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2.3.1864 (Wedn)

Performance by the amateurs of the Royal Artillery.

No plays are mentioned in the announcement (NCH 27.2.1864).

4.3.1864 (Fri)

Performance by Mrs. Greig: "dramatic reading and English ballad music” with the cooperation of Mr. Marquis Chisholm, piano, and the Rhenish Band.

N.N. (H)

R: This was an evening at which the Herald predicted that "ladies may without impropriety be present". Mrs. GREIG had had “a most successful career in India and the colonies" and it was the first time she had come to Shanghai (NCH 27.2.1864).

28.3.1864 (Mon)

T. KORNER: "The Governess" (“Die Gouvernante')

T: Farce (1 act)

A.F.F. Von KOTZEBUE: "The Harvest at Home"

N.N.: Bullrick at Kroll"

C: Amateurs of His Prussian M.S. Gazelle

Th: On board ship(?)

N: It is not recorded in which language these pieces were played: titles and authors are those given by the Herald. Of Kotzebue's play I have not been able to find a German equivalent. HED, however, mentions some plays with the same title by British authors: Thomas Parry (1848) and Charles Dibdin (1787), as well as some by unknown playwrights.

R: Perhaps in some fear, the Herald noted with a sigh of relief that "the evening passed off without a single contretemps" (NCH 2.4.1864). Curiously enough the only ship in port with the name "Gazelle" was a British merchantman which had arrived there from Hankow on the 22nd.

30.3.1864 (Wedn)

M.W.B. JERROLD: "Cool as a Cucumber" (1851)

T: Farce (1 act)

J. KENNEY: "Raising the Wind" (1803)

T: Farce (2 acts)

J.S. COYNER: "Duck Hunting” (1862)

T: Farce (1 act)

C: Amateurs of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps

F: Prologue, spoken by Commm. R.C. Antrobus

Th: N.N. (H)

N: First performance of the season

R: After a brief period in which the actual names of resident-amateurs had been published, there was a reversion to the old practice of stage names, at least probably for most actors. A whole list was printed in the Herald (Messrs Talbot, De Jones, Robinson (were these latter two the same as those active in 1858?), Carnegie, Coke, Dolittle, Smith, Blister, Buttons, Bellingham and John; and Mesdemoiselles Olivia, Pipchin, Robinson and Sally), of whom only Mr. Talbot may have been genuine. As usual the female characters of the farces were played by men ("prettier and more graceful amateur ladies than we have ever seen before"), a generally horrid sight for the serious theatregoer. Not so for Shanghailanders for "large numbers of residents who were desirous of obtaining admission were excluded for want of room” (NCH 2.4.1864). A detailed review had appeared in the Daily Shipping News of 31.3.1864, no longer available. Increasingly, instead of full reports, summaries from the daily edition were published until one has to resort entirely to the Daily News; of Survey).
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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)
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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.
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