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167 results for: Title - The Rural Sports

1
07 August 1738 @ Tottenham Court

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mad Lovers; Or, Sport Upon Sport: With The Comical Humours Of Squire Graygoose, His Man Doodle, My Lady Graygoose, Captain Atall

Song: the two Mhe two Master Hamilton

Dance: A comic Peasant Dance-DelaGrange, Mlle DelaGrange, LeBrune, Mlle LeBrune, Bencraft, Mrs Penkethman

Music: an extraordinaryBan extraordinaryBand of Musick is provided, consisting of Violins, Hautboys, Bassoons, Kettle-Drums, Trumpets, French-Horns

2
27 October 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unhappy Favourite; Or, The Earl Of Essex

Afterpiece Title: The Rural Sports; With The Stratagems of Harlequin

3
28 October 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tender Husband; Or, The Accomplish'd Fools

Afterpiece Title: The Rural Sports

4
29 October 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant; Or, The Beggar's Bush

Afterpiece Title: The Rural Sports

5
30 October 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Afterpiece Title: The Rural Sports

6
12 May 1780 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rinaldo

Dance: End I: The Rural Sports, as17800422, but Miss _Andreas; End II: Il Filosofo, as17800509; End Opera: Grand Serious Ballet, as17791127, but _Slingsby, Mme Simonet; with a +Grand Chaconne, as17800422

7
20 May 1780 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rinaldo

Dance: End I: The Rural Sports, as17800512; End II: La Fete Pastorale, as17800422, but Slingsby; Pas Seul, as17800422; accompanied on the guitar-Noferi; End Opera: +Serious Ballet, as17800422, but Slingsby; +Grand Chaconne, as17800422

8
27 May 1780 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rinaldo

Dance: End I: The Rural Sports, as17800512, but Miss _Simonet; End II: La Fete Pastorale, as17800520; End Opera: Serious Ballet-; connected with the Opera, in which a Grand Chaconne ([the music] composed by Floquet)-Favre Guiardele, Mme Simonet, Slingsby, Sga Tantini, Mlle Baccelli

9
24 June 1780 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rinaldo

Dance: End I: The Rural Sports, as17800527; End II: La Fete Pastorale, as17800520; End Opera: Serious Ballet, as17800527; Grand Chaconne, as17800527; To conclude with: New Allemande-

10
01 July 1780 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Quinto Fabio

Dance: End I: The Rural Sports, as17800527; End II: Il Filosofo, as17800509; To conclude with: New Allemande-; End Opera: New Serious Ballet, as17800516

Song: As 22 Jan

11
10 February 1781 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mitridate

Dance: End I: The Pert Country Maid, as17810113; End II: The Nymphs of Diana,as17810123, but Mme _Simonet; End Opera: The Rural Sports, as17810123

12
24 March 1781 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Barone Di Torre Forte

Dance: End I: The Rural Sports, as17810123

Ballet: End: Ninette a la Cour. As17810222

13
27 March 1781 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Barone Di Torre Forte

Dance: End I: The Rural Sports, as17810123

Ballet: End Opera: Ninette a la Cour. As17810222, but The Devonshire Minuet-Mme Simonet, Vestris Sen

14
10 May 1781 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Barone Di Torre Forte

Dance: End I: The Rural Sports, as17810123

Ballet: End Opera: Medee et Jason. As17810329

15
27 May 1732 @ Windmill Hill

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Damon And Phillida

Dance: HHarlequin and Country Man-; Harlequin Turn'd Into a Dog-; Drunken Man-Taylor

Song: Rural Dialogue-a Little Boy, Girl

16
04 August 1732 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello, Moor Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: Rural Love; or, The Merry Shepherd

Dance: d'V'Vallois, Mrs Walter

17
07 May 1733 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry Iv, Part Ii

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Daphne

Dance: In I of Afterpiece: Les Bergeries-Essex, Haughton, Miss Robinson

Ballet: In II: A Comic Rural Ballad called The Country Revels. Colin-Essex; Phoebe-Mrs Booth; Yeomen-Lally, Haughton; Yeomen's Wives-Miss Mears, Mrs Walter; Peasants-Lally Jr, F. Tench, Davenport; Peasant Women-Mrs Delorme, Miss Mann, Miss Price

Music: Concerto on the Violin-Charke; Music for two Vox Humanes, a new Invented Instrument-

18
28 December 1733 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Com1cal History Of Don Quixote

Dance: A new Rural Dance proper to the Play by Delagarde, Sandham, Evans, Woodward, Miss Wherrit, Miss Sandham, Mrs Vallois, Mrs Dove. Coquette by Mrs Bullock. Comic Dance by Vallois. Dutch Skipper by d'Vallois and Mrs Bullock

19
21 January 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Winter's Tale

Ballet: nd in which will be introduc'd a New Grand Ballet call'd the% Rural Assembly. Chasseur-Desnoyer; Pastors-Richardson, Delagarde, Dupre, Destrade, Bencraft; Shepherdesses-Mrs Wright, Mlle Fabres, Mrs LeBrun, Mlle Rhenos, Mlle Maudet; Nymph of the Plain-Sga Barberina; Old Herdsman-Villeneuve; Cottage Nymph-Sga Domitilla; Two Nymphs of the Vale, a Sylvan-Picq, Mlle Bonneval, Mlle Auguste

20
22 January 1742 @ Covent Garden

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Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Ballet: into it will be introduc'd the Rinto it will be introduc'd the +Rural Assembly. As17420121

21
23 January 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Ballet: In which will be introduc'd the Rural Assembly. As17420121

22
13 February 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Dance: Entertainments, as17420210, but Dubuisson, Mme +Bonneval; +Chacone, as17411230; Saraband-Sga Barbarina; La Provencale, as17420212

Ballet: After: Rural Assembly. As17420121

23
01 April 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow; Or, The Wanton Wife

Dance: I: New Scots Dance-Desnoyer, Sga Barbarina; II: Tambourine-Desnoyer, Sga Barbarina; V: A Ball Dance call'd the Britannia, Louvre-; concluding with: a Minuet-Desnoyer, Sga Barbarina, By Command

Ballet: IV: Rural Assembly. See17420121, but only Chasseur-Desnoyer; Nymph-Sga Barbarina

24
18 May 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

Dance: II: Hornpipe-a child five years old; V: Scots Dance-Harvey, Mrs Preston; Rural Dance-Harvey, Mrs Preston

Song: III: Lass of the Mill-Vernon

25
25 January 1758 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: Pigmalion; or, The Statue Metamorphosed

Afterpiece Title: , B, By Desire, The Battle of Rosbach, the whole to conclude with Bryan's song in honour of that day sung by Kear

Dance: I: Rural Dance-Master Settree, Miss Twist; III: Scots Dance-Froment, Miss Wilkinson

Song: III: Scots Song-Lauder; IV: young Italian Gentlewoman, 1st appearance on any stage