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-1989 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/8336pm92h 219 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) ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1989 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/8336pm92h 238 "Cool as a Cucumber" (24.3.1851). P: 26.3.1857; 30.3.1864; 4.4.1864 JOHNSTONE, J.B. (1803-1891) ? "Aurora Floyd" (May 1863). P: 26.11.1864; 17.4.1865 KENNEY, James (1780?-1849) **Love, Law and Physic** (20.11.1812). P: 28.1.1851 "Raising the Wind" (5.11.1803).144 P: 9.2.1858; 30.3.1864; 4.4.1864 **Sweethearts and Wives** (7.7.1823). P: 11.4.1865 **Truth out!** (7.3.1812). P: 10.11.1865; 20.11.1865 KÖRNER, Theodor (1791-1813) "The Governess" (= "Die Gouvernante"). P: 28.3.1864 KOTZEBUE, August Friedrich Ferdinand von (1761-1819) "The Harvest at Home". P: 28.3.1864 LACY, Thomas Hailes (1810-1873) "A Silent Woman" (17.8.1835). P: 29.6.1864 LILLE, Hubert "As Like as Two Peas" (30.6.1854). P: 16.3.1858 LINLEY, William (1771-1835) ? "The Honeymoon" (7.1.1797). P: 15.4.-21.4.1865 LOVER, Samuel (1797-1868) **The White Horse of the Peppers** (26.5.1838). P: March 1863; 16.3.1863 LYTTON, Edward Bulwer (1803-1873) "The Lady of Lyons or Love and Pride" (15.2.1838). P: 10.2.1864; 22.10.-28.10.1864(?); 29.4.1865(?) MADDOX, John Medex (1789-1861) "A Fast Train! High Pressure!! Express!!!" (25.4.1853). P: 8.3.1854 MARSTON, John Westland (1819-1890) "A Hard Struggle" (1.2.1858). P: 12.11.-18.11.1864 MATHEWS, Charles James (1803-1878) "A Bachelor of Arts" (under pseudonym: Pelham Hardwicke) (23.11.1853). P: 10.2.1858; 8.5.1865 "Little Toddlekins" (15.12.1852). P: 26.5.1864 "Used Up" (with D. Boucicault) (1.6.1846). 138 P: 26.1.1852; 27.1.1853; 18.2.1857 MAYHEW, Augustus Septimus (1826-1875) "The Goose with the Golden Eggs" (with H.S. Edwards) (1.9.1859). P: 13.2.1863; 17.2.1863; 26.4.1865 MAYHEW, Edward (1813-1868) "Make your Wills" (16.7.1836). P: 23.1.1856 MAYHEW, Henry (1812-1887) "The Wandering Minstrel" (16.1.1834). P: 24.5.1865 ================================================================================ 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. ================================================================================