Chapter C: “Cain” (poem--Byron’s): 120
Caldwell, W. (actor): 135.
California (State of): “gold fever” in, 2.
California Theatre, S. F.: Boucicault’s first Calif. appearance made at, 60;
A. Neilson’s first Calif. appearance made at, 63;
L. Barrett at, in “K. Henry V.,” 91;
opened--and dramatic co. there, 135;
eng. of L. Wallack at, 180.
Call,” “The San Francisco (newspaper): 103.
“Called Back” (melod.): 290; 291, _et seq._; 293; 294.
Callender’s Negro Minstrels: 255.
Calvert, Charles (Eng. actor and th. man.: 1828-1879): 90;
trains G. Rignold, 91;
his revival of “K. Henry V.,” 92.
“Camilla’s Husband” (play): 179.
“Camille” (play): 458.
Campbell, Bartley (Am. dramatist: 1844-1888): 80;
version of “Ultimo” by, 81; 221; 348.
Carey, Eleanor (Am. actress): first appearance of, in S. F.--and B. meets, 92;
reopens Grand O. H., S. F., 97;
B. makes play for, on “Article 47,” 93.
“Carlotta! Queen of the Arena” (play): 72.
Carlyle, Thomas (the historian: 1795-1881): 456.
“Carmen” (opera): 111.
Carr, Mary (actress): 153.
CARTER, MRS. LESLIE (Caroline Louise Dudley--Mrs. William
Louis Payne: Am. actress: 186[4?]-19--):
association of, with B.--and biographical
particulars concerning, 361, _et seq._;
divorced, 362;
first meets B.--crude aspirations of, 362;
follows B. to Echo Lake--and impresses him with talent, 363;
B. determines to train, 364; 366;
antagonism toward, 368; 369; 370; 371;
B.’s training of, 372, _et seq._;
play for, sought by B., 383;
“backing” obtained for--and first appearance of, on stage, 385; 386;
comment on her performance of _Kate Graydon_--difficulties in managing, 387;
first tour of, ended, 388; 389;
fiction _re_ B.’s method of training--letter of,
acknowledging her debt to B., 390, _et seq._;
her recollection of a dark period, 392;
thinks of becoming a “beauty doctor”--managerial
antipathy toward, 393, _et seq._; 394;
goes to Paris to see farce, 396; 421; 422; 425;
B. arranges to bring her out in Chicago, 426; 427; 431; 433; 434;
as _Maryland Calvert_, 444; 446;
sails for Eng., 452; 454;
sails for Am., 455; 472;
acts _Zaza_ in London, 484; 485;
B. invited to
give up direction of, 492;
he refuses same, 493.
“Caryswold” (melod.): 257.
Cat and the Cherub,” “The (play): 451.
Cathcart, Fanny (Mrs. Geo. Darrell: actress): B.
acts with, and G. Darrell, 49.
Cathcart, James F. (Eng.-Aus’n. actor: 1829-1903): 87; 133.
“Caught in a Corner” (play): rewritten by B., 295.
Cayvan, Georgia (Am. actress: 1858-1906): first distinctive success of, 285;
as B.’s _May Blossom_, 328;
hostile to Mrs. L. Carter, 328; 369.
Celebrated Case,” “A (play): 105.
Chanfrau, Francis [usually Frank] S. (Am. actor
and th. man.: 1824-1884): 133; 168.
Chapman, Edith: 349.
Chapman, Logan (actor): 261.
Chapman, William B. (actor): 173.
Chapman Sisters, Ella and Blanche (Am. burlesque actresses): 35; 36; 37;
B. travels with, 46.
Charge of the Light Brigade,” “The (poem): 43.
CHARITY BALL,” “THE (domestic drama): high rank of, 357;
story of, 358, _et seq._;
production--performance--and cast of, 360; 432.
Charke, Charlotte (Charlotte Cibber--Mrs. Richard
Charke: Eng. actress: died, 1760): 40.
“Charles O’Malley” (dramatization of): S. Cowell acts in, 71; 72.
“Childe Harold” (poem): 412.
Children of the Ghetto,” “The (novel): stage synopsis of--a failure, 473.
Chippendale, William H. (actor and th. man.: 1802-1888): 153.
“Chispa” (play): 247; 254.
CHRISTMAS NIGHT; OR, THE CONVICT’S RETURN,” “THE (play): 98.
Chronicle,” “The San Francisco (newspaper): 248.
“CHUMS” (play): 188--and see “Hearts of Oak.”
Cibber, Colley (Eng. actor, dramatist, th. man., etc.: 1671-1757): 87; 137.
“Cinderella” (burlesque): 46.
Clandestine Marriage,” “The (comedy): 160.
Clarke (O’Neill), George (Irish-Am. actor: 1840-1906): 299.
Clarke, John Sleeper (Am.-Eng. actor and th. man.: 1833-1899): 295.
Claxton, Kate (Mrs. Charles A. Stevenson) (Am. actress: 18---19--): 229.
Clemens, Samuel Langhorne (Mark Twain: Am. author: 1835-1910): Densmore’s
ver. of his “The Gilded Age”--letter about same
from, to Howells, quoted, 65;
Raymond’s letter about his “The Golden Age,” 66;
play suggested to, by Elsie Leslie, 365; 366.
Coggswell, William J. (actor): 69.
Coghlan, Charles Francis (Eng.-Am. actor, th. man.,
and dramatist: 1842-1899): 133; 177.
Coghlan, Rose (Mrs. John A. Sullivan: Eng.-Am. actress: 1852-19--): 133;
comes to Am.--and first appearance there--engaged
by Maguire at B.’s request, 177;
attitude of, toward B., 178;
they become friends--first appearance of, in S.
F.--play written for, by B., 179;
she appears in same, 180; 183; 184;
experience of, in rehearsing “L’Assommoir,” 187;
ends S. F. engagement, 188; 237; 246.
Colleen Bawn,” “The (drama): 36.
Collins, John (actor): 132.
Collins, William Wilkie (Eng. novelist and dramatist: 1824-1889): 46;
his “The New Magdalen” dramatized and produced--comment
thereon by, 47; 92; 231.
Colton, “Harry” (actor): 261.
Colville, Samuel (Am. th. man.: 1825-1886): 131; 246.
Comedy of Error,” “The: 137.
Congreve, William (Eng. dramatist: 1670-1729): 302; 330.
Conjugal Lesson,” “A (farce): 80.
Cooke, T. P.: 220.
Cooper, James: marriage of, and J. Dean, 10.
CORCORAN, KATHERINE (Mrs. James A. Herne: Am. actress: 185[8?]-19--): 180;
meeting of, and Herne, 181;
appears in “Chums,” 190;
advises B. and her husband to go East, 191;
first appearance in Chicago, 193;
performance of, in “Hearts of Oak,” 204.
“Coriolanus”: 137.
Corrigan, Emmett (Am. actor): 416.
Corsican Brothers,” “The (melod.): scene in, estimated, 128.
Couldock, Charles Walter (Eng.-Am. actor: 1815-1896): 254; 273.
County Fair,” “The (melod.): 375.
Courtaine, Henry (Am. actor): 36.
Courtaine, Mrs. Henry (Am. actress): 104.
Cowell, Sydney (Mrs. George Giddens: Eng.-Am. actress): 62.
Crane, William Henry (Am. actor and th. man.: 1845-19--): 87; 133.
Crazy Horse (Indian chief): 404.
“Creatures of Impulse” (play): 69.
Creole,” “The (B.’s version of “Article 47”): 93.
Criticism, dramatic: incompetence, the evil of, 155, _et seq._;
folly of much of contemporaneous, 151.
Croly, Vida (Am. actress): 355.
Crook, General George, U. S. A., (1828-1890): 420.
Crook, Mrs. George: relates interesting reminiscence to B., 420, _et seq._
Crow, “Jim” (negro slave): 38.
“Cupid’s Lawsuit” (farce): 176.
“Curfew Must Not Ring To-Night” (poem): 11; 44; 442.
CURSE OF CAIN,” “THE (melod.): 248;
story, 249, _et seq._;
cast of, 252.
Curtis, Maurice Bertram (Maurice Bertram Strelinger:
Am. actor: 18-- ----): 104; 295.
Custer, General George Armstrong (1839-1876): 404.
“Cymbeline”: 137.
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