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12.12.1850 (Thur)

G.A.A. BECKETT: "Roofscrambler" (1835)

T: Burlesque

W.H. MURRAY: "Diamond cut Diamond" (1843)

T: Farcical interlude (1 act)

C: Amateurs

Th: Theatre Royal (A)

R: NCH 14.12.1850. From the file I have been using the pages on which the review appeared were missing, so no further information can be given.

28.1.1851 (Tue)

J. KENNEDY: "Love, Law and Physic" (1812)

T: Farce

W.B. RHODES: "Bombastes Furioso" (1810)

T: Burlesque tragic opera (1 act)

C: Amateurs

Th: Theatre Royal (A)

R: In only a short impression the Herald wrote that "the performances went off with much spirit amidst repeated plaudits and continual bursts of merriment. The present company seems likely to become highly popular and the public are much indebted to them for according such seasonable diversion at this dull period of the year" (NCH 1.2.1851).

21.4.1851 (Mon)

G. COLMAN Jr: "Heir at Law" (1797)

T: Comedy (5 acts)

J. TOWNLEY: "High Life below Stairs” (1759)

T: Farce (2 acts)

C: Amateurs

Th: Theatre Royal (A)

N: Final performance of the season.

R: About the actors the critic thought it "uncourteous to select where all did their best and there was much to praise; we will, therefore, only say in allusion to Heir at Law that STEADFAST maintained the character of the fine old English bachelor with spirit”. In the same issue appeared a letter from "A Stranger": "The character of Dr. Pangloss (in Heir at Law) was performed with much quiet humour and the pedantic stolidity of an L.L.D. and A.A.S. (sic!) were exceedingly well portrayed, though at intervals much too low to enable the back part of the audience to catch the full force of the quotations". The Herald added that the part of Dr. Pangloss is, perhaps, the most difficult in the play, for an Amateur to sustain; the curt witticisms and various learned quotations require an experienced actor to give with effect".

High Life below Stairs "flagged somewhat from the previous exertions of the actors, but we must not omit to notice the excellent acting in the representative of the Lord Duke's servant'

Despite this and in spite of the editor not being very much satisfied with some of the language in the plays he thanked “our young friends for their kindly endeavours to promote amusement amongst the community, they were spared neither trouble, time nor expense to cater for the intellectual appetite of Shanghai in the classical drama” (NCH 26.4.1851).

26.1.1852 (Mon)

D. BOUCICAULT & C. MATHEWS: "Used Up" (1846)

T: Comedietta (2 acts)

H. CAREY (music: J.F. LAMPE): "The Dragon of Wantley" (1837)

T: Burlesque opera (3 acts)
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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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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.
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