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157;330.Montague, Winnetta (Leleah Burphé Bigelow—Mrs. Arnold W. Taylor: died, 1877):96;marriage of, and W. Montgomery—death of,167.Montgomery, Walter(Richard Tomlinson: Am. actor: 1827-1871): B.’s early admiration of—extraordinary performance of, supported by Barrett, McCullough, etc.—and last appearances in Calif.,42;programmes of his “Royal Recitals,”43;95;130;132;164;165;not enamoured of R. Massey,166;marriage and suicide of,167.Montrose, James Graham, Marquess of (1612-1650): philosophy of,371.Moonlight Marriage,” “The(play):179;produced, and cast of,180;182;185.Moore, “Maggie” (Mrs. James Cassius Williamson: Am.-Australian actress):107;182.“Mora” (play): produced in N. Y.,58.“More Blunders than One” (farce):49.Mordant, Frank (Am. actor: 1841-19—):382;fine performance by,415.Mordaunt, Marian (Mrs. —— Strickland: Am. actress): B. acts in bft. for,36.Moreto, Augustin (Spanish dramatist: 1618-1661):51.Morning Call,” “A (farce):36.Morse, Salmi (Samuel Moss: Ger.-Am. playwright: 1826-1883): his “Passion Play,”114,et seq.;reads same to author and others,117;same—and on his purpose in writing,120;his “Temple Theatre,”374;375.Morris, Clara (Clara Morrison, Mrs. Frederick C. Harriott: Can.-Am. actress and writer: 1848-19—): first appearance of, in S. F., directed by B.,108.Morris, William (Am. actor: 1861-19—):382.Morrison, Lewis (Am. actor and th. man.: 1845-1906): actsRomeowith A. Neilson,63;110;132;178;179;189.Morrison, Hon. Robert Francis (Judge—in S. F.):117.Morrison, R. W. (lawyer):388.Morton, John Maddison (Eng. dramatist: 1811-1891):313.Moser, Gustav von (Ger. dramatist: 1825-1903):80.“Moths” (novel): dramatization of,30.“Mr. and Mrs. Peter White” (entertainment):69;80.“Much Ado About Nothing”:137.Murdock, Frank (Am. actor and playwright):200.Murdock, James Edward (Am. actor: 1813-1893):132.Murphy (Donnelly), Joseph (Am. “negro minstrel” and actor: 1832-1915): Belasco acts with, in “Help,”34;35;B. acts with, at Shiels’ O. H., in various plays,49.“Musette” (play):188.Music Master,” “The(play):139.“My Neighbor’s Wife” (farce):474.“My Partner” (play):348.Mysterious Inn,” “The(melod.):98.“My Turn Next” (farce):103.N“Nancy & Co.” (farce):306.“Natural” acting: early great exemplars of,153.“Naughty Anthony” (farce):113;469;first production—and in N. Y.—contents and quality of,473;474;serious purpose of B. in—and performances in,475;comment on,476;491.Neilson, Lilian Adelaide(Elizabeth Ann Bland—Mrs. Philip Lee: Eng. actress: 184[6?]-1880): her first S. F. engagement—B.appears with, during,63;133;209;her farewell engagement,210;last appearance of—and B.’s reminiscence of,211,et seq.;214.Newstader, Rabbi: marries B. and Cecilia Loverich:45.New Babylon,” “The (melod.):125.New Magdalen,” “The (novel): Le Roy’s version of,46;Collins’ characterization of dramatizations—Bella Pateman acts in—Collins’ dramatization of, produced,47;48;84;231;254.New Way to Pay Old Debts,” “A (tragedy):87;222;224.“Nick o’ the Woods” (“The Jibbenainosay,”q.v.—melod.):69.Nickenson, John (Can. actor):157.Night Off,” “A (farce):306.Night Session,” “A (farce):450.“Ninon” (play):221.“Nita; or, Woman’s Constancy” (melod.):70.“Nordeck” (melod.):312.Norton, “Emperor”: mimicry of, by B.,37;38.“Not Guilty” (melod.): B.’s version of, produced in S. F.—cast—success of—and B.’s reminiscences of,109;453.“Not Such a Fool as He Looks” (comedy):343.“Notre Dame”: Wheatleigh’s dramatization of,69.Nunnemacher, Jacob (th. man.):196.OOates, Mrs. James A. (Alice Merritt: singer and th. man.: 1849-1887): her opera co. at Baldwin’s A. of M.,88.Octoroon,” “The (play): B.’s alteration of,106;254;revived by B. and G. Frohman—cast of,255,et seq.;257;261.Ohnet, Georges (French novelist and dramatist: 1848-19—):296.“Olivia” (play): produced,106;cast of—and contents,107.“Oliver Twist” (play): revival of, by Herne, etc.,72;198;372;390.“One Hundred Years Old” (play):105.“One of Our Girls” (comedy):312.O’Neill, James (Irish-Am, actor: 1849-19—):85;succeeds Cathcart asRichmond,88;105;success of, in “Proof Positive,”108;114;impersonatesJesus Christ, in “Passion Play,”115;arrested and imprisoned,117;fined,118;123;B.’s opinion of hisJesus Christ,125;132;178;179;180;186;188;190;473.“One Thousand Milliners” (farce):90.“Only a Tramp” (melod.):321;failure of,325;cast of,326.See also “Baron Rudolph.”Osborne, George (actor):261.“Othello”:137;247;249;332.“Ouida” (Mlle. Louise de la Ramée: Eng. novelist: 1839-1908): her “Under Two Flags,” mentioned,28;308.“Our American Cousin” (play):51.“Our Boys” (comedy):261.“Our Mysterious Boarding House” (farce):98.“Ours” (play):180.“Out at Sea” (melod.):49.Owens, John Edmond (Am. actor and th. man.: 1823-1886): B.’s recollections of—and same writes a play for, etc.,78;132;153.P(Q)Paine, Albert Bigelow (Am. author and ed.: 1861-19—): his “Mark Twain, a Biography,” quoted,65.Palmer, Albert Marshall(Am. th. man.: 1839-1905):55;56;126;128;129;friction with B.,293;294;B. negotiates with,368;places theatres at disposal of B., for rehearsals,369;agrees to produce “The Heart of Maryland,”432;forced to abandon that project,435.Palmer, “Minnie” (Mrs. Daniel Edward Bandmann: actress):133.“Paradise Lost”:120.Park Theatre, N. Y.: “The Gilded Age” at,68.Parlor Match,” “A (farce):436.Parts, dramatic: all sorts of, played by B.,137;list of more than 170 of B.’s,140,et seq.Partridge, William Ordway (Am. sculptor: 1861-19—):349.Passion Play,” “The(Morse’s): produced in S. F.—and examination and account of,114,et seq.Pateman, Bella (Mrs. Robert Pateman: actress: 1844-1908): first appearance of, in S. F.,46;“The New Magdalen” dramatized for, at B.’s suggestion,47;estimates of, as actress,48.“Paul Arniff” (melod.):214;215;cast of,216.Paul, Logan (actor):261.“Pauline” (play): B. appears in, with the Keans,10.“Pawn Ticket210” (melod.): written for Lotta—produced, etc.,317,et seq.;cast of,320.Pearson, A. Y. (th. man.: 186[2?]-1903):400.Pell, Katie (actress):74.People’s Lawyer,” “The (play):78;103.“Peril; or, Love at Long Branch” (play):81.Persecuted Traveller,” “The(farce):98.Pettitt, Henry (Eng. playwright: 1848-1893):227;258.Phelps, Charles (M.D.: 18— -19—):120.Phelps, Fanny Morgan (actress):74;97.Phillips, Watts (Eng. dramatist: 1829-1874):108;110;179.Piatt, Don (Am. writer): onRipandFanchon,169.Piercy, Samuel W. (Am. actor and playwright: 18— -1882): death of—and B.’s admiration for,69;217.Pilar-Morin, Mile. —— (Fr. actress):492.Pinero, Sir Arthur Wing (kt., cr., 1909: Eng. actor and dramatist: 1855-19—):73;246;344.“Pink Dominos” (farce):189.Piper, John (Ger.-Am. th. man.: 1830-1897): engages B.,50;B.’s experiences under management of,51,et seq.;his stock co.,62;B. freed from,63.Piper, Mrs. John: B.’s painful experience with,62.Piper’s Opera House, Virginia City: particulars about—and B. engaged at,50.Pixley [Shea], Annie (Mrs. Robert Fulford: Am. actress: 1858-1893):74.“Pizarro” (play):6;in J. Dean’s repertory,7.Placide, Henry (Am. actor: 1800-1870):153.Platt, George Foster:349.“Playing with Fire” (farcical comedy):474.Plays: altered and adopted by B.—and Mrs. Bates on B.’s felicity in such work,84;acted in by B.—more than 170 enumerated,141,et seq.“Pluto” (burlesque):37.Plympton, Eben (Am. actor: 1853-1915):132;312.Poe, Edgar Allan (the poet, etc.: 1809-1849):43.Polish Jew,” “The (play):171.Pond, Anson (Am. playwright):348.Ponisi, Mme. James (Elizabeth Hanson—Mrs. Samuel Wallis: Eng.-Am. actress: 1818-1899):177;298.Poole, Mrs. —— (actress):132.“Poor Richard’s Almanac”:4.Post of Honor,” “The (play):106.Potter, Mrs. James Brown (Cora Urquhart: Am.-Eng. actress and th. man.: 1859-19—);492;493.Potter, Paul Meredith (Am. journalist and playwright: 1853-19—):383;433.Potter, John S. (th. man.):131.Powers, Francis (Am. actor and playwright):447;448.Powers, “Harry” (Am. th. business ag’t.):426;427.Prescott, Marie (Am. actress: died, 1893):242.Pretty Housebreaker,” “The (play):70.Price, Edward D. (Am. th. agent):383.Price, “Lizzie” V. (Mrs. W. Wintle—Mrs. Charles Albert Fechter: Am. actress: 18— -18—):69.“Priestess” (play):9.Prince and the Pauper,” “The (novel): play on, suggested by Elsie Leslie,365;B. revises same, when made,366;B. rehearses—and is successfully produced,367;368.Proctor, F. F. (Am. man. of varieties theatres):373;375.Proctor, Joseph B. (Am. actor and th. man.: 1816-1897): B. appears with, in “The Jibbenainosay,”26.Prodigal’s Return,” “The(play):98.“Proof Positive” (play): B. makes, for R. Wood,108.Puccini, Giacomo (Italian musical composer: 1858-19—):75;488;B. gives him operatic rights of “Madame Butterfly,”489;his opera of “Madama Butterfly” considered,490,et seq.R“Raising the Wind” (farce):32.Rajah; or, Wyndcot’s Ward,” “The (play):279;280.Raleigh, Cecil (Eng. playwright):317.Raven,” “The (poem):43.Raymond(O’Brien),John T.(Irish-Am, actor: 1836-1887): appears in S. F. in “Led Astray,”63;first produces Densmore’s version of “The Gilded Age”—and B.’s recollections of,64;B.’s account of not accurate,65;his performance ofColonel Sellers,68;135;168.Rea, Frank (actor):24;35.Rea, Mrs. Frank (actress):35.Reade, Charles (Eng. novelist, dramatist, and th. man.: 1815-1884): Mayo’s version of his “Griffith Gaunt,”71;185;257.Reece, Robert (Eng. dramatist: 1838-1891):313.Rehan, Ada (Ada Crehan: Irish-Am. actress: 1860-1916): first appearance of, under Daly,185;307;392;470.“Rev. Griffith Davenport” (melod.): derivation of,199.Rice, Edward E. (Am. th. man.: 18—-18—):196.Rice, Thomas D. (Am. “negro minstrel”: 1808-1860):38.Rice, Isaac B. (Am. th. man.: 1827-1908):337;387.Rich & Harris (th. man’s.):401.Richardson, Samuel (Eng. novelist: 1689-1761):3.“Richelieu” (play):94;247.Riddle, Eliza (Mrs. William Henry Sedley-Smith: 180[8?]-1861: actress):32.Rignold, George (Eng. actor and th. man.: 1838-1912): actsKing Henry the Fifthin S. F.—brought to Am. by Jarrett & Palmer,90;91;133.“Rip Van Winkle” (play): Herne’s version of,70;same,182;202.Rising Moon,” “The (melod.):49.Road to Ruin,” “The (comedy):29.Robe, Annie (Am. actress):298;302.“Robert Elsmere” (novel) Gillette’s dramatization of, revised by B.,356.“Robert Macaire” (melod.): B.’s liking for—and often acted by,80;90;103.Roberts, Theodore (Am. actor: 1861-19—): fine performance of, asScar-Brow,415.Roberts, R. A. (actor): fine performance by,382.Robertson, Agnes Kelly (Mrs. Dion Boucicault: Eng. actress: 1833-1916):57;153.Robertson, Peter (Am. journalist: 1847-1911):247.Robertson, “Sue” (actress): bft. performance for, at Maguire’s O. H.,13.Robson, Stuart (Am. actor: 1836-1903):375.Roche, Frank (actor):46;47.Rodgers, James (Eng. actor and th. man.: 1826-1890):53.Rodgers, Katharine (actress):53;in Virginia City,60;her first appearance in S. F.,61;133.Roeder, Benjamin Franklin (general business manager for David Belasco):422;450.Rogers, Lorraine:18.Rogers, Miss (“beautiful school teacher”): B. “barnstorms” with,79,et seq.;80;B. leaves,81.Roll of the Drum,” “The (play): by B.—another of same name,13.Romance of a Poor Young Man,” “The (dramatization from novel):311.“Romeo and Juliet”: A. Neilson in,63;137;138;209.“Rosedale; or, The Rifle Ball” (melod.):344.Rossi, Ernesto (Italian actor and th. man.: 1829-1896):252;253.Rowe, George Fawcett (Eng.-Am. actor and dramatist: 1834-1889): in S. F.,92;133.Rowe, Joseph (th. man.):131.Rough Diamond,” “The (play):103.Russian Honeymoon,” “A (play):279.“Ruy Blas” (play):69.Ryer, George (th. man.):131.S“Sag Harbor” (melod.):198;199.Salamon, Hon. —— (Governor of Calif.): helps Modjeska,101.Salvini, Tommaso (It. actor and th. man.: 1829-1916): first Am. appearance of, author present at,59;153;168;170;171.“Sam’l of Posen” (melod.):295.Sanger, Frank:401.“Saratoga” (play):105.Sardou, Victorien (Fr. dramatist: 1831-1908):125;311.Sargent, Epes (Am. dramatist, poet, etc.: 1812-1880):9.Sargent, Franklin Haven (Am. teacher of acting: 1856-19—):349;353.Saunders, Mrs. C. R. (Elizabeth Jefferson—Mrs. Jacob Wonderly Thoman: actress):131;132;135.Saturday Review,” “The London (newspaper):485.Sawtell, J. A. (Am. actor and th. man.): B.’s first meeting with—later association with B.,85.“Schermerhorn’s Boy” (farce):37.“School” (comedy):69.School for Scandal,” “The (comedy):177;179.Scott, Clement (Eng. journalist and playwright: 1841-1904):485.Scrap of Paper,” “A (comedy):178.“Secret Service” (melod.): B.’s “The H. of Maryland” precedes,453;an effective hodge-podge,454.Sedley-Smith, William Henry (Eng.-Am. actor, th. man., and stage man.: 1806-1872): early friend of B.’s—and sketch of life of,28,et seq.;death of,33;135.Shakespeare, William,87;90;91;136;138;157;456;457;458.Shannon, Effie (Mrs. Herbert Kelcey [Lamb]: Am. actress: 1869-19—): performance of, in “The Charity Ball,”360.Shattuck, Ada (actress):35.Shaw, George Bernard (Eng. journalist, playwright, and social agitator: 1856-19—):485.“She” (novel): Gillette’s melodrama from, revised by B. and made success of—production and story of same,337,et seq.;356;387.Sheehan, Joseph F. (singer):489.“Shenandoah” (melod.): C. Frohman prospers with,373;439.Sheridan, Emma:349.Sheridan, Richard Brinsley (Irish-Eng. dramatist, th. man., orator, etc.: 1751-1816):7;330.Sheridan, William E. (Am. actor: 1839-1887):133;first appearance in S. F.,221;B.’s recollectionsof,222;author on,223;224;225.“Shore Acres” (melod.):198;derivation of,200.Simon, Charles (Fr. journalist and playwright: 1850-1910):456;484;485;486.Simpleton,” “The (novel):239.Sinclair, Catharine Norton (Mrs. Edwin Forrest: Scotch-Am. actress: 18[06?]-1891):132.Sitting Bull (Sioux Indian Medicine Man):404;death of,405.Smith, Edward Tyrrell (Eng. th. man.: 1804-1877):193.Smith, John P. (actor):229.Smith, Mrs. Sol. (—— Sedley-Smith [real name, Sedley: daughter of W. H. Sedley-Smith]—Mrs. Sedley Brown—Mrs. Sol[omon] Smith, Jr.: Am. actress: 1830-1917):32.“Solon Shingle” (play):78.Sothern, Edward Askew (Eng. actor: 1826-1881): B. acts with,51;132;343.Sothern, Edward Hugh (Am. actor: 1859-19—):317;337;appears in “The Highest Bidder,”316;in “Editha’s Burglar,”317;B. and De Mille write “Lord Chumley” for,340;dissatisfied with that play—persuaded to appear in,341;his performance and success in,344.Soulé, “Susie” (actress):35.Spanier in Peru,” “Die (play): rewritten by Sheridan:7.Sphinx,” “The (play):72.Spotted Tail (Sioux Indian chief):404.Stage, the: established in Calif.,130,et seq.;subjects suitable for exhibition on, author on,457.Stage Struck Chamber-Maid,” “The (farce):49.Stanhope, Adelaide (Mrs. Nelson Wheatcroft):215.Statue Lover,” “The (farce):37.Stark, James (actor):131;132.Stetson, John (Am. speculator in theatricals, etc.: died, 1895):242;243.“Still Waters Run Deep” (melod.):344.Stone, Amy (actress):74.Storm of Thoughts,” “A:98.Story of My Life,” “The (autobiography): B.’s, examined and estimated by author,22,et seq.;B.’s,reBoucicault and B., quoted,55;critically examined by author,148.Strakosch, Max (Moravian-Am. opera man.: 1835-1892):375.Stranglers of Paris,” “The(novel):237;B.’s dramatization of,238;cast of,240.Stranger,” “The (play):9;89;94;458.Streets of New York,” “The (melod.):103.Stœples, Mrs. Richard: see Wells, Mary.“Struck Blind” (story): B.’s dramatization of,84.


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