ILLUSTRATIONS. Volume One.

In Photogravure.

David BelascoFrontispiece

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David Belasco, About 188516

David Warfield26

Mrs. Leslie Carter as Du Barry42

David Belasco60

Blanche Bates as Yo-San, in “The Darling of the Gods”76

David Belasco, About 1889-’9090

David Belasco136

Frances Starr224

Augusta Belasco, Mrs. William Elliott298

Reina Belasco, Mrs. Morris Gest300

David Belasco320

David Belasco336

David Belasco418

In Halftone.

Blanche Bates as Cigarette, in “Under Two Flags”2

A Scene from Belasco’s “Under Two Flags”6

David Warfield as Simon Levi, in “The Auctioneer”12

Mrs. Leslie Carter as Du Barry34

Charles A. Stevenson as King Louis the Fifteenth, in Belasco’s “Du Barry”40

Belasco, About 190246

Belasco’s “Studio” in the First Belasco Theatre54

Belasco in His Studio at the First Belasco Theatre58

A Scene from “The Darling of the Gods”72

George Arliss as Zakkuri, the Minister of War, in “The Darling of the Gods”82

Henrietta Crosman as Mistress Kitty Bellairs, in “Sweet Kitty Bellairs”100

David Warfield as Herr Anton von Barwig, in “The Music Master”114

Scene in Front of the Belasco Theatre, Pittsburgh, Pa.126

Belasco’s “Adrea” Curtains150

The Members of the Theatrical Syndicate168

The Crowning Room,—Belasco’s Production of “Adrea”178

Mrs. Leslie Carter as Adrea, in the Tragedy of that Name186

Henry Irving in the Last Year of His Life—1904-’05194

Blanche Bates as The Girl, in “The Girl of the Golden West”198

To David Belasco212

In Remembrance214

The Opera of “The Girl of the Golden West”—A Souvenir, to Belasco218

Frances Starr as Jaunita, in “The Rose of the Rancho”232

Belasco in His Workshop238

Switchboard of the Second Belasco Theatre, New York246

David Warfield as Wes’ Bigelow, in “A Grand Army Man”254

Charlotte Walker as Agatha Warren, in “The Warrens of Virginia”264

David Belasco and His Father, Humphrey Abraham Belasco, in San Francisco, February, 1909—Their Last Meeting272

Nance O’Neil as Odette De Maigny and Julia Dean (the Younger) as Christine De Maigny, in “The Lily”282

Belasco, About 1911286

Leo Ditrichstein as Gabor Arany and Janet Beecher as Helen, Mrs. Arany, in “The Concert”290

“Oft in the Still Night”294

David Warfield as Peter Grimm, in “The Return of Peter Grimm”304

“The Student”—David Belasco312

David Belasco328

Frances Starr as Becky, in “The Case of Becky”344

Belasco, About 1914352

Frances Starr as Marie-Odile360

Lenore Ulric as Wetona, in “The Heart of Wetona”372

Belasco at Orienta Point—Summer Home of His Daughter, Mrs. Gest428

Benjamin F. Roeder, Belasco’s General Business Manager438

Sarah Bernhardt450

David Warfield as Van Der Decken456

Ina Claire as Polly Shannon, in “Polly With a Past”460

Lenore Ulric as Rose, in “Tiger Rose”466

David Belasco—His Latest Portrait, 1918470

Belasco Leading the Parade of “The Lambs” up Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D. C.476