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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Welch or Scotch country girl"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Welch or Scotch country girl")') GROUP BY eventid ORDER BY weight() desc, eventdate asc OPTION field_weights=(perftitleclean=100, commentpclean=75, commentcclean=75, roleclean=100, performerclean=100, authnameclean=100), ranker=sph04

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2253 results for: Keyword - Welch or Scotch country girl
We found 1466 matches on Performance Title, 668 matches on Performance Comments, 315 matches on Event Comments, 0 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

1426
12 December 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cyrus

Afterpiece Title: The Country Madcap in London

Dance: End: New Pantomime Dance, as17701129

1427
20 December 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cyrus

Afterpiece Title: True Blue

Afterpiece Title: The Country Madcap

1428
22 December 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Afterpiece Title: The Country Madcap

Dance: End: New Pantomime Dance, as17701205

1429
25 February 1771 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Clementina

Afterpiece Title: The Country Madcap

Dance: End: Comic Dance, as17701017

1430
04 March 1771 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Clementina

Afterpiece Title: True Blue

Afterpiece Title: The Country Madcap

1431
24 May 1771 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Cast
Role: To Conclude with a Country Dance Actor: .

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Dance: At End of the Country Dance: an Allemande-Daigville, Sga Vidini

1432
27 April 1773 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Cid

Dance: I: Grand Ballet, with a Gavotte, Grand Chacone-Mlle Heinel, Fierville; II: Pastoral Dance-Asselin, Mlle Grenier; End Opera: By Particular desire, La Fete du Village, as17730401done in same manner as it was at Mlle Heinel's Benefit; In which Minuet-Mlle Heinel, Fierville; Conclude: Country Dance, Grand Quadrille-principal dancers

1433
28 May 1773 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Orfeo

Dance: I: La Fete du Village with Minuet-Mlle Heinel, Fierville; concluding: Country Dance, Grand Quadrille-; II: Allemande-Slingsby, Mlle LaFond; End Opera: Les Tartare-Mlle Heinel, Fierville

1434
08 June 1773 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Orfeo

Dance: I: La Fete du Village with Minuet-Mlle Heinel, Fierville; Country Dance, Grand Quadrille-Slingsby; End Opera: Les Tartare-Mlle Heinel, Fierville

1435
16 February 1775 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Sot

Song: Catches and Glees-; Diana's Chace-Miss Jameson

Music: After Comic piece: two Ariettas on the Octave Flute in the Polonese taste-a new performer from that country; After Part II Catches and Glees: Concerto on Clarinet with variations on the Wanton God-Mahon

1436
12 May 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Dance: A New Comic Dance call'dThe Country Macaroni Assembly-Daguville, Daguville's Scholar; in which (by Desire) Minuet-Helme, Sga Vidini; End Opera: A New Dance call'd The British Bacchanalian , or The Hop-Pickers, an Interlude of Singing and Dancing,-Helme, Sga Vidini; in which The Wooden Shoe Dance- introduced by Daguville

Ballet: II: A New Grand Historical Dance of Warriors, call'd Boadicea Queen of Britain. Queen-Mrs Daguville; her Two Daughters-Miss Ross, Miss Armstrong (Scholars to Daguville); Helme, Daguville

1437
16 May 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Cast
Role: Concluding with a Country Dance Actor: the characters in the play.

Afterpiece Title: The What D'Ye Call It

Cast
Role: Countrymen Actor: the Comedians

Dance: I: The Country Macaroni Assembly, as17750512; With Minuet, as17750512; End Opera: The British Bacchanalian, as17750512; with Wooden Shoe Dance, as17750512

Ballet: II: Boadicea Queen of Britain. As17750512, but in addition are Twenty@three Combatants-, dressed after the manner of the ancient Britons and Romans

1438
26 September 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: New Brooms

Afterpiece Title: Love in a Village

Afterpiece Title: The Note of Hand; or, Trip to Newmarket

Dance: I: a Country Dance- incident to the main piece; End II: The Sailors Revels-Blurton

1439
27 September 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: News From Parnassus

Afterpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Dance: III: Hornpipe-Miss Besford; To conclude with: Country Dance-the characters. [Both these were danced, as here assigned, at all subsequent performances.

1440
05 December 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Two Misers

Dance: conclude with: Country Dance-the Characters

1441
04 February 1777 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Geloso In Cimento

Dance: End I: La Force de l'Amour, as17761214; End II: a new Comic Ballet-Vallouy, Mme Simonet, Sg and Sga Zuchelli, Vallouy@le@cadet; End Opera: a new Masquerade Dance-; in which: a Provencal-Vallouy@le@cadet; a Scaramouch-Sg and Sga Zuchelli; Minuet-Mons and Mme Simonet; to conclude with: Country Dance-all the Characters

1442
12 August 1777 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: Miss in her Teens

Dance: I: a Country Dance [incident to the [main] piece-; End II: [a New Dance [of Demi Caractere-

1443
02 October 1777 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

Dance: I: Country Dance (incident to the [main]piece)-; This was danced in both performances.] End II: [New Ballet, Demi-Caractere (composed by Gallet), Rural Grace-Gallet, Henry, Miss Armstrong, Mlle Dupre

1444
15 October 1777 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Afterpiece Title: The Two Misers

Dance: II: Masquerade Dance proper to the Play-; to conclude with: Country Dance-the Characters

1445
10 February 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Afterpiece Title: Selima and Azor

Dance: II: a Masquerade, Dance, proper to the play-; To conclude with: [a Country Dance-. [These were included in all subsequent performances.

1446
29 April 1778 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Lasses; Or, The Custom Of The Manor

Afterpiece Title: All the World's a Stage

Song: I: the original Sheep@shearing Song-the Characters

Dance: In I: Country Dance-the Characters; End: Hornpipe-a Gentleman

1447
04 November 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Afterpiece Title: The Camp

Cast
Role: Countrymen Actor: Wrighten, Burton, Waldron
Role: Countrywomen Actor: Mrs Love, Mrs Bradshaw, Mrs Booth, Miss Kirby

Dance: II: a Masquerade and Dance [proper to the play-; [to conclude Country Dance-. [Both these were included in all subsequent performances.

1448
28 April 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: Three Weeks after Marriage

Dance: to conclude with: Country Dance-the characters; End I: new Comic Dance-Langrish, Jackson, Miss Parish, Miss Lings; End II: a Minuet-Aldridge, Mrs Bulkley; In III: Hornpipe, as17781212; End I afterpiece: a new Pantomimical Dance, The Sports of the Green-Aldridge, Langrish, Jackson, Miss Besford, Miss Parish, Miss Valois; in which his celebrated Tambourine Dance-Aldridge

1449
10 May 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: Who's the Dupe

Dance: to conclude with: Country Dance-; End I afterpiece: As17790417

Song: End II: Tally ho!, as17790413

1450
09 June 1779 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: Piety in Pattens

Dance: End II: Tambourine Dance, as17790602 End: a new dance, The Country Wake-Master and Miss Byrn