RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1989 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/8336pm92h 193 C: Amateurs F: Prologue, music Th: Theatre Royal (A) N: First performance of the season R: The proscenium had been adorned with "a very pretty drop scene of the Port of Leghorn". The report was in general terms only; both pieces were cleverly and effectively sustained”, During the interval “a most effective Irish song was sung and the orchestra under the veteran melodist Sir George Smart gave unqualified satisfaction* (NCH 31.1.1852). 23.2.1852 (Mon) T. MORTON: “A Roland for an Oliver" (1819) T: Farce (2 acts) "No!" by W.H. MURRAY or F. REYNOLDS T: Farce (1 act) C: Amateurs F: Music Th: Theatre Royal (A) N: Second performance of the season R: Tonight there was a "numerous attendance of the beau monde, but not so much as on the previous occasion". A Roland for an Oliver was "an old established favourite and we need only say that the scenery was admirable, the ladies well dressed, the bride quite lovely and the whole went off amidst enthusiastic cheers and bursts of applause”. The other farce "No!" was "replete with fun and sly sarcasm on unequal matches between lovely young wives and gentlemen rather the worse for wear". Somewhat contradictorily the critic continued, "it decidedly exhibited much more spirit than its precursor and was hailed accordingly with more enthusiasm and good will". There was also “a solo on the pianoforte by a young lady, her first appearance, as we believe, on any stage. The rapidity of her fingering, the clearness of her touch and what is so frequently wanting with many performers, her musical emphasis, were striking. We hear that the young lady graduated at the Conservatoire at Paris and her style is characterised by that brilliancy and distinctness so marked in performances at that capital”. No more was heard of this pianist; as to her name and career we are left in the dark. Was she the wife of a local merchant or a touring artist? Or was the "lady" in this instance too, a “gentleman"?? (NCH 28.2.1852). 24.3.1852 (Mon) G. COLMAN Jr: "The Review" (1800) T: Musical farce (2 acts) R. AYTON: "The Rendezvous" (1818) T: Operetta (1 act). C: Amateurs F: Music Th: New Theatre Royal (A) N: Third performance of the season R: For the occasion a new drop scene, depicting the Bay of Naples, had been painted. Apart from the plays "a company of excellent jugglers amused the visitors, with a good display of surprising feats of sleight of hand". Possibly these were Chinese, for in the announcement (NCH 20.3.1852) it was stated that there are several parties endeavouring to obtain Native Conjurers for the next theatrical night". Of course the whole “went off with much eclat, the characters were well sustained and admirably dressed, the scenery as usual very good and the music first rate” (NCH 27.3.1852). ================================================================================ 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 239 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 ================================================================================ 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 Richard III: W. Shakespeare; 26.4.1865. The Rivals: R.B. Sheridan; 28.9.1858, 23.11.1864. A Roarer: N.N.; 19.4.1865. Rob Roy; C.H. Hazlewood? W.H. Murray? 28.3.-5.4.1865. A Roland for an Oliver: T. Morton Sr; 23.2.1852. Roofscrambler: G.A.à Beckett; 12.12.1850. The Rose of Castille: A.G. Harris; 8.10.-14.10.1864. The Rough Diamond: J.B. Buckstone; 13.4.1865. The Serious Family: M. Barnett; 8.10.1857, 2.6.1859, 23.3.1865, 28.4.1865. Siamese Twins: G.A.à Beckett; 5.5.1853. A Silent Woman: T.H. Lacy; 29.6.1864. Sink or Swim: T. Morton Jr; 16.2.1857. Slasher and Crasher: J.M. Morton; 21.2.1856. Still Waters Run Deep: T. Taylor.; 23.4.1857, 15.3.1860. Sweethearts and Wives: J. Kenney; 11.4.1865. Take that girl away: L.S. Buckingham; 15.2.1860; 3.12.1864. Time tries all: J. Courtney; 5.5.1858, 10.5.1860, 21.3.1865. To Paris and back for £5: J.M. Morton; 10.5.1860, 21.3.1865. The Turned Head: G.A.à Beckett; 27.1.1853. Turn out!: J. Kenney; 10.11.1865, 20.11.1865. 'T Was I: J.H. Payne; 27.4.1865. The Two Bonny Castles: J.M. Morton; 22.3.1854, 8.5.1865. The Unfinished Gentleman: C. Selby; 17.6.1865. Urgent Private Affairs; J.S. Coyne; 5.5.1858. Used Up: D. Boucicault & C.J. Mathews; 26.1.1852, 27.1.1853, 18.2.1857. The Wandering Minstrel: H. Mayhew; 24.5.1865. Where There's a Will There's a Way: J.M. Morton; 26.3.1863. Which is which?: W.B. Gill; 27.3.1865. Whitebait at Greenwich: J.M. Morton; 23.1.1856, 16.2.1859, 26.5.1864. The White Horse of the Peppers; S. Lover; March 1863, 16.3.1863. A Wonder: H. Carey S. Centlivre?: 12.11.-18.11.1864, Woodcock's Little Game: J.M. Morton; 14.12.1865. The Young Widow: J.T.G. Rodwell; 27.4.1865, 243 Page 268 ================================================================================