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Colins: Mrs. C.R. Faylor Love Laughs at Locksmiths Robin: Mes. C.R. Faylor

Juliac: Mrs. E. Yeanians

Dame Durden: Mr. E. Yeamans.

Paddy Druden: C.R. Faylor

Only an advertisement for this performance was published in the Herald of May 7. The stage often has its own laws as to the gender of the participants. In amateur theatricals, men dressed up as women à l'outrance, whereas in a professional company like the present one male characters were personified by ladies and vice versa!

14.5.1864 (Sat)

Performance by the amateurs of the Royal Artillery.

No titles of plays recorded.

Th: N.N. (H)

R: NCH 21.5.1864

17.5.1864 (Tue)

Repeat of 14.5.1864.

26.5.1864 (Thur)

J.M. MORTON: “Whitebait at Greenwich" (1835)

T: Farce (1 act)

C. MATHEWS: "Little Toddlekins” (1852)

T: Comic drama (1 act)

J.M. MORTON: “Poor Pillicoddy” (1848)

T: Farce (1 act)

C: Amateurs of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps

F: Epilogue spoken by R.C. Antrobus, commander of the S.V.C.

Th: N.N. (H)

N: Final performance of the season

R: For the occasion Edward LAWRENCE, who was a "practitioner at Law and Notary Public” according to the “Shanghai Almanac for 1862”, had written an epilogue which was read by the commander of the S.V.C., Robert Crawford ANTROBUS (member of the Municipal Council 1864-1865). And, as if to give more weight to its reception, the Herald added that “many of the ladies joined in the applause” (NCH 28.5.1864).

28.5.1864 (Sat)

**An Evening at Home**: "Songs interspersed with anecdotes and conversation of the most lively description”.

C: Mr. J.R. Black

Th: Olympic Theatre (H)

31.5.1864 (Tue)

As on 28.5.1864.

3.6.1864 (Fri) As on 28.5.1864.

13.6.1864 (Mon)

"An Evening at Home - Great Jacobite Night" by Messrs. J.R. Black and Marquis Chisholm. Performance of the play The Advantages of Bonnie Prince Charlie or the Rising of 1745 (No piece with this title appears in HED), as well as ballads and songs (including 'Vi ravviso from Bellini's "La Sonnambula", act 1).

Th: Olympic Theater (H)
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RODWELL, James Thomas Gooderham (d. 1825)

"A Race for Dinner" (15.4.1828). P: Announced in March 1854 but not performed. "The Young Widow or A Lesson for Lovers" (1.11.1824), P: 27.4.1865

SELBY, Charles (1802?-1863)

"The Boots at the Swan" (5.4.1843). P: 14.12.1865

**A Fearful Tragedy in the Seven Dials". P: 15.2.1860

**A Lady and a Gentleman in a Peculiarly Perplexing Predicament" (9.8.1841), P: 13.2.1864

**The Unfinished Gentleman'' (1.12.1834). P: 17.6.1865

SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616)

"King John" (1594–1596). P: 12.11.-18.11.1864 (Prison scene, Act IV.1 only) **Richard III" (1592-1593). P: 26.4.1865 (Act V only)

SHERIDAN, Richard Brinsley (1751 1816)

**The Rivals" (17.1.1775). P: 28.9.1858; 23.11.1864

SUTER, William E. (1812-1882)

? "Lady Audley's Secret" (22.2.1863). P: 28.12.1864

TALFOURD, Francis (1827-1862)

"A Household Fairy" (24.12.1859), P: 26.11.1864

TAYLOR, Tom (1817-1880)

? "Cinderella" (12.5.1845). P: 12.11.-18.11.1864; 28.4.1865 "Still Waters Run Deep" (3.3.1856). P: 23.4.1857; 15.3.1860

TOBIN, John (1770-1804)

? "The Honeymoon" (31.1.1805). P: 19.4.1865

TOWNLEY, Rev. James (1714-1778)

"High Life below Stairs" (31.10.1759), P: 21.4.1851

WEBSTER, Benjamin Nottingham (1797-1882)

? "Aurora Floyd' (11.3.1863). P: 26.11.1864; 17.4.1865

? "The Golden Farmer or the Last Crime" (26.12.1832). P: 8.10.1857

WILLIAMS, Thomas John (1824-1874)

"Nursery Chickweed" (12.11.1859), P: 28.3-5.4.1865

"On and Off" (6.6.1861). P: 25.4.1864

APPENDIX II

An alphabetical list of plays staged in Shanghai 1850-1865

The Adventures of Bonnie Prince Charlie or the Rising of 1745: N.N.; 13.6.1864.

Aladdin or the Wonderful Scamp: H.J. Byron; 2.9.1864, 19.11.1864, 29.4.1865,

Anything for a Change: C.W. Brooks; 15.5.1854.

Apartments: W. Brough; 23.3.1853.

The Area Belle: W. Brough & A. Halliday; 30.9.1865.

Attic Story: J.M. Morton; 6.5.1852.

Aurora Floyd: C.S. Cheltnam? C.H. Hazlewood? J.B. Johnstone? B. Webster? 26.11.1864, 17.4.1865.
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