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# APPENDIX
## THE HONG KONG AMATEUR DRAMATIC CLUB AND ITS PREDECESSORS Significant Dates and Performances.
(Authors and dates of first publication or production from A. Nicoll, A History of English Drama, "Handlist of Plays".)
(Note: only ADC productions are noted here: professional performances, and performances by Garrison groups or other amateur groups not detailed here).
### 1844/45
18 Dec. 1844 proposed to form a dramatic company of amateurs under patronage of H. E. Governor Davis.
### 1845/46
3 Jan. 1846 Tues. last performance given by "Corps Dramatique" at Aqui's Theatre in the Lower Bazaar.
27 Jan. 1846 party of Amateur Performers presented "The Lady and the Devil" followed by "Fortune's Frolic" Aqui's Theatre.
24 Mar. 1846 Amateur Performers Wed. last, "The Midnight Hour" and "The Sleep Walkers" Theatre.
28 Apr. 1846 Amateur performance Mon. evening at Aqui's.
27 June 1846 - Amateur Performers fifth and last performance at Aqui's Theatre.
8 Jan. 1846 at length a fair prospect of a Theatre being erected in Hong Kong. Idea suggested last year. Half of funds needed already subscribed.
9 Feb. 1846 Meeting of shareholders of proposed Theatre at house of Mr. Just, corner Queen's Road and Pottinger Street.
### 1848/49
1 Nov. 1848 first public performance by amateurs in new theatre (the Victoria) erected by Mr. Duddell. "The Weathercock” (J. T. Allingham, 1805) followed by a comic song, concluded with farce "Rival Valets" (J. Ebsworth, 1805).
1 Dec. 1848 - Amateurs second performance. "Fortune's Frolic" farce (J. T. Allingham, 1799) "Bambastes Furioso" burlesque tragic operetta (W. B. Rhodes, 1810) "The Weathered" farce
### 1852/53
8 Nov. 1852 meeting at City Hall of persons interested in the revival of drama in Hong Kong. To take measures for preserving the Victoria Theatre to the community for purpose it was originally erected. Committee of four to organize Theatrical Company.