OF

DAVID BELASCO

BY

WILLIAM WINTER

(1836-1917)

"He, being dead, yet speaketh."

VOLUME TWO

NEW YORK

MOFFAT, YARD AND COMPANY

A

HARVARD COLLEGE

MAY 29 1920

LIBRARY

"Vondell funds.

COPYRIGHT, 1918, BY
JEFFERSON WINTER

All Rights Reserved

୮

CONTENTS

THE LIFE OF DAVID BELASCO-VOLUME TWO

"UNDER TWO FLAGS."-BLANCHE BATES THE RIS-

PAGE

ING STAR.

BELASCO AND

MEETING.

DAVID WARFIELD:-THEIR FIRST

WARFIELD AND "THE AUCTIONEER"

IN THE GRIP OF THE Octopus.—ANCIENT METHODS

6

11

16

IN MODERN BUSINESS

TESTIMONY UNDER OATH.-BELASCO VERSUS ER-

A FAITHFUL FRIEND:-WARFIELD FOR BELASCO.-

THE END OF "THE AUCTIONEER".

TEMPERAMENTAL SYMPATHY.EARLY

"THE LOW SUN MAKES THE COLOR"

GENESIS OF BELASCO'S DU BARRY.-CHARACTER OF

THE HISTORIC ORIGINAL.

24

READING:

A FANCIFUL FABRIC.-"DU BARRY" FIRST PRO-

DUCED

RICHEPIN AND THE "DU BARRY" LAWSUIT

ཝཱལྱཱ

34

42

A GRACIOUS TRIBUTE.-"REMEMBER THAT WE

LOVED YOU"

THE THEATRIC RICHMOND "LOOKS PROUDLY O'ER

THE CROWN"

PAGE

"THE WARRENS OF VIRGINIA"

258

"THE EASIEST WAY".

265

"WESTWARD, Ho!"-THE SYNDICATE SUrrenders.

-INCIDENTS OF 1909

269

THE SEASON OF 1909-'10: "IS MATRIMONY A FAIL-

URE?" "THE LILY" AND "JUST A WIFE"

A CHANGE OF NAMES.-THE FARCE OF "THE CON-

CERT"

287

Loss AND GRIEF.-"No MAN

“No

BEARS SORROW

BETTER"

A DRAMA OF SPIRITUALISM

BELASCO'S "THE RETURN OF PETER GRIMM"

CONCERNING THE EUNUCHS OF CRITICASTERISM

"THE WOMAN" AND MR. ABRAHAM GOLDKNOPF

BELASCO AND PLAGIARISM

YORK CAREER BEGAN IN SEPTEMBER, 1882) 328

WRITTEN SUBSEQUENT TO 1882-'83

329

332

332

336

BELASCO AS A DRAMATIST:-A FRAGMENT

THE GOLDKNOPF TRIAL-A UNIQUE DEMONSTRA-

TION

PAGE

A DRAMA OF PSYCHOLOGY:-"THE CASE OF BECKY" 343

RECONCILIATION WITH CHARLES FROHMAN-AND

JOINT PRESENTMENT OF "A CELEBRATED

CASE"

361

LENORE ULRIC.-AND "THE HEART OF WETONA"

VARIOUS PRODUCTIONS-MISCELLANEOUS RECORD:

"WHAT'S WRONG." "THE VANISHING BRIDE.”—

366

A MANIAC'S PLAY "THE MAN INSIDE"

BELASCO IN CHINATOWN

387

394

AN ADMONITION TO STAGE ASPIRANTS

"THE PHANTOM RIVAL"

"THE BOOMERANG"