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that in more congenial parts Mr. FUNNYDOG will help to compensate us for the loss of that most genial of humourists, our incomplete BRUSHWOOD". The critic ended with the following advice: "For the future it would be better to rehearse three pieces and play two of them the first night; then in the event of a second performance the piece which was received on the first occasion with the heartiest plaudits might be repeated, preceded or followed by the new Drama held ready and in reserve. We are inclined to offer this suggestion owing to the various complaints which we have heard of the lateness of the hour at which Thursday's entertainment concluded, and also from a selfish wish perhaps to have two dramatic treats instead of one” (NCH 16.12.1865).
## APPENDIX I ## Authorlist of plays staged in Shanghai 1850-1865In this list full titles of the plays staged in Shanghai will be found as well as first nights in London (these generally according to Nicoll. History of English Drama).
P: Performance in Shanghai
?: The play is listed under more than one author
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that in more congenial parts Mr, FUNNYDOG will help to compensate us for the loss of that most genial of humourists, our incomplete BRUSHWOOD". The critic ended with the following advice: "For the future it would be better to rehearse three pieces and play two of them the first night; then in the event of a second performance the piece which was received on the first occasion with the heartiest plaudits might be repeated, preceded or followed by the new Drama held ready and in reserve. We are inclined to offer this suggestion owing to the various complaints which we have heard of the lateness of the hour at which Thursday's entertainment concluded, and also from a selfish wish perhaps to have two dramatic treats instead of one” (NCH 16.12. 1865).
APPENDIX I
Authorlist of plays staged in Shanghai 1850-1865
In this list full titles of the plays staged in Shanghai will be found as well as first nights
in London (these generally according to Nicoll. History of English Drama).
P: Performance in Shanghai
?: The play is listed under more than one author
AYTON, Richard (1786-1823)
"The Rendez-Vous" (21.9.1818). P: 24.3.1852
BARNETT, Morris (1800-1856)
**The Serious Family** (30.10.1849). P: 8.10.1859; 23.3.1865; 28.4.1865
A BECKETT, Gilbert Abbott (1811-1856)
"The Roofscrambler” (15.6.1835). P: 12.12.1850
**Siamese Twins" [14.4.1834). P: 5.5.1853
**The Turned Head" (3.11.1834). P: 27.1.1865
BERNARD, William Bayle (1807-1875)
"A Practical Man" (20.10.1849). P: 8.3.1854
BOUCICAULT, Dion (1822-1890)
**The Colleen Bawn or the Brides of Garryowen' (29.3.1860). P: 25.4.1865
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"The Octoroon or Life in Louisiana" (6.[2.1859), P: 7.(.-13.1.1865; 14.1.1865
"Used Up" (with C'. Mathews) (1.6.1846),138 P: 26.1.1853; 8.2.1857
BRIDGEMAN, John Vipon (1819-1889)
**I've Been Ealen My Friend!” (8.9.1851). P: 22.3.1854
BROOKS, Charles William Shirley (1816-1874)
"Anything for a Change" (7.6..1848). P: 14.5.1854
BROUGH. Robert Barnabas (1828-1860)
"Crinoline" (18.12.1856). P: March 1863; 16.3.1863; 1.4.1854
**Medea or The Best of Mothers with a Brute of a Husband" (14.7.1856). P: 28.12.1864
BROUGH, William (1826-1870)
'Apartments: Visitors to the Exhibition may be accommodated. A piece of extravaganza to suit the times' (14.5.1851). P: 23.3.1853
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"The Area Belle" (with A. Halliday) (7.3.1864). P: 30.9.1865
"Conrad and Medora or Harlequin Little Fairy at the Bottom of the Sea" (26.12.1856).
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