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539 results for: Title - May-Day

1
02 May 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover

Dance: new May Day Dance by Newhouse, for Four Countrymen and Four Milk Maids with Garlands-; French Peasant-Nivelon, Legare

Song: TThe Bonny Milk Maid a Ballad and, The Merry Month of May-Miss Warren; The Spinning Wheel Dialogue-Leveridge, Salway; The Cobler-Leveridge; Ballad Duetta-Walker, Miss Fenton

2
21 May 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid; (London Daily Post and General Advertiser, 20 May) or, The Devil to Pay (Daily Advertiser, 21 May)

3
02 May 1746 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Afterpiece Title: May Day; or, The Merry Milkmaids of Islington

Song: Miss Young

Dance: Mechel, Mlle Mechel

4
01 May 1759 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Iv, Part I

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Dance: The Drunken Peasant, as17590430 The Milkmaid's Holiday, with substitle The Humours of May-Day, as17590421

5
16 April 1761 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Dance: II: A New Comic Dance call'd The May Day Morning, or Fingalian Dance , the Lass-Miss Dawson; End: By Particular Desire a Hornpipe-Miss Dawson

6
21 April 1761 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Dance: T+The May Day Morning Fingalian Dance, as17610416

Song: By Particular Desire, the Mimic Comic Opera Song-Mrs Clive

7
01 May 1762 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycombe (With Alterations)

Ballet: II: A New Comic Dance, call'd The May Day Frolic. Country Girl-Miss Dawson; Chimney Sweeper-Mr Baltazar

Dance: End: New Hornpipe-Miss Dawson

Song: IV: Miss Young

8
17 May 1770 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Afterpiece Title: The Minor

Dance: I: The English Gardeners, as17691206

Entertainment: End: Bucks have at ye all-Palmer

Ballet: IV: A New Medley Dance (1st time) call'd the May Day Garland. Tinker-Atkins; Housemaid-Mrs King

9
18 May 1770 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: A Peep behind the Curtain

Song: End: A Hunting Song-Kear

Ballet: IV: The May Day Garland. As17700517

10
28 October 1775 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: May Day; or, The Little Gipsy

11
04 November 1775 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Afterpiece Title: May Day

Dance: End: The Savage Hunters, as17751020

12
06 November 1775 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Afterpiece Title: May Day

13
07 November 1775 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: The Theatrical Candidates

Afterpiece Title: May Day

14
08 November 1775 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Afterpiece Title: May Day

15
09 November 1775 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Old City Manners

Afterpiece Title: May Day

Dance: The Merry Peasants, as17751018

16
10 November 1775 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Afterpiece Title: May Day

Dance: III: The Merry Peasants, as17751018

17
18 November 1775 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure

Afterpiece Title: May Day

Dance: II: By Particular Desire, The Savage Hunters, as17751020, but Blurton

18
21 November 1775 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Afterpiece Title: May Day

Dance: II: The Merry Peasants, as17751018

19
09 December 1775 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distress'd Mother

Afterpiece Title: May Day

Dance: III: The Merry Peasants, as17751018

20
18 December 1775 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Afterpiece Title: May Day

21
22 January 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Discovery

Afterpiece Title: May Day

22
31 January 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Afterpiece Title: May Day

23
07 February 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Discovery

Afterpiece Title: May Day

Dance: As17760126

24
15 February 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Runaway

Afterpiece Title: May Day

25
27 April 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: May Day