1878. January. 4. He played at the Opera House, San José, as a member of the Frayne Troupe (Frank I. Frayne, manager), comprising also M. B. Curtis, H. M. Brown, E. N. Thayer, Mrs. Harry Courtaine, Gertrude Granville, and Miss Fletcher. He played in many Pacific Slope towns and cities with this company. January-March. He returned to San Francisco and performed miscellaneous theatrical drudgery. March. 4. Belasco played _James Callin_, and _Pablo_, _an Italian Harpist_, in the prologue and drama of “Across the Continent,” with Oliver Doud Byron, at the Bush Street Theatre, San Francisco. (Six nights: revival, March 18 to 23.) 26. The New York Union Square Company acted at the Baldwin Theatre, San Francisco, in “Agnes,” and Belasco appeared with it, as the valet, _Rudolphe_. April. 8. “One Hundred Years Old” was acted at the Baldwin Theatre, Belasco playing the servant, _Louis_. 15. “Saratoga” was acted at the Baldwin, Belasco playing _Gyp_. 25. “A Celebrated Case” was revived at the Baldwin, Belasco playing a subsidiary part. May, _et seq._ Belasco travelled with the Union Square Theatre Company, as stage manager, during a tour of towns and cities of California, Oregon, etc. At the end of that tour he received a memorable tribute from the members of the company: see page 106. July. 8. Boucicault’s “The Octoroon,” “retouched and rearranged” by Belasco, was revived at the Baldwin Theatre. September. 2. Belasco’s version of “The Vicar of Wakefield,” entitled (like Wills’ version) “Olivia,” was produced for the first time at the Baldwin Theatre, San Francisco, Rose Wood acting _Olivia_, A. D. Bradley _Dr. Primrose_, James O’Neill _Mr. Barchell_, and Lewis Morrison _Squire Thornhill_. October. 14. An alteration by Belasco of Wills’ “A Woman of the People” was acted at the Baldwin. 28. Belasco’s “Proof Positive” was acted at the Baldwin. November. 4. Clara Morris began her first San Francisco engagement at the Baldwin, Belasco being the stage manager.