DAVID BELASCO
Born, San Francisco, Cal., July 25, 1853. A complete chronology of Mr.
Belasco's plays is to be found in the Winter biography. Here are only
listed those plays written after his arrival in New York. The list does
not include the plays presented by him merely in the capacity as
manager. "May Blossom" (New York: Madison Square Theatre, April 12,
1884); "Valerie," from Sardou (New York: Wallack's Theatre, February 15,
1886); "Baron Rudolph," with Bronson Howard (New York: Fourteenth Street
Theatre, October 24, 1887); "The Wife," with Henry DeMille (New York:
Lyceum Theatre, November I, 1887); "Lord Chumley," with Henry DeMille
(New York: Lyceum Theatre, August 21, 1888); "The Charity Ball," with
Henry DeMille (New York: Lyceum Theatre, November 19, 1889); "Men and
Women," with Henry DeMille (New York: Proctor's 23rd Street Theatre,
October 21, 1890); "Miss Helyett," from the French (New York: Star
Theatre, November 3, 1891); "The Girl I Left Behind Me," with Franklyn
Fyles (New York: Empire Theatre, January 25, 1893); "The Younger Son,"
from the German (New York: Empire Theatre, October 24, 1893); "The Heart
of Maryland" (New York: Herald Square Theatre, October 22, 1895);
"Zaza," from the French of Berton and Simon (New York: Garrick Theatre,
January 8, 1899); "Naughty Anthony" (New York: Herald Square Theatre,
January 8, 1900); "Madame Butterfly," from the novel by John Luther Long
(New York: Herald Square Theatre, March 5, 1900); "Du Barry" (New York:
Criterion Theatre, December 25, 1901); "The Darling of the Gods" (New
York: Belasco Theatre, now the Republic, December 3, 1902); "Sweet Kitty
Bellairs," from a novel by the Edgertons (New York: Belasco Theatre, now
the Republic, December 8, 1903); "Adrea," with John Luther Long (Belasco
Theatre, New York, now the Republic, January 11, 1905); "The Girl of the
Golden West" (New York: Belasco Theatre, now the Republic, November 14,
1905); "The Rose of the Rancho," with Richard Walton Tully (New York:
Belasco Theatre, now the Republic, November 27, 1906); "A Grand Army
Man," in collaboration (New York: Stuyvesant Theatre, now the Belasco,
October 16, 1907); "The Lily," from the French of Wolff and Leroux (New
York: Stuyvesant Theatre, now the Belasco, December 23, 1909); "The
Return of Peter Grimm" (New York: Belasco Theatre, January 2, 1911);
"The Secret," from the French of Henry Bernstein (New York: Belasco
Theatre, December 23, 1913); "Van Der Decken" (Wilmington, Del.: The
Playhouse, December 12, 1915.) This list represents only a small part of
Mr. Belasco's activities.