Chapter 22

“Struck Oil” (play):107.Stuart’s Park Th., N. Y.: opened,58.Stuart, William (Edmund C. O’Flaherty: Irish-Am. journalist and th. man.: 1821-1886): Boucicault visits,58.Sullivan, Barry (Irish actor and th. man.: 1823-1891):132;opens Baldwin’s A. of M., S. F.,87;repertory of, at same,88;B.’s recollections of,89.Sun,” “The New York (newspaper): letter of Raymond to,66.Sutter, —— (dramatist):28.Swain, Caroline (Mrs. Frank Gardner: actress):97.Swartz, Edward J. (Am. playwright):345.“Sweethearts” (comedy):312.“Sweet Lavender” (comedy):344;353.Swift, H. (actor):35.Synge, J. M. (playwright):357.Szamosy, Elza (Hungarian singer):489.TTaber, Robert (Am. actor: 1865-1904):349;B.’s instructive reminiscenceof,352,et seq.;death of,351.Taylor, Howard (Am. journalist and playwright):288;289.Tearle, (George) Osmond (Eng. actor and th. man.: 1852-1901):237;240.Tennyson, Alfred, first Lord (the poet: 1809-1892):43.Tentation,” “La (play): see also “Led Astray”:24;acted in S. F.,63.Terry, Edward O’Connor (Eng. actor and th. man.: 1844-1912):344.Teuton, Stella:416.Thayer, Edward N. (actor: 1798-18—):104;131.Theatre Royal, Victoria: B. appears at, in childhood,10.Theatres: in S. F.—and elsewhere in Calif.,130, et seq.Theatrical managers: early, in Calif.,131.Theatrical Syndicate (or Trust):161.“This Picture and That” (play):471.Thomas, Augustus (Am. dramatist: 1859-19—):317.Thompson, Charlotte (Mrs. Lorraine Rogers: actress: 1843-18—):133.Thompson, Denman (Am. actor, playwright, and th. man.: 1834-1911): B. writes play for—and attitude of, toward it,111,et seq.Thompson, Slason (Am. playwright):247.Thompson, William H. (Scotch-Am, actor: 184—-19—):415.Thorne, Charles Robert, Sr. (Eng.-Am. actor and th. man.: 1823-1893):74;early teacher of B.—and kindness of, to same,78;B. and, fight on horseback in “K. R. III.,”79;employs B.—and unable to pay,85;131.Thorne, Charles Robert, Jr. (Am. actor: 1841-1883):53.Thorne’s Palace Th., S. F.:85.Thorpe, Rose Hartwick (Am. poet: 1850-19—):11.Three Guardsmen,” “The (play):473.Three Singles; or, Two and the Deuce,” “The (farce):474.Ticket-of-Leave Man,” “The (play): B. acts Mrs. Willoughby in,104.“To Oblige Benson” (farce):474.Torrence, John (actor):135.“Trade” (play):313.See also “The Highest Bidder.”Tribune,” “The New York (newspaper):59;225.“True to the Core” (melod.): B.’s version of—and cast,220.Trowbridge, John Townsend (poet: 1827-1916):11.“Twelfth Night”:137.Twenty-third Street Theatre (Proctor’s), N. Y.: account of—and “Men and Women” acted at,373,et seq.“Twice Saved; or, Bertha the Midget” (melod.):49.Two Orphans,” “The (melod.):96.Tyler (Kirkland), Odette (Mrs. Robert D. McLean [Shepherd]: Am. actress: 1869-19—):416.UUgly Duckling,” “The(melod.):383;384;revision of, by B.—and produced—story of,385;cast of,387;end of career of,388;389.“Ultimo” (play):80;run of, in S. F.,82.“Uncle Tom’s Cabin” (melod.): L. Alberta and B. in,49;258.“Under the Gas-Light” (melod.): B. appears in, with Mme. Methua-Scheller,26;92.“Under the Polar Star” (melod.): revised by B.,446.“Under Two Flags” (novel): Falconer’s dramatization of,28;470.Unequal Match,” “The (comedy):69.Union Square Th., N. Y.: first performance of “Led Astray” at,39.Union Square Theatre Co. (of N.Y.): directed in S. F. by B.,105;tribute of, to B.,106.Unofficial Patriot,” “The (novel):200.Upper Crust,” “The (comedy):220.“Used Up” (farcical comedy):59.VVagabonds,” “The (poem):11;44.Valasco: early form of name Belasco,1.“Valerie” (comedy): B. writes, for Wallack,298,et seq.;cast of,304.Vane, Alice (actress): in “Rip Van Winkle,”71.Varian, Nina (Am. actress: died, 1880):179.“Venice Preserved” (play):160.Venua, Wesley (th. man.):130.Vernon, Mrs. George (Jane Marchant Fisher: Am. actress: 1792-1869):153.Vicar of Wakefield,” “The: B.’s dramatization of,106.Vie de Bohème,” “La:53.Vinson, James H. (Am. actor and stage man.):35;217.Vulgar Boy,” “The (poem):43.WWade’s Opera House, S. F.: Rignold in “K. Henry V.” at,90.Wagnalls, Lincoln (th. man.):349.Walcot, Charles Melton, Sr. (Eng.-Am. actor: 1816-1868):153.Wallace, “Jake” (old-time Calif. “minstrel”):74;B.’s recollections of—dramatic character copied from,75.Wallack, James William, the Elder (Eng.-Am. actor and th. man.: 1795-1864):167.Wallack, James William, the Younger (Eng.-Am. actor and th. man.: 1818-1873):72;132;hisFagin,167;197.Wallack, Lester(John Johnstone Wallack: Am. actor, th. man., and dramatist: 1820-1888):56;153;offer of, to buy play, rejected,182;wishes to employ B.,205,et seq.;237;241;242;243;244;245;246;B. writes “Valerie” for,298,et seq.;excellent quality of his acting,303;note of, to B.,304;offers B. employment—and B.’s view of,305.Wallack’s Lyceum, N. Y.:8.Wallack’s Theatre, N. Y.: “Forbidden Fruit” at,57;“Mora”—and “Mimi,” produced at—Boucicault at, in “Kerry” and “Used Up,”58.Waller, Daniel Wilmarth (actor and th. man.):131.Wallet of Time,” “The (dramatic history, etc.):68.Wall Street Bandit,” “A (play):311.Walsh, Blanche (Am. actress: 18—-19—):349.Walter, Eugene (Am. journalist and playwright: 1876-19—):456.Walters, Clara Jean (Am. actress):48.“Wanted, a Divorce” (play):97.Ward, Artemus (Charles Farrar Browne: Am. humorist: 1835-1867):148.Ward (Mary Augusta), Mrs. Humphry (Eng. novelist: 1851-19—):356.Ward, James W. (actor): B. works for,96.Warfield, David (Am. actor: 1866-19—):113;B. on ambition of, to actShylock,139.Warner, Charles (Eng. actor and th. man.: 1847-1909):185.Warner, Charles Dudley (Am. man of letters: 1829-1900):64;66.Warner, Neil (actor: 1830-1901):133.Warwick, James H. (actor):131.“Watson’s Art Journal”:18.Watson, Mary (Am. actress):74.Webster, Daniel (the statesman: 1782-1852):9.“Wedded by Fate” (melod.):227;228.Wellington, Duke of:131.Wells, Mary (Mrs. Richard Stœples: Eng.-Am. actress: 1829-1878): first appearance of, in Am.,23;same, in S. F.—and B.’s first formal appearance on stagenotmade with,24.Wells, Minnie (singing actress): B.’s first formal appearance on stage made with,24;25.Wheatcroft, Nelson (Am. actor):360;415.Wheatleigh, Charles (Am. actor and th. man.: 18—-18—):69;132;261.Wheelock, Joseph, Sr. (Eng. actor: 183[8?]-1908):286.Whiffen, Thomas (actor):71;72.Whitney, Fred. C. (Am. th. man.):436Whittlesey, White (Am. actor):349.“Who Killed Cock Robin?” (burlesque): B. in,86.Widmer, Henry (musician and orchestra conductor: 1845-1895): music for “Passion Play” by,115.Wife,” “The (drama—Knowles’):46;87;92;103.Wife,” “The(comedy—by B. and De M.):321;B.’s recollection of writing of,327,et seq.;quality, and story, of,329,et seq.;success of, due to B.’s invention—and cast of,334;ordered withdrawn—and forced by B. to success,336;337;355;432.“Wild Oats” (comedy):90.Williams, Barney (Irish-Am, actor and th. man.: 1823-1876):133.Williams, Mrs. Barney (Irish-Am. actress: 18—-18—):133.Williamson, James Cassius (Am.-Australian actor and th. man.: 1846-1913):36;107.Willing Hand,” “The (melod.):96.Willow Copse,” “The (melod.):69.Wills, William Gorman (Irish-Eng. poet, dramatist, and novelist: 1830-1891):107.Wilson, John (actor):132;135.Wilson, Primrose & West Minstrel Co.:113.Wilson, R. A. (Am. actor):35.Wilton, Ellie (Am. actress):74.“Wine, Woman, and Cards” (melod.):98.Winter, E. Wales (th. agent):349.“Within an Inch of His Life” (story): B.’s dramatization of—success of same—and “effects” in,113;cast of,114;189.Woman in Red,” “The (melod.):49;261.Woman in White,” “The (play): J. Dean in,8.Woman of the People,” “A (melod.): adapted by B.,107.“Won at Last” (play):189;190;272.Wonder,” “The (comedy):88.Wonderful Scamp,” “The: see “Aladdin No.2.”Wood, Col. J. H. (th. man.):86.Wood Rose (actress):105;B. makes play for,108.Woodard, John R. (Am. actor, stage man., and th. man.):24;25;35;36;131.Woodard, Mary (actress):131.Woods, Rev. T. C.:4.World,” “The (melod.):239;250.Worthing, Frank (Francis George Pentland: Scotch-Am. actor and playwright: 1866-1910):471;performance of, in “Naughty Anthony,”474;same,475.Wren, “Fred” (Am. actor):192.Wyndham, Sir Charles, kt. (1837-19—):395;396;398;399.(X)YYankee,” “The (play): B. writes for Owens—and rejected,78.Yates, Frederick Henry (actor):173.Young Widow,” “The (play):103.Younger Son,” “The(play): adopted by B.,428;produced—story, and cast, of,429;failure of,430.“Youth” (melod.):246.ZZangwill, Israel (Eng. novelist: 1864-19—):473.“Zaza” (play):454;author’s strictures on, and on production of, by B.,456,et seq.;production—contents—and significance of,461,et seq.;Mrs. Carter’s performance in,464;cast of,465;466;B. and C. Frohman present, in London—disgust of the Fr. authors thereof,484;and B.’s amusing account thereof,485,et seq.Zoe, Mlle. Marie (Cuban dancer): B. engaged to assist,70.Zola, Émile (Fr. playwright):184.


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