| THE LIFE OF DAVID BELASCO—VOLUME TWO |
| PAGE |
| “Under Two Flags.”—Blanche Bates the Rising Star | 1 |
| Belasco and David Warfield:—Their First Meeting | 6 |
| Warfield and “The Auctioneer” | 11 |
| In the Grip of the Octopus.—Ancient Methods in Modern Business | 16 |
| Testimony under Oath.—Belasco versus Erlanger | 20 |
| Law versus Justice | 23 |
| A Faithful Friend:—Warfield for Belasco.—The End of “The Auctioneer” | 24 |
| Temperamental Sympathy.—Early Reading: “The Low Sun Makes the Color” | 28 |
| Genesis of Belasco’s Du Barry.—Character of the Historic Original | 31 |
| A Fanciful Fabric.—“Du Barry” First Produced | 34 |
| Richepin and the “Du Barry” Lawsuit | 42 |
| A Gracious Tribute.—“Remember That We Loved You” | 45 |
| The Theatric Richmond “Looks Proudly o’er the Crown” | 47 |
| A Dangerous Accident.—Altering the Republic | 52 |
| The First Belasco Theatre | 55 |
| “After Thirty Years of Labor.”—Belasco in His Own Theatre:—The Opening Night | 60 |
| The First Programme | 62 |
| A Stupid Disparagement.—Inception of “The Darling of the Gods” | 67 |
| The Play and the Performance of “The Darling of the Gods” | 73 |
| The Creation of Dramatic Effects.—Difficulties with the River of Souls | 82 |
| An Operatic Project.—Petty Persecutions.—An Arrest for Libel | 85 |
| Second Season at the Belasco.—A Contemptible Outrage | 91 |
| Henrietta Crosman and “Sweet Kitty Bellairs&#
ore Ulric.—And “The Heart of Wetona” | 366 |
| VARIOUS PRODUCTIONS—MISCELLANEOUS RECORD: |
| “What’s Wrong.”—“The Vanishing Bride.”—“The Love Thought.”—“Alias.” | 373 |
| “The Governor’s Lady” | 377 |
| “Years of Discretion” | 381 |
| “The Temperamental Journey” | 386 |
| A Revival of the “Auctioneer” | 386 |
| A Maniac’s Play—“The Man Inside” | 387 |
| Belasco in Chinatown | 394 |
| An Admonition to Stage Aspirants | 398 |
| “The Phantom Rival” | 402 |
| “The Boomerang” | 406 |
| “Seven Chances” | 411 |
| “The Little Lady in Blue.”—The Last Play Ever Seen by William Winter | 413 |
| “The Very Minute”—A Memorandum | 416 |
| Summary | 418 |
| A Great Shakespearean Project | 441 |
| Concerning Sarah Bernhardt | 448 |
| Brief Extracts from Miscellaneous Correspondence | 452 |
| APPENDIX (BY J. W.) |
| “Van Der Decken” | 459 |
| “Polly with a Past” | 462 |
| “Tiger Rose” | 465 |
| Chronology of the Life of David Belasco (W. W.) | 473 |
| Index | 543 |
