.): revised by B.—contents and quality of,345,et seq.;cast of,347;353.“Katharine and Petruchio”:137.Kean, Charles John (Eng. actor, th. man., and stage man.: 1811-1868): farewell tour of—and B. appears with, in childhood,10;the same,26;132;164.Kean, Edmund (Eng. actor: 1787-1833):40;“quiet acting” of,154.Keene, Laura (Lee?—May Moss?—Mrs. John Taylor—Mrs. John Lutz: Am. actress and th. man.: 1820-1873):153;172.Keene, Thomas W. (Am. actor: 18— -18—):94,95;and B., acts in Petaluma,103.Keepers of Lighthouse Cliff,” “The (“The Lighthouse Cliff”: melod.):200.Kelcey (Lamb), Herbert (Eng.-Am. actor: 1856-1917):335;performance of, in “The Charity Ball,”360.Kellerd, John (Am. actor: 1863-19—):444.Kemble, Ella: actsRose Maylie,72.Kemble, John Philip (Eng. actor, th. man., and dramatist: 1757-1823):151.“Kenilworth” (burlesque):90.Kennedy, Michael A. (actor):87;B. acts in bft. for,90;261.“Kerry” (play):59.Kimball, Grace:349.King, Charles A. (th. man.):131.King, H. (actor):135.“King Henry V.”: Rignold in,90;Barrett in,91;Calvert’s presentment of,92.“King Henry VIII.”:43.“King John”:43;44;137;247.“King Lear”:88;137.“King Louis XI.” (tragedy):222;223.King of the Opium Ring,” “The (melod.):346.“King Richard III.”: B., in childhood, appears in, with C. Kean,10;the same,26;43;horseback combat in,79;Baldwin’s A. of M. opened with,87;88;100;137;249;348.Kingsley, Walter (circus clown): befriends B.,5;dies; his name adopted by B.,25;same,217.Kingsley, Walter: adopted name of David Belasco,q.v.Kiss in the Dark,” “A (farce):37.Klaw & Erlanger (th. booking agents and speculative th. managers):427.Knight, George (George Washington Sloan: Am. actor: 1850-1892):321,et seq.;failure of, in “Baron Rudolph” (“Only a Tramp”)—and death of,325.Knowles, James Sheridan (Eng. actor, dramatist, and preacher: 1783-1862):9;327.Knowlton, Prof. Ebenezer (school teacher and public reader):11.Kotzebue, Augustus Frederick Ferdinand von (German dramatist: 1762-1819):7.Krehbiel, Henry Edward (Am. critic of music: 1854-19—): quoted,re“Madame Butterfly,”490,et seq.L“Lady Madge” (play):71.Lady of Lyons,” “The (comedy): first Am. appearance of Mary Wells made in,23;46;63;69;103;209;309.Lamont, “Jennie” (actress):261.Lander, Jean Davenport (Mrs. Frederick West Lander: Eng.-Am. actress: 1829-1903):133.Lawlor, Frank (actor):131.“Leah the Forsaken” (melod.):202;228;261.“Leatherstocking” (play):92.Leclercq, Carlotta (Mrs. John Nelson: Eng. actress: 1838-1893):133.“Led Astray” (play): first produced—B.’s reminiscence of, etc.,53,et seq.;54;55;56;57;author on, when first produced,59;61;63.Legion of Honor,” “The (play):217.Leighton, Adele (histrionic novice):71.Lemon, E. F. (boyhood friend of B.): letter from,14.Le Moyne, William J. (Am. actor: 1831-1905):286;335;476.“Leonor de Guzman” (play):9.Le Roy, James H. (actor, stage man., and playwright): employs B.—and makes dramatization of “The New Magdalen” at suggestion of same,46,et seq.;71;231.Leslie (Lyde), Elsie (Mrs. [William] Jefferson Winter: Am. actress: 1880-19—): developed by B.—eminence of,317;success of, in “Little Lord Fauntleroy”—and suggests dual appearance in “The Prince and the Pauper”—that suggestion adopted,367;B.’s opinion of,367.Leslie, Henry (Eng. dramatist: 1829-1881):193;199.Lever, Charles James (Irish novelist: 1806-1872):72.Lewis, Leopold (Eng. playwright):172.Lewis, Matthew Gregory (poet: 1775-1818):11;15.“Liberty Hall” (play):424;428;430.Lincoln, Abraham (President U. S. A.: 1809-1865): death of, m.,13;164.Lincoln Grammar School, the, in S. F.: B. a pupil at,11;12;B. at,14;23;26;27.Life’s Revenge; or, Two Loves for One Heart,” “A (melod.): B. acts in,28.Lights o’ London,” “The (melod.):250.“Lillian’s Lost Love” (play):129.Lindsay, —— (actor): actsFagin,72.Lingard Combination,” “The:24;acts “La Tentation” in S. F.,63.Lingard, William Horace (actor): employs B.,68;133.Lionessof Nubia,” “The: no such play exists,23.Lion of Nubia,” “The (play): B.’s first formal appearance on stage made in,24.Lipsis, “Carrie” (actress):35.“Little Don Giovanni; or, Leperello and the Stone Statue” (burlesque):36;37.“Little Em’ly” (play):92;202.Little Hero,” “The (“The Stowaway”—poem): effect of McCullough’s recitation of, on B.,17,et seq.“Little Jim, the Collier’s Lad” (poem): recital of, to music, by B.,99.“Little Katy; or, The Hot Corn Girl” (melod.):49.“Little Lord Fauntleroy” (play): Elsie Leslie in,365.Lone Pine,” “The (play):108; B. rewrites for D. Thompson, etc.,111,et seq.Lonely Man of the Ocean,” “The (melod.):346.Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (the poet: 1807-1882): monition of, to author,370.Long, John Luther (Am. novelist and playwright: 1861-19—):477.Long Strike,” “The (melod.):100.“Lord Chumley” (comedy):432;written for Sothern,340;Sothern dissatisfied with—and production of,341;quality, and story of,342;B.’s recollections of its origin,343;performance and success of,344;cost of,345.“Lost in London” (melod.): prompt book of, by B.,84.Lotta(Charlotte Mignon Crabtree: Am. actress: 184[5?]-19—): asFire-Flyin “Under Two Flags”—and S. F. amateur’s society named for,28;133;188;189;“Pawn Ticket 210” written for—and success of, in same,317,et seq.;sensible view of “criticism,”320.Loverich, Cecilia: see Belasco, Mrs. David.“Love’s Penance” (play): Stuart’s Park Th. opened with,59;69.“Love’s Sacrifice” (play):9.“Lucretia Borgia” (play):52.Lyons Mail,” “The (melod.):222.Lyster, Frederick: B. acts with, at Shiels’ O. H.,49;110.Mc—MMcCabe, James H. (old-time actor and th. agent): early friendship of, with B.,39;71;130.McCarthy, Justin Huntly, Jr. (Irish-Eng. dramatist and novelist: 1860-19—):482.McCullough, John Edward(Irish-Am. actor and th. man.: 1832-1885): his recitation of “The Little Hero”—and effect of same on B.,17,et seq.;42;92;95;approves Modjeska and engages her,102;first appearance of, in S. F.,134;136;feeling between, and L. Barrett,165;acts in “J. C.” with Barrett and Montgomery,167.McDonough, Thomas B. (th. agent and man.):226.McDowell, Gen. Irwin:227.McDowell, Henry B.:227.McGuire, Father (Roman Catholic priest): takes B., in childhood, to dwell with him,4;5.McGuire, J. C. (Am. actor):35.McVicker, James Horace (Am. th. man.: 1822-1896):191.McWade, Robert (actor): asRip,168;176.Macaulay, Thomas Babington, first Lord (the historian, etc.: 1800-1859):3.“Macbeth”:88;249.Mackaye, Frank F—— (Am. actor: 1832-19—): letter from, on behalf N. Y. Union Square Th. Co., to B.,106;261;another letter from, to B.,262.Mackaye, James Steele(Am. actor, th. man., playwright, inventor, etc.: 1842-1894):272;273;274;292;295;a friend of author—and reads play to, etc.,296,et seq.;297;311;348.Macready, William Charles (Eng. actor, th. man., and stage man.: 1793-1873):96;151;“quiet acting” of,154.“Mme. l’Archiduc” (opera):88.“Madame Butterfly” (story):476;B. reads—and bases a dramatic tragedy on—the same critically considered in detail,477,et seq.;unique feature in performance of,480;B. produces—and success of,482;B. Bates’ performance in and original cast of,483;B. takes to London,486;with C. Frohman, produces it there—and profound impression created—London cast of,487;great tribute to B. by audience at first London performance of—and B.’s account of,488;B. gives operatic rights of to Puccini—and Puccini’s opera of, commented on,489,et seq.;cast of, as opera,490;491;492.Madison Square Theatre, N. Y.:158;account of,271,et seq.Magistrate,” “The (farcical comedy):73.Maguire, Thomas (Calif, th. man.: died, 1896): built the O. H. in Virginia City, Nev. (Piper’s),50;B. employed by, as secretary,70;associated with E. J. Baldwin in building and managing Baldwin’s A. of M., S. F.,87;105;113;withdraws “The Passion Play”—and revives same,117;176;engages R. Coghlan,177;178;dissension between, and Baldwin,183;185;191;228;241;harsh treatment of B. by,242;243;244;loses Baldwin Theatre, S. F.,253.Maguire’s New Theatre, S. F. (previously the Alhambra): opened,69.Maiden’s Prayer,” “The (poem): recital of, to music, by B.,99.Main Line; or, Rawson’s Y.,” “The (play):313.Mallory, Dr. George (clergyman, editor, and th. man.: 18— -18—):112;273,et seq.Mallory, Marshall H. (Am. th. man.):207.Malone, John T. (Am. actor: 1854-1906):218,et seq.;273,et seq.“Man and Wife” (novel): play made on,49.Mandeville, “Jennie” (actress):35.Maniac,” “The (poem):11;15;20;25;26;44;recited by B. to music,99“Mankind” (melod.):250.Mansfield, Richard (Am. actor: 1854-1907):312.Mantell, Robert Bruce (Scotch-Am, actor: 1853-19—):196;291;292;309.Marble Heart,” “The (play):46;309.Marble, John Edward (Am. actor and th. man.: 18— -18—):135.Marchande de Sourires,” “La (play):482.“Margaret Fleming” (play):198;quality of—and incident in,199.Mariner’s Compass,” “The (melod.):193;194;195;198;205.Marlowe, Julia (Sarah Frances Frost—“Fanny Brough”—Mrs. Robert Taber—Mrs. Edward Hugh Sothern: Am. actress: 1867-19—):470.Marlowe, Owen (Eng. actor: 1830-1876):36.Marquis,” “The (play):355.Marsden, Frederick G. (Am. playwright):34.Marston, John Westland (Eng. dramatist: 1820-1890):51.“Mary Stuart” (play):52.“Mary Warner” (play):261.Mason, John Belcher (Am. actor: 1858-19—):162.Massey, Rose (burlesque actress: died, 1883):166.Match for a King,” “A (play):87.Matthison, Arthur (Eng. journalist and dramatist: 1826-1883):17.“Maum Cre” (melod.): B. acts in, with Murphy,49.“May Blossom” (play):112; production—account of—contents and performance,280,et seq.;cast,290;432.Mayer, Marcus (th. agent: 18— -1918):208.Mayhew, “Katie” (Mrs. Henry Widmer: Am. actress):87;96.Maynard, Cora:349.Mayo, Frank (Am. actor and th. man.: 1840-1896): version of “Griffith Gaunt” by,71;132;168.Meilhac, Henri (Fr. dramatist: 1831-1897):450.Melville, Emilie (Am. actress):135.Melville, Julia (Am. actress and teacher):181.“Memoirs of Tate Wilkinson”:40.“Men and Women” (melod.): written on order for C. Frohman—and account of same,373;quality, and story, of,377,et seq.;production and success of—cast of,381;moral doctrine of B. revealed in,382;383;432.Merchant of Venice,” “The:64;137;139.Merivale, Herman (Eng. dramatist: 1839-1906):231.Merritt, Paul (Eng. playwright: died, 1895):227;258.Mestayer, William A. (Am. actor: 1844-1896):132;229.Methua-Scheller, Mme. Marie (Mrs. J. G. Methua: Ger.-Am. actress: 18— -1878): acts in S. F. in “The Roll of the Drum,”13;B. appears in S. F. with, in “Under the Gas-Light,”26.Metropolitan Th., S. F.: B.’s first appearance made at,24;reopened under management of Woodard,35;last regular performance at,46.Meux, Lady Valerie Susie (Langdon): invites B. to direct Mrs. C. U. Potter,492;offers to build theatre for B.—and both her proposals declined by same,493.Mexican Tigress,” “The (play):49.“Mazeppa” (spectacle):70.Midsummer Night’s Dream,” “A:137.Miles, Lieut-General Nelson Appleton (1839-19—):405.Millard, Evelyn (Mrs. Robert Porter Coulter: Eng. actress: 1873-19—):487.Miller, Cincinnatus Heine (Joaquin Miller) (Am. poet, playwright, etc.: 1841-1913):105.Miller, Henry John (Am. actor, th. man.: 1860-19—):335.Millionaire’s Daughter,” “The(play): inspiration of—and setting for principal scene in,125;gist of—and cast,127;compared with “The Banker’s Daughter”—similar scene in,128;176;328.Milton, John (the poet: 1609-1674):120.Millward, “Jessie” (Eng. actress: 1861-19—):291.“Mimi” (play):53;produced in S. F.,61.Miser’s Daughter,” “The (melod.): B. in,86.“Miss Decima” (farce with music):398.See also “Miss Helyett.”“Miss Helyett” (farce with music): rewritten by B.—produced—story, and performance, of,397,et seq.;cast of,399;421;422.“Miss Hobbs” (comedy):437.Modjeska, Mme. Helena (Helen Opid—Mrs. Gustave S. Modrzejewska—Mrs. Charles [Karol] Bozenta Chlapowska: Polish-Am. actress: 1840-1909): settles in Calif.—forced to return to stage,100;obtains hearing by B. Hill—and author’s account of same,101;approved by McCullough,102;B. sees first Am. performance of,103;133;151;309.Molière, Jean-Baptiste Poquelin de (Fr. actor, th. man., and dramatist: 1712-1763):