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The Life of David Belasco; Vol. 1

ILLUSTRATIONS. Volume One.

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In Photogravure.

David BelascoFrontispiece

TO FACE PAGE

William Winterxxvi

John McCullough18

Cecilia Loverich, Mrs. David Belasco44

David Belasco as Robert Macaire80

Edwin Booth as Hamlet94

David Belasco as Marc Antony, in “Julius Cæsar”136

David Belasco as Fagin, in “Oliver Twist”146

Lawrence Barrett as Caius Cassius, in “Julius Cæsar”166

Joseph Jefferson as Rip Van Winkle176

Adelaide Neilson214

David Belasco as King Louis the Eleventh226

David Belasco as Uncle Tom, in “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”258

David Belasco as Hamlet294

In Halftone.

The Infant Belasco and His Parents2

Julia Dean (Hayne)6

“The Keans”: Charles John Kean, & Ellen Tree, Mrs. Kean10

Belasco’s Parents, Humphrey Abraham, and Reina Martin, Belasco, About 186522

William Henry Sedley-Smith28

Mrs. Frank Mark Bates32

Sallie Hinckley32

The Chapman Sisters: Ella Chapman & Blanche Chapman36

Belasco, About 1873-’7540

Joseph Murphy48

John Piper48

Mrs. D. P. Bowers52

Dion Boucicault56

Katharine Rodgers60

John T. Raymond66

Gertrude Granville74

Annie Pixley as M’liss74

Playbill of “The Egyptian Mystery,” at Egyptian Hall, San Francisco, 187798

Helena Modjeska104

Belasco as Armand Duval, in “Camille”130

Belasco, About 1880140

Henry J. Montague150

Augustin Daly, About 1870-’75160

Rose Coghlan178

Nina Varian178

Lewis Morrison188

James O’Neill188

James A. Herne200

Mary Jeffreys-Lewis230

Osmond Tearle230

Thomas Maguire252

F. F. Mackaye262

Gustave Frohman262

Georgia Cayvan286

Charles Frohman292

Daniel Frohman292

Steele Mackaye, About 1886298

Annie Robe304

Kyrle Bellew304

Lester Wallack306

Albert M. Palmer310

Edward H. Sothern, About 1888314

Lotta (Charlotte Crabtree), About the time of “Pawn Ticket 210”320

David Belasco and Clay M. Greene in 1887330

A Scene from the “Electra” of Sophocles, as Produced by Belasco, at the old Lyceum Theatre, New York354

Elsie Leslie as the Pauper-Prince, in “The Prince and the Pauper”366

Henry C. De Mille374

Mrs. Leslie Carter, About the time of “The Ugly Duckling”386

Mrs. Leslie Carter as Miss Helyett400

Belasco, About 1893430

Mrs. Leslie Carter, About 1895438

Mrs. Leslie Carter as Maryland Calvert, in “The Heart of Maryland”446

Mrs. Leslie Carter as Zaza464

Belasco, About 1899-1900472

The Death Scene, Belasco’s “Madame Butterfly”480

Giacomo Puccini484

Geraldine Farrar as Madama Butterfly490

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