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.;
acts Antony, 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.

F
Fairbank, N. K. (capitalist): agrees to “back” B. and Mrs. Carter, 385;
withdraws support and repudiates obligations, re Mrs. 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 first Rip 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, as Hamlet, 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, re use 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.

G
Gaboriau, 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.

H
Haase, 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): acts Paul 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—re mechanical 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;
acts Rip Van Winkle—and Solon Shingle, 71;
acts Bambuno—and
Sikes—version of “Charles O’Malley” by—and in “The Sphinx,” 72;
at Baldwin’s A. of M., 87;
B. on, as Rip, 168;
as Rip—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.