RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1982 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/mk61z420p 227 was commendable that the A.D.C. had departed from farce and burlesque, its venture into something more serious was not altogether successful; but the fault may have been not in the type of drama but in the type of characters of the particular play. It was the opinion of the reviewer that "In selecting plays they should have no out-of-the-way characters. A success at home may not be suited to Amateurs, such as these in Hong Kong. Some dramas are written for special actors". He suggested that "perhaps the amateurs could give a selection, perhaps one or two scenes, or an act from a standard play, for example, the scene between Wolsey and Cromwell in Henry VIII." This had been done by the Hon. Mr. York at the inauguration of the City Hall's Theatre Royal in 1869 during the visit of His Royal Highness, the Duke of Edinburgh. The suggestion was not taken up, and the Company attempted another serious piece, the popular play "The Caste". In this, the amateurs had to compete against the standard set by performances given a short time before by two different travelling professional companies in which actresses played the female parts. The comparison was not kind to the amateurs. As usual, the reviewer was reluctant to criticize, but he did venture to say that the performance might tend to lessen subscriptions for the next season. He thought too much had been spent on the costumes, when, in fact, in his view, "people go to see acting, not wardrobe". The A.D.C. returned to something lighter, and in 1876 put on a very successful burlesque, "The Field of the Cloth of Gold," by William Brough. The opening scene in the London production had been the harbour of Calais; in Hong Kong, it was the Praya between City Hall and the Bath House of the Victoria Recreation Club. The field of the cloth of gold was East Point. Though it was agreed that there was not much scope for dramatic talent in the piece, it was pronounced "an undoubted success, and far surpasses, in splendour of the get-up, number of performers, and brilliancy of the scenes, anything hitherto placed on the boards of this colony". Unfortunately, its lavishness had to be paid for, and it took several seasons before the A.D.C. had a balance. One of the perennial favourites was the burlesque "Aladdin the Wonderful Scamp". It was given in 1863, 1867, 1875 ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1982 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/mk61z420p 243 12 Feb. 1863 week. 30 Apr. 1863 second amateur performance of season last amateurs gave fourth performance on Wed. subscription: 1863/64 ― 17 Dec. 1863 1864/65 ― 1865/66 ― first performance "Follies of a Night" vaudeville comedy (J. R. Planche, 1842) "A Kiss in the Dark" given also in 1853. 6 Feb. 1864 on 4th third subscription performance and on 6th third public appearance. 31 Mar. 1864- fourth and last performance of season: "Tailor of Tamworth" (also known as "State Secrets", T. Wilks, 1836) given also in 1861. "Alladin, the Wonderful Scamp" burlesque (T. C. Bryon, 1861) 16 June 1864 ___ public meeting resolved the Amateur Theatrical matshed should be kept up. 13 Oct. 1864 meeting of those interested in Amateur Theatricals agreed to continue them in next season in usual way. 2 Jan. 1865 a visiting professional group, the Lewis Company, gave first subscription night to the subscribers of the Amateurs 9 Nov. 1865 check given to movement for organizing a new Amateur Theatrical Corp by non-attendance at public meeting. To be hoped they shall not collapse in consequence. 1866/67 3 Jan. 1867 first at new Club Lusitano Theatre performance of season of Amateur Dramatic Society: "Sent to the Tower" farce (J. M. Morton, 1850) "Alladin, or The Wonderful Scamp" burlesque extravaganza (T. C. Bryon, 1860) also given in 1864. ― 4 Feb. 1867 second subscription night of Hong Kong Amateur Theatricals: "The Area Belle" farce (Brough and Halliday, 1864) "Shylock, or the Merchant of Venice Preserved" burlesque (F. Talfourd, 1853) 1866/67 7 Mar. 1867 1867/68 Hong Kong Amateur Theatricals third subscription night: "Slasher and Crasher" (J. M. Morton, 1848) given also in 1853. "Raising the Wind" (J. Kennedy, 1803) 23 Mar. 1867 Hong Kong Amateur Theatricals fourth subscription performance. — 28 Sept. 1867 Hong Kong Amateur Theatrical Society propose giving five subscription performances this season. ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1982 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/mk61z420p 244 1870/71 P 1871/72 1872/73 1873/74 — 1874/75 — CARL T. SMITH 25 Nov. 1867 first performance of season at Club Lusitano Theatre: "All that Glitters is not Gold" comedy (J. M. Morton, 1851) "Cox and Box, married and settled" farce (F. C. Burnard and J. M. Morton, 1867) 19 Dec. 1867 Hong Kong Amateur Theatrical Society second performance: "Romeo and Juliet" burlesque "Little Toddlekins" farce (J. Mathews, 1852) 4 Nov. 1870 Amateur Dramatic Club first performance of season at Theatre Royal, City Hall. "Diamond Cut Diamond" farce (W. H. Murray, 1838) "Orpheus and Eurydice" burlesque (H. J. Bryon, 1863) 20 Apr. 1871 "I've Written to Brown" farce (T. J. Williams, 1859) burlesque by Francis Talfourd. 28 Apr. 1871 "Ici, en Parlais Francais" (T. J. Williams, 1859) "Shylock, or the Merchant of Venice Preserved" burlesque (F. Talfourd, 1853) also given in 1867. - 26 Jan. 1872 - "The Two Bonnycastles" farce (J. M. Morton, 1851) "Masanielle" burlesque (R. B. Brough, 1857) 21 Feb. 1872 - "The Rifle and how to use it" farce (J. V. Bridgeman, 1859) 11 Apr. 1872 "Castles in the Air" comedy (T. W. Robertson, 1854) Instead of "Castles", the production may have been "Caste" by T. W. Robertson (1867) 3 Jan. 1873 - "Locked In" farce (J. P. Wooler, 1870) "The Cricket on the Hearth" 13 Feb. 1873 "Kenilworth, or Ye Queen, Ye Earl and Ye Maiden", burlesque 13 Apr. 1873 "The Blighted Being" farce (T. Taylor, 1854) "Checkmate" comedy (Andrew Halliday, 1869) 30 Oct. 1873 1853) "Plot and Passion" (T. Taylor and J. Lang, 1853) 15 Nov. 1873 "The Spitalfield Hospital" farcical comedy "Not such a Fool as she Looks" (H. J. Bryon, 1868) 2 Mar. 1874 —— "A Romantic Idea" (J. R. Planche, 1849) "The Steeple Chase" (J. M. Morton, 1865) 5 Apr. 1875 - "Ticket of Leave Man" (T. Taylor, 1863) ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1982 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/mk61z420p 245 26 May 1875 "An Unwarranted Intrusion" farce (J. M. Morton, 1868) "Alladin" burlesque (J. S. Bryon, 1861) 1863, 1867, also given 1875/76 no production on record. 1876/77 11 Nov. 1876 "The Field of the Cloth of Gold" (Wm. Brought, 1868) 19 Feb. 1877 "Alladin, or the Wonderful Scamp" (J. S. Bryon, 1861) 8 May, 1877 "Not Such a Fool as She Looks" (H. J. Bryon, 1868) given in 1873. 1877/78 7, 12, 13 Jan. 1878 "The Boots at the Swan" farce (Charles Selby, 1842) 4 Feb. 1878 "Still Waters Run Deep" Tom Taylor comedy; given in 1862. 1878/79 apparantly no production this season. 29 Dec. 1879 "The School for Scandal" (Sheridan, 1777) first appearance of women in casts of the amateurs. Mar. 1880 "Porter's Knot" (J. Oxenford, 1858) "The Critic" (Sheridan, 1779) - second act. 27 Apr. 1880 "New Men and Old Acres" (T. Taylor and A. W. Dubourg, 1869) 1870/80 1880/81 11 Nov. 1880 repeat of "New Men and Old Acres" 1 Mar. 1881 "A Wonderful Woman" (C. Dance, 1849) "The Area Belle" (W. Brough and A. Halliday, 1864) given in 1867. 18 Mar. 1881 "The Cup of Tea" (author unknown, 1866) "A Happy Pair" (S. T. Smith, 1868) two characters only screen scene from "School for Scandal" (Sheridan, 1777) 1881/82 apparantly no production this season. 1882/83 23 Jan. 1883 "The School" (T. W. Robertson, 1869) 1883/84 25 Sept. 1883 "She Stoops to Conquer" (O. Goldsmith, 1773) 7 Dec. 1883 "The Wedding March" eccentricity (W. S. Gilbert, 1873) ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1982 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/mk61z420p 246 1884/85 1885/86 CARL T. SMITH 16 Dec. 1884 "Still Waters Run Deep" comedy (T. Taylor, 1855) given in 1862, 1878. 17 Dec. 1885 "Chiselling" farce (J. J. Dilley and J. Albery, 1870) "Nine Points of the Law" (T. Taylor, 1859) in 1878. 18 Feb. 1886 — "The Overland Route" (T. Taylor, 1860) second performance of season. 1886/87 9 Mar. 1886 "Weak Woman" (H. J. Byron, 1875) benefit with Canton Amateurs for burned Canton Theatre. 7 Apr. 1886 — "Heads or Tails" (J. Palgrave Simpson, 1854) "Chiselling" farce (Dilley and Albery, 1870) given in 1885, 18 Nov. 1886 "A Widow's Hunt, or Everybody's Friend" comedy (J. Sterling Coyne, 1859) 30 Dec. 1886 — "Cups and Saucers" musical sketch (G. Grossmith 1878) "Our Wife" comedietta (J. M. Morton, 1850) 13 Apr. 1887 — "A Comical Countess" (Wm. Brough, 1854) "Our Soldiers" comedy (H. J. Byron, 1873) 1887/88 8 Nov. 1887 "Withered Leaves" comedietta (J. W. Broughton, 1875) "The First Night" comedy (J. M. Maddox, 1853) "The Rivals" (Sheridan, 1775) 17 Jan. 1888 1888/89 1889/90 1890/91 apparently no production this season. 26 Dec. 1889 last performance Mar. 1890 - 1 Christmas Pantomime: "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" Grand 26 Dec. 1890 --- "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" pantomime 30 Mar. 1891 - "The Two Roses" (J. Albery, 1870) 1891/92 24 July 1891 1864) "David Garrick" comedy (T. Robertson, 26 Dec. 1891, 23 Jan., 20 Feb. 1892- Christmas Pantomime: "Beauty and the Beast" 27 Feb., 1 Mar, 1892 21, 30 Apr. 1892 + "Betsy" (F. C. Burnand, 1879) "Turned Up" (or "Too Much Married") comedy, (M. Melford, 1886) Page 268 ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1982 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/mk61z420p 1892/93 ― 1893/94 247 "Honour Bound" (W. S. Gilbert and Sydney Grundy, 1880) 12, 15 Nov. 1892 "On Bail" a farce (W. S. Gilbert, 1877) 26, 28, 30 Dec. 1893, 3, 6, 9, 16, 24 Jan. 1894 "Princess Toto" (W. S. Gilbert and Clay, 1876) 1894/95 30 Jan. 4, 6, 9, 12, 16, 18, 23 Feb. 1895 "Robinson Crusoe" Pantomime: 17, 20, 24 Apr. 1895 "The Magistrate" (A. W. Pinero, 1885) 1895/96 26, 28 Dec. 1895 "Dandy Dick" (A. W. Pinero, 1887) 8, 10, 20 Feb. 1896 1888) 1896/97 "Trial by Jury” (Gilbert and Sullivan, 1888) 19, 21 Dec. 1896 — “Cups and Saucers" (G. Grossmith, 1878) given in 1886. "Charley's Aunt" (Brandon Thomas, 1892) 25 Feb. 1897 — "Les Cloches de Carneville" (H. B. Farnie and R. Reece, 1878) 1897/98 19 Nov. 1897 1890) F 1898/99 19, 21 Feb. 1898 — "A Pair of Spectacles" (Sidney Grundy, 1890) "The Duchess of Bayswater and Co." comedietta (A. M. Heathcote, 1888) "A Pantomime Rehearsal" (C. Clay, 1891) 17, 19 Nov. 1898 — “Our Bitterest Foe" (G. C. Herbst, 1874) "Sugar and Cream" comedietta (J. P. Hurst, 1883) "The Steeple Chase" (J. M. Morton, 1865) given in 1874. ― 5, 7, 9, 11, 14, 17, 18 Jan., 1, 3 Feb. 1899 pantomime "The Yellow Dwarf, or Harlequin the Knave of Hearts" 1899/1900 4, 6 Nov. 1899 "The Magistrate" (A. W. Pinero, 1885) given in 1895. 12, 13 Dec. 1899 "The Mother In Law" farcical comedy (G. R. Sims, 1881) JL 12, 15, 17, 24, 26 Feb. 1900 "Yeoman of the Guard" (Gilbert and Sullivan, 1888) 1900/01 24 Nov. 3 Dec. 1900— 1901/02 1902/03 — ― "Our Flat" (Mrs. M. Musgrove, 1889) 15, 19 Nov. 1901 “Trying It On” farce (W. Brough) "Plantation Revels" minstrel variety 13, 14, 15 Nov. 1902 "Liberty Hall" drama (R. C. Carton, 1892) ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1986 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/jq08c7063 47 The intention to recruit engineers to undertake these works in Hong Kong was presumably advertised in the Home Civil Service and Borough Councils, where Jackman was employed from 1897. Given his training and experience in Sheffield, he was well qualified for the type of work needed in Hong Kong and he was recruited to the Colonial Service on 20 October 1902. The City of Hong Kong at the turn of the century was undoubtedly impressive: with most industry and wharfage on the eastern part of the Island and Kowloon, Central District had developed into a well laid-out commercial area with fine examples of architecture in a number of styles. The city was expanding rapidly, and 65 acres with two miles of sea-front were added with the completion of the Praya reclamation in 1903. Even back in the 1900's, the view of Victoria Harbour often prompted heady descriptions "Viewed from the Harbour, Hong Kong presents a very picturesque appearance, not unlike that of the north coast of Devon or the west coast of Scotland. At night, the scene resembles a city en fête. The riding lights of the shipping sparkling like gems on the bosom of the deep, the bright illuminations of the waterfront, the countless lamps that bespangle the hillsides and stretch along the terraces as though in festoons, furnish a sight that fascinates the eye and leaves an enduring impression of delight upon the mind." (H.A. Cartwright, in Twentieth Century Impressions etc. 1908) Jackman arrived in Hong Kong in 1903 and reported for duty in the P.W.D. on 15 July at an annual salary of $3,000. His rank was Executive Engineer, of which there was a single grade then (the rank was split into First and Second Grade Executive Engineer in 1911). The Director of Public Works at that time, as during much of Jackman's Civil Service career, was William Chatham. Soon after his arrival, the Government started payment of salaries to expatriate staff in Sterling, and Jackman's salary was fixed at £480 per year, with some allowances paid in local currency. During his early career in Hong Kong, Jackman was mainly involved in drainage and sewerage works. He was responsible for ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1987 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/rx919b522 105 ALPHABETICAL LIST OF PERSONS BURIED IN THE PROTESTANT CEMETERY, MAKATI, RIZAL TO BE TRANSFERRED TO MANILA MEMORIAL PARK Date of death Name Date of death Name 12.6.1944 AARON, Margaret Tyre ADAMS, Henry Not known AEROBE (baby) 26.4.1886 AHR-LEGER, Suzanne 5.10.1919 AITKEN, Charles H W 2.3.1921 AITKEN, Mary Louise 29.10.1952 ALFON, Jose 21.4.1919 ALKAN, Camille 3.10.1915 ALLEN, George 15.4.1906 ALLINSON, James 20.5.1918 AMER, Basserody 14.11.1904 AMOLOCHITIS, John 30.6.1962 ANDERSON, James 20.11.1936 ANDERSON, William 6.4.1908 Roberts ANDREWS, James 27.1.1894 ANDREWS, Richard 31.8.1900 Montgomerie Henry ARMSTRONG, George 12.11.1920 ATKINSON, Dorothy 20.6.1925 AULE, John 30.9.1889 AYLETT, William 20.8.1880 BAALK, Emil Ch. M 13.8.1878 BACKHOUSE, C 18.3.1903 BAEL, Joe 25.9.1919 BAENZIGER, Gustav Adolph 27.10.1899 BALLEY, George 3.9.1909 BARKAS, Gabriel 25.4.1938 BARNES (still-born) 25.1.1923 BARNETT, Edward 8.5.1936 BARR, Robert 24.1.1926 BARRIOS, Raphael Plaza 28.4.1960 BATCHELLOR, John 8.1920 BAUEN, G William Not known BENZIE, John M 12.5.1925 BERGACKER, Johanna Maria 3.10.1963 BERNARD, Son of M L 8.7.1881 BERNSTEIN, Simon 13.3.1900 BETZ, Max 11.9.1882 BIERMANN, Fritz 12.1903 BINDER, Heinrich 22.8.1892 BIRD, Isaac J BLACK, John Gordon 22.2.1870 BLANCO, Emilio Palomov 6.8.1964 BOIE, Reinhold 14.9.1896 BLAIR, William A BLOCH, Leon Not known BOLLWILL, DE 6.7.1887 BOLTON, Edwin 10.12.1920 BONIFACE, Mark Graham 15.1.1945 BOUNTIFF, Eliza 13.11.1918 BOWER, I H 19.3.1899 BRAMHALL, J C 7.5.1868 BRAMMER, Agnes 26.8.1902 BARMMER, Heinrich 2.9.1898 BRAMMER, Otto Franz Ernst Rudolf Hugo 15.9.1893 BRAMMER, Pauline 8.10.1901 BRAMMER, Richard 20.11.1900 BRAMWELL, Geoffrey 17.1.1915 BRAUN, Max Francis 12.4.1909 BREMER, Adelisa 25.1.1962 BREMER, Ann Marie 25.9.1961 BREMER, Dennis 30.11.1941 BRENNER, Issac 2.9.1915 BRETTHAUER, G Luísa Gonzales de 6.1903 BRIGENDIRE, Maria 10.1.1945 BROUGH, Robert BRIDGE, Harry 27.12.1922 BROOK, John Evans 24.2.1902 BROWN, Bright 18.6.1921 16.12.1913 ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1989 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/8336pm92h The Rivals. 1861 saw some entertainment on board H.M.S. Scout, and in March 1864 there was a Prussian ship, the Gazelle, in port, and its amateur society performed three plays, two of which were by Kotzebue and Körner, whether in German or English is unknown, but the audience "frequently expressed their approval by enthusiastic applause”. As was stated in the introduction, there were times in the history of Shanghai when the Settlement was threatened from outside and foreign troops had to assist in its defence. Thus in the early sixties several regiments were brought down to the city. Both the British 31st and 67th regiment came out in 1861, to sail home in July 1863 and July 1865 respectively. The Royal Artillery started operations in 1862. After the military tasks had been largely completed in 1863, there was time left for whatever amusement could be organised — among these, of course, theatricals. Mid-March 1863 the amateurs of the 31st staged Lover's The White Horse of the Peppers and Brough's Crinoline "before the largest audience of the season"." Some weeks later the Royal Artillery scored an equal success. Shortly before their return to England the 67th amateurs put on Selby's The Unfinished Gentleman on June 17, 1865, which was "well attended and gave great satisfaction"." On more than one occasion the officers and local amateurs joined forces for the staging, for instance, of Morton's farces Where there's a Will there's a Way and Fitzsmythe of Fitzsmythe Hall on March 26, 1863 "before a crowded audience of subscribers to the fund for defraying the expenses".42 Travelling Companies Until the heyday of theatrical entertainment in Shanghai during the years 1864 and 1865 only one professional company visited the city: On August 9, 1856 Messrs Baker, Woodward and Montgomery ("formerly of the New York Serenaders") advertised that they would give, on the 14th, a "Grand Ethiopian Musical Soiree" which “could not fail to please all lovers of fun and harmony" and at which among others "the sidesplitting Negro farce 'The Nigger Doctor and his Patient, or The First Lesson in Surgery' "' would be performed. Ethiopian Soirees were another name for the minstrel shows given by blackened whites; they originated in the early 1830s and became hugely popular, especially in America, but later also in Britain,40 and to some extent in Shanghai too. These Ethiopian entertainments were given sometimes by amateurs (May 15, 1854) and sometimes by touring companies like the one mentioned above and later, in November and December 1864, by the ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1989 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/8336pm92h 194 6.5.1852 (Thur) J.M. MORTON: "Attic Story" (1842) T: Farce (1 act) R.B. PEAKS: "The Haunted Inn" (1828) T: Farce (2 act) C: Amateurs F: Music, i.a. selections from Mozart's “Le Nozze di Figaro" and other operas. Epilogue. Th: New Theatre Royal (A) N: Last performance of the season R: Again there was a new drop scene. "A View near Palermo, a very pleasing view of an Italian villa with the bay and hills in the background". The pieces were "well performed and excited much merriment, especially the mistakes of the Attic Story" (NCH 8.5.1852). 27.1.1853 (Thur) D. BOUCICAULT & C. MATHEWS: "Used Up" (1846) T: Comedietta (2 acts) G.A.A. BECKETT: "The Turned Head" (1834) T: Farce (1 act) C: Amateurs Th: Imperial Theatre (B) N: First performance of the season R: After not a little uncertainty about the state of affairs respecting the theatre, finally the management for the new season was laid in the hands of Horatio BUSKIN (a compound pseudonym: Horatio, from Hamlet; Buskin, the boot worn by Greek actors) who succeeded "Doldrum". For a "very good attendance graced by many of the beau sexe" the evening "came off with great éclat" (NCH 22, 29.1.1853). 23.3.1853 (Wedn) J.M. MORTON: "Betsey Baker" (1851) T: Farce (1 act) W. BROUGH: "Apartments" (1851) T: Farce (1 act) C: Amateurs F: Prologue; comic songs Th: Imperial Theatre (B) R: In the presence of the British Superintendent of Trade and Governor of Hong Kong, Sir George Bonham, Betsey Baker turned out to be "a most decided and palpable hit, received throughout with shouts of laughter and applause". Bonham was in Shanghai on his way to Nanking which had been taken by the Taipings on March 19. The Rebellion had a profound effect on the foreign community and although the Taipings enjoyed for some time a lot of sympathy, on this occasion they were satirised in a **most original and witty Prologue**: "The Manager appeared before the curtain, in a state of intense excitement, informing the audience of mutiny in the corps! Dreadful consequences!! No performance!!! What could be done!? Then arose such a "Row and Bobbery" [Bobbery: an Anglo-Indian word meaning 'noise, disturbance' - JH] led by those who were in the secret and poor Horatio BUSKIN could scarcely be heard amidst the crash of broken glass and was almost unable to face the shower of oranges aimed at his devoted head. An amiable conspirator elevating himself on a bench expressed most loudly and eloquently his indignation at this state of affairs; however, after a parley with the Manager, he proposed a compromise, and the curtain was drawn up exposing the corps evidently in a state of 'Rebellion'. Fortunately they would listen to reason and the 'refractory members' agreed to 'go on' for this occasion, and the Manager retired with... ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1989 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/8336pm92h 197 from Shanghai on the 20th. Despite that, the "soirée" was "kept up to a late hour with great spirit". The programme consisted of tunes by Dabney, de Costa and Tripp: one of them was called "Japanese make yourselves ready" (NCH 26.5.1855). 23.1.1856 (Wedn) E. MAYHEW: "Make your Wills” (1836) T: Farce (1 act) W. BROUGH: "No 1 Round the Corner" (1854) T: Farce (1 act) J.M. MORTON: "Whitebait at Greenwich" (1853) T: Farce (1 act) C: Amateurs F: Music Th: D N: Once more politics crept into the theatre since, due to the Anglo-French campaigns in the Crimean War, "the proscenium was very tastefully emblazoned with the arms and ciphers of the Allies”. The drop scene now represented the "Lake of Geneva with the far famed Castle of Chillon” (far famed because of Lord Byron's poem "The Prisoner of Chillon"). For a change the Herald allowed itself some criticism of the amateurs, but about the costumes only: "We are perfectly aware of the great difficulties which beset the wardrobe department of the Theatre here, but still we think that two or three alterations might be made with advantage. It must be remembered that the assumption of a part on the stage requires the submergence of the individual into his assumed character. Proteus must not be more unlike his last shape than the actor must be unlike his mere self and the difficulty of effecting this is enormously increased by an appearance in every-day costume. In melodramatic pieces some decided change is absolutely necessary because success depends on the power of exciting the sympathies of the audience for the various situations of the actors and it is quite impossible that the desponding accents of one young gentleman or the grasping villainy of another (both of whom we know to be very good fellows and far from desponding or hypocritical characters) in the garb of 1856 can excite these sympathies. In Farce it is less important because the effect depends upon a successful appeal to our sense of the ludicrous and this may be done by situations which are quite within the range of every-day life. (...) It also struck us that a little more attention to the chronology of dress would be attended with increased effect; there were two or three anachronisms: for instance the mob cap of Mrs. Foreright (a most admirable 'make-up' by the way) hardly accorded with the modern elegance of Clara; or the venerable beard of the implacable Mr. Ireton with the modern costume of his disinherited son. It is astonishing how greatly unity in these matters adds to the effect of such performances and in spite of the difficulties of such performances and in spite of the difficulties of securing dresses we think a consultation between the Manager and the performers might produce a harmony which would be attended with the best effect”. The music too was thought to be "ineffective", but for the remainder it was, as usual, amusing, with Whitebait at Greenwich as the hit of the evening. The character of Buzzard — by no means a graceful one — was played with great effect and we heartily congratulate Mr. SLOWCOME upon the power he displayed". In Make your Wills the reviewer could not "forbear mentioning the excellent impersonation of Joseph Bragg by Mr CLAY" (NCH 26.1.1856). 21.2.1856 (Thur) — J.S. COYNE: "The Infanticidal Farce" (1846) T: Farce (1 act) Mrs. C.G.F. GORE: "A Good Night's Rest" (1839) T: Farce (1 act) J.M. MORTON: "Slasher and Crasher" (1848) ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1989 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/8336pm92h 213 Our Wife: Count de Brissac: Major Taylor Rosine: Mr. W. Hyslop (of Gibb, Livington & Co) Pomaret, father of Rosine: D.A.C.G. Cooksley Marquis de Ligny: Mr. Stuart Mariette: Lt Maynard of the 31st regiment The Goose with the Golden Eggs: Mr. Turby: D.A.C.G. Cooksley His wife: D.A.C.G. Hayter Clara, their daughter: Mr. A. Broom (of Jardine, Matheson & Co) Bonsor, clerk: Dr. Sexton of the 5th Bombay N.L.I. (native lancers and infantry) Flickster: Li Yonge, 2nd Beloochi regiment After a lapse of almost three years the amateur theatricals took a new lease of life in a tastefully fitted up godown-theatre (for a description see Survey). It was a subscription-night with about 250 spectators, of whom 30 were female. For the first time some real names of actors were given and it became clear that the cooperation of the military had been sought for the occasion. Because the names are no longer phoney, it is finally useful to present a cast list. Among those mentioned was D.A.C.G. (i.e. Deputy Assistant Commissary General) Cooksley who died in July during one of the campaigns against the Taipings, at Quinsan. Fine playing, if one did not mind the pieces. That, however, had become a standard complaint by now. "There was nothing striking or witty in either of the plays so that an occasional local pun or remark interpolated by the actors elicited the greatest applause"; rather sourly the critic continued “this should not be as it interferes with the harmony of the play”. In Our Wife "the gentle blushing Rosine was capitally got up by Mr. HYSLOP who created quite ‘a sensation' when he made his curtsey to the audience". In contrast Mr. STUART "was graceful in his part but lacked energy where it was requisite to give effect to the plot". That female dress was not always easy to wear for the men was underlined when "Lt MAYNARD acted the strong-minded cousin Mariette very fairly, despite the difficulties of crinoline”. In The Goose with the Golden Eggs the Mrs. Turby of D.A.C.G. HAYTER was "the best piece of masculo-feminine performance we have seen". It had to be admitted though that not all men were equally up to female characters: "Clara, as represented by Mr. BROOM, although admirably got up in the coiffure, was rather outré in the dress, especially about the sleeves; while the manner and voice resembled more the roughness of the father than the gentleness of the mother". (NCH 14.2.1863). L 17.2.1863 (Tue) Repeat of 13.2.1863. 2.3.1863 S. LOVER: "The White Horse of the Peppers" (1838) T: Comic drama (2 acts) R.B. BROUGH: "Crinoline*" (1856) T: Farce (1 act) C: Amateurs of the British 31st regiment TH: N.N. R: Cast: The White Horse of the Peppers: Major Hans Mansfeldt: W. Parrott Gerald Pepper: A. Keeble Magdalene: H. MacGuire Crinoline: Mrs. Coobiddy: S. Gale Mr. Coobiddy: W. Phillips Agutha: S. Gule Dillon: J.S. Galbreath Capt. LeBrown: J.S. Galbreath Miss Tite: P. Conron ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1989 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/8336pm92h 218 1.4.1864 (Fri) R.B. BROUGH: "Crinoline" (1856) T: Farce (1 act) J.M. MORTON: "A Most Unwarrantable Intrusion" (1849) T: Farce (1 act) N.N.: "The Debut" C: Messrs Shannon and Phillips with an amateur company Th: N.N. (H) R: Not too enthusiastically the Herald wrote that "had Messrs PHILLIPS and SHANNON been better supported the performance would probably have proved a more decided success". Must it be supposed that the amateurs were locals, who were otherwise so much lauded? (NCH 2.4.1864). 4.4.1864 (Mon) Repeat of 30.3.1864, 18.4.1864 (Mon) First performance by a Portuguese Amateur Dramatic Corps. TH: N.N. R: This first performance by a local Portuguese company was considered favourably: "the arrangement of the costumes and acting were all good and amply rewarded a visit even by those who may not understand the Portuguese language". (NCH 23.4.1864) 25.4.1864 (Mon) J. OXENFORD: "Retained for the Defence" T: Farce (1 act) C.S. CHELTNAM: "A Lucky Escape" (1861) T: Comic drama (1 act) T.J. WILLIAMS: "On and Off" (1861) T: Farce (1 act) C: Amateurs of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps TH: N.N. (H) N: Second performance of the season R: This second Volunteer Corps night drew a crowded house and the reporter was pleased to see that "a majority of the lady residents were among the audience", the more so as they "by their presence contributed to inspire the performers with the desire to excel which led to such complete success". No names were given in the review, but in A Lucky Escape “it would have required very sharp eyes to detect that the actress [who personated Louise] was, in fact, an actor". Here the truth is finally revealed! In On and Off he/she took the part of Letitia equally well. (NCH 30.4.1864) 9.5.1864 (Mon) N.N.: "Nature and Philosophy or Eighteen Years' Labour Lost" (The only piece with this title in HED is one that had its first night on 18.4.1876. However, Brown, "A History of the New York Stage", Vol. I, p. 235 mentions a performance of this play on June 1 1833). G. COLMAN Jr: "Love Laughs at Locksmiths" (1803) C: C.R. Faylor's travelling company F: Comic songs, dance, music Th: Olympic Theatre (H) R: Casts: Nature and Philosophy: Brother Philip: Major Pegus Renaldo: C.R. Faylor Eliza: Mrs. E. Yeamans Gertrude: Mr. E. Yeamans ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1989 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/8336pm92h 223 harmonium by D.H. ENGEL 17. "Eupeidee" (German student song and chorus) Th: Olympic Theatre (H) R: An advertisement only was published in the Herald of 29.10.1864. From it we learn that tickets could be obtained at the premises of Hiram Fogg & Co (ship chandlers, general store and auctioneers; one of the oldest foreign firms in Shanghai, located at the southern end of the Bund); Hall & Holtz (see 29.6.1864); A.A. Hayes Jr (Olyphant & Co, Nanking Road, ex Park Lane); and Herbert Cope (Geo Barnet & Co, Kiangsi Road (ex Church Street) and Hankow Road (ex Custom House Road)). It also becomes clear that there were at that moment at least two theatres in the Settlement: the Lyceum and the Olympic. The programme is interesting for the number of composers which have now been forgotten (Silcher, Kücken, Becker, Werner, etc.) and the piano arrangements of well-known opera arias. 12.11-18.11.1864 W. BROUGH: “Conrad and Medora” (1856) T: Burlesque pantomime (1 act) J.B. BUCKSTONE: “Married Life" (1834) T: Comedy (3 acts) J.W. MARSTON: "A Hard Struggle" (1858) T: Domestic drama (1 act) W. SHAKESPEARE: “King John”, prison scene (Act IV, scene III) Furthermore: “Cinderella”, possibly by H.J. BYRON (1860) or T. TAYLOR (1845). "Wonder"; no contemporary pieces are listed in HED; only: Mrs. S. CENTLIVRE: “The Wonder. A woman keeps a secret” (1714) and H. CAREY: "A Wonder or an honest Yorkshireman" (1735). C: Lewis A.D.C. Th: N.N. (E) R: The Lewis company continued to draw large houses and ventured even to put a Shakespeare scene on the programme, from King John. It proved to be "the hit of the week". In it starred Miss Julia EDouin and Mr. Henry BIRCH: "The acting was perfect. Miss Julia EDouin doing the fullest justice to the character of Prince Arthur and indeed taking the house by storm!" (NCH 19.11.1864). 19.11.1864 Sat H.J. BYRON: “Aladdin or the Wonderful Scamp” (1861) T: Burlesque extravaganza (1 act) C: Lewis A.D.C. TH: N.N. (U) N: Benefit of Miss Tilly Earl who played the role of Aladdin R: NCH 26.11.1864 23.11.1864 (Wedn) R.B. SHERIDAN: "The Rivals" (1775) T: Comedy (5 acts) C: Lewis A.D.C. TH: N.N. (P) N: Benefit of Mrs. Gill who played the role of Mrs. Malaprop. R: NCH 26.11.1864 26.11.1864 (Sat) H.J. BYRON: "Aladdin or the Wonderful Scamp” (1861) T: Burlesque extravaganza (1 act) ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1989 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/8336pm92h 224 F. TALFOURD: "A Household Fairy" (1859) T: Domestic sketch (1 act) "Aurora Floyd". HED lists the following authors: C.S. CHELTNAM (1863), C.H. HAZLEWOOD (1836), J.B. JOHNSTONE (1836), B. WEBSTER (1863). In addition, Adams' "Dictionary of the Drama" mentions W.E. SUTER. C: Lewis A.D.C. Th: Lyceum Theatre (1) N: Benefit of J.B. Creswick R: NCH 26.11.1864, advertisement only 3.12.1864 (Sat) L.B. BUCKINGHAM: "Take That Girl Away" (1855) T: Comic drama (2 acts) J.M. MORTON: "A Capital Match" (1852) T: Farce (1 act) C: Lewis A.D.C. Th: Lyceum Theatre (1) N: Benefit of Miss Lizzie Naylor R: NCH 3.12.1864, advertisement. 9.12.1864 (Fri) Benefit of Mr. Henry Birch of the Lewis Company. No titles of plays were mentioned. (NCH 10.12.1864) 10.12.1864 (Sat) Farewell performance, also the benefit of Mr. Lewis, of Lewis Australian Drama Company. No titles of plays were mentioned (NCH 10.12.1864). R: No detailed reviews of the Lewis season were published in the North China Herald, only short announcements. It is quite well possible that more nights than the above ones were given, but they have not been recorded. In general, the company had attracted rather full houses, but for the 9th "home sweet home" was preferred; "the unfavourable state of the weather prevented many ticketholders from putting in an appearance" (NCH 10.12.1864) November and December 1864 Performances by the "Christy Minstrels". Th. N.N. R: Another travelling company that visited the port in these months were the "Christy Minstrels" (see also Survey). They too managed reasonably to fill the theatre (it was not stated where the performances took place, but as the Lyceum Theatre was occupied by Lewis, it must have been another location - perhaps the Olympic Theatre). "No boredom here for by a pleasing variety they prevent that weariness which even the finest display of musical talent must, through frequent repetition, occasion" (NCH 26.11.1864). In September they had visited Macao (BGM 5.9.1864) and before December 10 they departed for Hong Kong (NCH 10.12.1864). 22.12.1864 (Thur) Performance by the Portuguese Amateur Dramatic Corps. R: It was "as usual largely attended" (NCH 24.12.1864). 28.12.1864 (Wedn) R.B. BROUGH: "Medea" (1856) T: Burlesque (1 act) ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1989 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/8336pm92h 227 A. DUMAS: "Camille" T: Drama C: Lewis A.D.C. Th: Lyceum Theatre (1) R: The drama Camille, an English adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' "La Dame aux Camélias" was, in the eyes of the Commercial Record (5.5.1865) "singularly unfitted for the powers of the performers. Miss Rose EDOUIN acted with her usual ability but as the heroine is a character almost impossible to render we must not object where we cannot praise”. Miss Jenny NYE starred in the farce Which is Which? written by a member of the company, Mr. GILL, who himself was a “capital low comedy actor”. 28.3.-5.4.1865 J.B. BUCKSTONE: "The Flowers of the Forest" (1847) T: Musical drama (3 acts) J.B. BUCKSTONE: “Isabella or Woman's Life" (1834) T: Drama (3 acts) D.W. JERROLD: "Black-eyed Susan" (1829) T: Musical drama (3 acts) T.J. WILLIAMS: "Nursery Chickweed" (1859) T: Farce (1 act) "Kenilworth", possibly by A. HALLIDAY and F. LAWRANCE (1858) T: Burlesque "Mr. and Mrs. Peter White", anon. (1854) T: Farce (1 act) "Rob Roy”, Numerous pieces with this title are listed in HED. i.a. by W.H. MURRAY (1818) and C.H. HAZLEWOOD (1864). C: Lewis A.D.C. Th: Lyceum Theatre (1) R: More than the Herald, the Record went into a rather detailed description of the Lewis season. Thus about Flowers of the Forest it wrote that there was "an energy of revenge predominating all through the play while the occasional glimpse of pathos, combined with the jovial jocularity of the gipsys, tone down the otherwise tragic situations. Miss Rose EDOUIN, Miss NAYLOR and Mr. CRESWICK acted with power and well restrained manner“, Mr. CRESWICK “possesses great dramatic force and expresses himself well. His manner is somewhat stiff, but appearances before larger and more requiring audiences will obviate this habit", "His voice is good but somewhat monotonous of lone" (SCR 5.5.1865). 8.4.1865 (Sat) W. BROUGH: "Perdita" (1856) T: Burlesque (1 act) J.B. BUCKSTONE: "A Lesson for the Ladies” (1838) T: Comedy (3 acts) C: Lewis A.D.C. Th: Lyceum Theatre (1) N: Rose Edouin's benefit R: NCH 22.4.1865: no review, 11.4.1865 (Tue) J.B. BUCKSTONE: "A Dead Shot" (1827) T: Farce (1 act) J. KENNEDY: "Sweethearts and Wives” (1856) T: Burlesque (3 acts) C: Lewis A.D.C. ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1989 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/8336pm92h 233 (SCR 5,6. 1865). "The gentleman is gifted with rare powers of voice and action which enable him to throw an immense amount of dramatic spirit in his readings and recitations" (NCH 3.6.1865). It was his second (recorded) performance; earlier he had been successful on March 3 1857. 1.6.1865 (Thur) Performance by the Shanghai Amateur Burlesque Company Ltd. No titles have been recorded. (NCH 3.6.1865; SCR 5.6.1865) R: It was "not quite so successful as some of their previous representations" (SCR). 3.6.1865 (Sat) Performance by Mr. Benjamin Seare. Th: N.N. (I) Early June 1865 Concerts by the Police Band on the Bund. 17.6.1865 (Sat) C. SELBY: "The Unfinished Gentleman" (1834) T: Farce (1 act) C: Amateurs of the 67th Regiment F: Music Th: N.N. R: Whereas in days gone by it was quite usual that there were only a couple of theatrical or musical entertainments during the whole season, now, after a fortnight since the last occasion, the Herald complained that "considerable dullness has prevailed in Shanghai during the week owing to the lack of any public amusement of any description" (NCH 17,6,1865). The night of the 17th was "well attended and gave great satisfaction” (NCH 24.6.1865). 30.9.1865 (Sat) W. BROUGH & A. HALLIDAY: "The Area Belle" (1864) T: Farce (1 act) H.J. BYRON: "The 'Grin' Bushes or Missis Brown of the Mississippi" (1864) T: Burlesque extravaganza (1 act) C: Shanghai Amateurs Burlesque Company Ltd Th: N.N. (1) R: This was the first night of the new season (NCH 30.9.1865). No review was published in the Herald or the Record. 10.11.1865 (Fri) H.J. BYRON: "Princess Springtime" (1864) T: Fairy extravaganza J. KENNEY: “Turn Out!" (announced as "Turn Him Out!'') T: Musical farce (2 acts) C: Amateurs of the Shanghai Mounted Rangers F: Prologue spoken by Capt. Markham Th: N.N. R: The evening "proved a complete success. The acting throughout was excellent and not a single hitch occurred" (NCH 16.11.1865) 20.11.1865 (Mon) Repeat of 11.11.1865, R: The proceeds of this performance went to the Shanghai Hospital, an institution founded ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1989 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/8336pm92h 235 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 | Author | Play Title | First Night in London | P: Performance in Shanghai | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | AYTON, Richard (1786-1823) | "The Rendez-Vous" | 21.9.1818 | 24.3.1852 | | BARNETT, Morris (1800-1856) | **The Serious Family** | 30.10.1849 | 8.10.1859; 23.3.1865; 28.4.1865 | | A BECKETT, Gilbert Abbott (1811-1856) | "The Roofscrambler” | 15.6.1835 | 12.12.1850 | | | **Siamese Twins** | [14.4.1834] | 5.5.1853 | | | **The Turned Head** | 3.11.1834 | 27.1.1865 | | BERNARD, William Bayle (1807-1875) | "A Practical Man" | 20.10.1849 | 8.3.1854 | | BOUCICAULT, Dion (1822-1890) | **The Colleen Bawn or the Brides of Garryowen** | 29.3.1860 | 25.4.1865 | | | "The Octoroon or Life in Louisiana" | 6.12.1859 | 7.1.1865; 13.1.1865; 14.1.1865 | | | "Used Up" (with C. Mathews) | 1.6.1846 | 26.1.1853; 8.2.1857 | | BRIDGEMAN, John Vipon (1819-1889) | **I've Been Eaten My Friend!** | 8.9.1851 | 22.3.1854 | | BROOKS, Charles William Shirley (1816-1874) | "Anything for a Change" | 7.6.1848 | 14.5.1854 | | BROUGH, Robert Barnabas (1828-1860) | "Crinoline" | 18.12.1856 | March 1863; 16.3.1863; 1.4.1863 | | | **Medea or The Best of Mothers with a Brute of a Husband** | 14.7.1856 | 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 | 23.3.1853 | | | "The Area Belle" (with A. Halliday) | 7.3.1864 | 30.9.1865 | | | "Conrad and Medora or Harlequin Little Fairy at the Bottom of the Sea" | 26.12.1856 | | 138 ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1989 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/8336pm92h 237 COYNE, Joseph Stirling (1803-1868) "Binks the Bagman" (13.12.1843). P: 8.10.1857 "Duck Hunting" (29.9.1862). P: 30.3.1864; 4.4.1865 "The Infanticidal Farce or Did you ever Send your Wife to Camberwell?" (16.3.1846). P: 21.2.1856 **Urgent Private Affairs** (7.1.1856). P: 5.5.1858 CROSS, John C (d 1810?) The Golden Farmer or Harlequin Ploughboy (28.6.1802). P: 8.10.1857 DANCE, Charles (1794-1863) **Delicate Ground or Paris in 1793** (27.11.1849). P: 13.2.1864 "The Dustman's Belle" (1.6.1846). P: 9.2.1858 DANVERS, Henry (??) **A Conjugal Lesson** (3.7.1856). P: 26.3.1857 DIBDIN, Thomas John (1771-1841) **The Birthday** (16.3.1799). P: 9.2.1858 DUMAS, Alexandre fils (1824-1895) "Camille" (English adaptation of 'La Dame aux Camélias') (1852; London: 1858). P: 27.3.1865 EDWARDS, Henry Sutherland (1828-1906) **The Goose with the Golden Eggs** (with A. Mayhew) (1.9.1859). P: 13.2.1863 FITZBALL, Edward (1792-1873) "The Daughter of the Regiment" (30.11.1843). P: 15.4.1865 GILL, W.B. **Aurora Floyd Burlesqued**. P: 19.4.1865 "Which is Which?". P: 27.3.1865 GORE, Catherine Grace Frances (1799-1861) **A Good Night's Rest or Two in the Morning** (19.8.1839). P: 21.2.1856 HALLIDAY, Andrew (1830-1877) "The Area Belle" (with W. Brough) (7.3.1864). P: 30.9.1865 HARDWICKE, Pelham: See C. Mathews HARRIS, Augustus Glossop (1826-1873) "The Rose of Castille" (Music by M.W. BALFE) (29.10.1857). P: 8.10.-14.10.1864 HAZLEWOOD, Colin Henry (1823-1875) ? "Aurora Floyd or the First and Second Marriage" (21.4.1863). P: 26.11.1864; 17.4.1865 ? "Lady Audley's Secret" (25.6.1863). 142 P: 28.12.1864 "Rob Roy" (19.6.1864). P: 28.3.-5.4.1865 JERROLD, Douglas William (1803-1857) "Black-eyed Susan or All in the Downs" (8.6.1829). P: 28.3-5.4.1865 JERROLD, M. William Blanchard (1826-1884) ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1989 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/8336pm92h 240 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. ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1989 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/8336pm92h 241 Aurora Floyd Burlesqued: W.B. Gill; 19.4.1865. The Babes in the Wood: J.H. Byron; 17.4.1865. A Bachelor of Arts: P. Hardwicke; 10.2.1858, 8.5.1865. Betsey Baker; J.M. Morton; 23.3.1853. Binks the Bagman: J.S. Coyne; 8.10.1857. The Birthday: T.J. Dibdin; 9.2.1858. Black-eyed Susan: D.W. Jerrold; 28.3-5.4.1865. Bombastes Furioso: W.B. Rhodes; 28.1.1851, 5.5.1858. The Boots at the Swan: C. Selby; 14.12.1865. Box and Cox: J.M. Morton; 15.5.1854, 18.2.1857. The Bride of Abydos: H.J. Byron; 22.10.-28.10.1864. Bullrick at Kroll: N.N.; 28.3.1864. Camille: A. Dumas Jr; 27.3.1865. A Capital Match: J.M. Morton; 23.4.1857, 3.12.1864. Charles the Second: J.H. Payne; 16.3.1858. Cinderella: H.J. Byron? T. Taylor?; 12.11.-18.11.1864, 28.4.1865. The Colleen Bawn: D. Boucicault; 25.4.1865. A Conjugal Lesson: H. Danvers; 26.3.1857. Conrad and Medora: W. Brough; 12.E.-18.E.1864. Cool as a Cucumber: M.W.B. Jerrold; 26.3.1857, 30.3.1864, 4.4.1864. Crinoline: R.B. Brough; March 1863; 16.3.1863, 1.4.1864. The Daughter of the Regiment: E. Fitzball? 15.4.1865. A Dead Shot: J.B. Buckstone; 11.4.1865. The Debut: N.N.; 1.4.1864. Delicate Ground: C. Dance; 13.2.1864. Diamond cut Diamond: W.H. Murray; 12.12.1850. Done on both sides: J.M. Morton; 10.2.1858. The Dragon of Wantley: H. Carey & J.F. Lampe; 26.1.1852. Duck Hunting: J.S. Coyne; 30.3.1864, 4.4.1864, The Dustman's Belle: C. Dance; 9.2.1858. Faint Heart never won Fair Lady: J.R. Planché; 8.10.-14.10.1864, 14.12.1865. A Fast Train! High Pressure!! Express!!!: J.M. Maddox; 8.3.1854. A Fearful Tragedy in the Seven Dials: C. Selby; 15.2.1860. Fitzsmythe of Fitzsmythe Hall: J.M. Morton; 26.3.1863. The Flowers of the Forest: J.B. Buckstone; 28.3.-5.4.1865. Fra Diavolo: H.J. Byron; 15.10.-21.10.1864. The Frantic Husband: N.N.; 26.4.1865. The Golden Farmer: J.C. Cross? B. Webster? 8.10.1857, A Good Night's Rest: C.G.F. Gore; 21.2.1856. The Goose with the Golden Eggs: A. Mayhew & H. Sutherland; 13.2.1863, 17.2.1863, 26.4.1865 The Governess (Die Gouvernante): T. Körner; 28.3.1864. Grimshaw, Bagshaw and Bradshaw: J.M. Morton: 2.6.1859. The 'Green' Bushes: H.J Byron: 30.9.1865. A Hard Struggle: J.W. Marston; 12.11.-18.11.1864. The Harvest Home: A.F.F. von Kotzebue; 28.3.1864. The Haunted Inn: R.B. Peake; 6.5.1852. The Heir at Law: G. Colman the Younger; 21.4.1851. ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1989 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/8336pm92h 242 High Life below Stairs: J. Townley; 21.4.1851. The Honey Moon: W. Linley? J. Tobin? 19.4.1865. A Household Fairy: F. Talfourd; 216.11.1864. I couldn't help it: J. Oxenford; 13.4.1865. III Treated Il Trovatore: H.J. Byron; 22.6.1864, 29.6.1864. The Infanticidal Farce: J.S. Coyne; 21.2.1856. The Invisible Prince: J.R. Planché; 23.3.1865. The Irish Tutor: R. Butler; 5.5.1853. Isabella: J.B. Buckstone; 28.3.-5.4.1865. I've Eaten My Friend: J.V. Bridgeman; 22.3.1854. Kenilworth: N.N.; 28.3.-5.4.1865. King John: W. Shakespeare; 12.11.-18.11.1864. A Kiss in the Dark: J.B. Buckstone; 26.3.1857. The Knights of the Round Table: J.R. Planché; 24.5.1865. A Lady and a Gentleman in a Peculiarly Perplexing Predicement: C. Selby; 13.12.1864. Lady Audley's Secret: C.H. Hazlewood? G. Roberts? W.E. Suter?; 28.12.1864. The Lady of Lyons: E. Bulwer Lytton; 10.2.1864. The Lady of Lyons: H.J. Byron?; 22.10.-28.10.1864, 29.4.1865. Lend me Five Shillings: J.M. Morton; see p. 15. A Lesson for the Ladies: J.B. Buckstone; 8.4.1865. As Like as Two Peas: H. Lillo; 16.3.1858. Little Toddlekins: C.J. Mathews; 26.5.1864. Love Laughs at Locksmiths: G. Colman the Younger; 9.5.1864, Love, Law and Physics: J. Kenney; 28.1.1851. A Lucky Escape: C.S. Cheltnam; 25.4.1864. The Maid and the Magpie: H.J. Byron; 8.10.-14.10.1864, 15.10.-21.10.1864, 15.4.1865. Make your Wills: E. Mayhew; 23.1.1856. Married Life: J.B. Buckstone; 12.11.-18.11.1864. Medea: R.B. Brough; 28.12.1864. A Most Unwarrantable Intrusion: J.M. Morton; 22.3.1854, 1.4.1864, Nature and Philosophy: N.N.; 9.5.1864. The Nigger Doctor and his Patient Patient: N.N.; 14.8.1856. No!: W.H. Murray? F. Reynolds?; 23.2.1852. No 1 round the corner: W. Brough; 23.1.1856. Nursery Chickweed: T.J. Williams; 28.3.-5.4.1865. The Octoroon: D. Boucicault; 7.1.-13.1.1865, 14.1.1865, On and Off: T.J. Williams; 25.4.1864. Our Wife: J.M. Morton; 13.2.1863, 17.2.1863. Perdita: W. Brough; 8.4.1865. Poor Pillicoddy: J.M. Morton; 15.3.1860, 26.5.1864. A Practical Man: W.B. Bernard; 8.3.1854. Princess Springtime: H.J. Byron; 10.11.1865, 20.11.1865. A Race for Dinner: J.T.G. Rodwell; announced but not performed. Raising the wind: J. Kenney; 9.2.1858, 30.3.1864, 4.4.1864. The Rendez-vous: R. Ayton; 24.3.1852. Retained for the Defence: J. Oxenford; 25.4.1864. The Review; G. Colman the Younger; 24.3.1852. ================================================================================