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"Lady Audley's Secret", for which HED lists the following authors: C.H. HAZLEWOOD (1863), G. ROBERTS (1863) and W.E. SUTER (1863).

C: Shanghai Amateur Burlesque Company

Th: N.N. (I)

R: For the first time we have at our disposal another source than the "North China Herald" for reviews of the Shanghai theatre, viz. the "Shanghai Commercial Record". In general, though, the reports were in the same vein as those in the Herald had been, but sometimes more information was given and different accents set. Hardly so for tonight's pieces: they "reflected great credit on the talent of the performers and their endeavour to provide for the amusement of their fellow exiles has we are sure been highly appreciated" (SCR 7.1.1865). The Herald only published an announcement (NCH 24.12.1864).

11.1.1865 (Wedn)

D. BOUCICAULT: "The Octaroon" (1859)

T: Drama (4 acts)

C: Thorne (travelling) Company

Th: Lyceum Theatre (1)

R: Sometimes the availability of two sources does not make it easier to make a judgement about the truth of things. What to think e.g., of the following reports on the Thorne Company: The Herald was short in its weekly summary of 14.1.1865: "The Thorne Company have given a successful representation of the Octoroon at the Lyceum Theatre and announce a second performance for this evening" (i.e., Saturday). In contrast, the Shanghai Commercial Record reported in its issue of January 25: "We have had another theatrical troupe here, calling themselves the Thorne Troupe. But whether it is that Shanghai has had too much of this class of entertainment lately, or that the pressure of the times is so great that people do not care to attend the Theatre, we cannot say. Both these causes combined probably to render the patronage bestowed on the Thorne Troupe extremely small. Indeed, when they opened on Wednesday evening last [this should read January 11 - JH] it was literally to an empty house for we hear there was actually no one present to view the performance. The company, as well they might be, were so disgusted that they left next day for San Francisco where we sincerely trust they will be more successful" Cf. however, Survey, note $2.

14.1.1865 (Sat)?

As above?

4.2.-10.2.1865

Concert by Mr. Desvachez and Signor Enrico Grossi. Th: Town Hall of the French Concession

R: The violinist DESVACHEZ returned to Shanghai, this time accompanied by the bass singer Enrico GROSSI who had earlier, in December 1863, performed with the Faylor Company in Macao (see BGM 14.12.1863). The concert had called for favourable comment at the hands of our music critic” — indicating that a more detailed review had appeared in the North China Daily News (NCH 11.2.1865).

15.2.1865 (Wedn)

Annual Volunteer Concert by the Volunteer Band and the "Shanghai Amateur Quartet Club**.

Th: Shanghai Club

R: The Commercial Record of 22.2.1865 gave the following impression of this concert: "The Volunteer Band was assisted by the Shanghai Amateur Quartette Club and several gentleman amateurs. The large room in the Club House was lent for the occasion and we were glad to see it well filled. The gay uniforms of the Shanghai Mounted Rangers, mingled with the more sober dress of the Volunteers gave the room a very gay
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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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MORTON, John Maddison (1811-1891)

"Attic Story" (19.5.1842). P: 6.5.1852

"Betsy Baker or too attentive by half" (13.11.1850). P: 23.3.1853

145

"Box and Cox: a Romance of Real Life" (1.11.1847). P: 15.5.1854; 18.2.1857

"A Capital Match" (4.11.1852). P: 23.4.1857; 3.12.1864

"Done on Both Sides" (24.2.1847). P: 10.2.1858

"Fitzsmythe of Fitzsmythe Hall" (26.5.1860). P: 26.3.1863

"Grimshaw, Bagshaw and Bradshaw" (1.7.1851). P: 2.6.1859

"Lend me Five Shillings" (18.2.1846). P: see p. 15

"A Most Unwarrantable Intrusion" (11.6.1849). P: 22.3.1854; 1.4.1864

"Our Wife or The Rose of Amiens" (18.11.1856). P: 13.12.1863; 17.2.1863

"Poor Pillicuddy" (12.7.1848). P: 15.3.1860; 26.5.1864

"Slasher and Crasher" (13.11.1848). P: 21.2.1856

"To Paris and back for £5" (5.2.1853). P: 10.5.1860; 21.3.1865

"The Two Bonny Castles" (25.11.1851). P: 22.3.1854; 8.5.1865

"Where there's a will there's a way" (6.9.1849). P: 26.3.1863

"Whitebait at Greenwich" (14.11.1853). P: 23.1.1856; 16.2.1859; 26.5.1864

"Woodcock's Little Game" (6.10.1864). P: 14.2.1865

MORTON, Thomas, Sr (1764-1838)

"A Roland for an Oliver" (29.4.1819). P: 23.2.1852

MORTON, Thomas, Jr

"Sink or Swim" (2.8.1852). P: 16.2.1859

MURRAY, William Henry Wood (1790-1852)

146

"Diamond cut Diamond" (19.6.1843). P: 12.12.1850

? "No!" (14.11.1826). P: 23.2.1852

? "Rob Roy" (10.6.1818). P: 28.3.-5.4.1865

OXENFORD, John (1813-1877)

"I couldn't help it" (19.4.1862). P: 13.4.1865

"Retained for the Defence" (23.5.1859). P: 25.4.1864

PAYNE, John Howard (1790-1852)

"Charles the Second or the Merry Monarch" (27.6.1824). P: 16.3.1858

"'Twas I" (3.12.1825). P: 27.4.1865

PEAKE, Richard Brinsley (1797-1880)

"The Haunted Inn" (31.1.1828). P: 6.5.1852

PLANCHE, James Robinson (1796-1880)

"Faint Heart never won Fair Lady" (28.2.1839). P: 8.10.-14.10.1864; 14.2.1865

"The Invisible Prince or the Island of Tranquil Delights" (26.12.1846). P: 23.3.1865

"The Knights of the Round Table" (20.5.1854). P: 24.5.1865

REYNOLDS, Francis (1764-1841)

? "No!" (16.5.1828). P: 23.3.1852

RHODES, William Barnes (1772-1826)

"Bombastes Furioso" (7.8.1810). P: 28.1.1851; 5.5.1858

ROBERTS, George

? "Lady Audley's Secret" (28.2.1863). P: 28.12.1864
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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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