31. That company appeared, under his direction, at the Baldwin Theatre, in a dramatization of the novel of “Moths.” June. Hayman’s company acted at the Baldwin under Belasco’s direction as follows: 7. In Belasco’s “Valerie.” 14. “The Marble Heart.” 21. “Anselma.” 24. “The Lady of Lyons.” 28. “Alone in London.” July. 18. (Sunday night.) Belasco took a benefit at the Baldwin Theatre, San Francisco: extraordinary programme and great public enthusiasm. 26. He left San Francisco for New York, to take up work there in connection with the Lyceum Theatre. September. Belasco revised A. C. Gunter’s “A Wall Street Bandit,”--which was produced at the Standard Theatre, September 20. 18. Henry C. De Mille’s play of “The Main Line; or, Rawson’s Y” was produced at the Lyceum Theatre, under Belasco’s stage direction. October. 18. May Fortesque (Finney) began an engagement at the Lyceum, acting _Gretchen_, in Gilbert’s “Faust”: Belasco officiated as stage director throughout that engagement, during which Miss Fortesque also acted as _Gilberte_, in “Frou-Frou”; _Iolanthe_, in “King Rene’s Daughter,” and _Jenny Northcott_ in “Sweethearts.” 1887. March. 23. Under Belasco’s direction, pupils of the Lyceum Theatre School of Acting gave a performance, at the Lyceum, of an English translation of Molière’s “Les Précieuses Ridicules.” May. 3. First production, at the Lyceum Theatre, of “The Highest Bidder,” made by Belasco on the basis of a play called “Trade,”--which was written by John Maddison Morton and Robert Reece, for the elder Sothern. Notable success. July. 16. End of the original “run” of “The Highest Bidder,” and close of the season at the Lyceum Theatre. August. 22. Revival of “The Highest Bidder” at the Lyceum. September. 12. “Pawn Ticket 210,” by Belasco and Clay M. Greene, was produced by Lotta, at McVicker’s Theatre, Chicago.