During his stay in New York, October-December, this year, Belasco negotiated regarding presentment of “La Belle Russe” with Augustin Daly, John Stetson, A. M. Palmer, and Lester Wallack. He finally sold his interest in that play outright, to Frank L. Goodwin, for $1500, a return ticket to San Francisco, and $100 for travelling expenses. December. 25. Belasco reached San Francisco from New York. 1882. March. 7. First performance of Belasco’s spectacle melodrama of “The Curse of Cain” occurred at the Baldwin. April. 16. End of Thomas Maguire’s control of the Baldwin Theatre, San Francisco. May. 8. First production in New York of Belasco’s play of “La Belle Russe” was made at Wallack’s Theatre,--Osmond Tearle and Rose Coghlan playing the chief parts. June. 12. A “sensation revival” of Belasco’s “retouched and re-arranged” version of Boucicault’s “The Octoroon,” introducing Callender’s Colored Minstrels, was effected at the Baldwin, under the stage direction of Belasco and the management of Gustavo Frohman: notable success. July. 10. Belasco’s “American Born” was acted, for the first time, at the Baldwin Theatre, San Francisco,--Edward N. Marble being then the lessee of that house. --. First meeting of Belasco and Charles Frohman. 18(?). Belasco left San Francisco, travelling, as stage manager, with the [Gustave] Frohman Dramatic Company. 31. That company began an engagement in Denver, Colo.,--at the end of which, apparently, it was disbanded. August. 16. Belasco’s “American Born” was successfully produced, at the Grand Opera House, Chicago, under the joint management of Gustave and Charles Frohman. October. 9. First production of “Young Mrs. Winthrop,” by Bronson Howard, at the Madison Square Theatre. This was the first play produced at that theatre under the stage management of Belasco, and the incident marks his establishment in the Theatre of New York.