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535 results for: Title - Rule Britannia!

1
02 April 1755 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Song: II: A New Cantata-Beard; III: Hooly and Fairly by Desire-Beard; V: Rule Britannia-Beard, chorus; Britons Strike Home sung in Character-Beard, accompanied with a chorus

Music: IV: A Piece upon the Harp-Parry

Dance: ll concluding with% Hornpipe-Mathews

2
03 April 1755 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Dance: III: New Comic Dance-Three Sabatinis, as17550203

Song: B$Beard particularly at the End: Rule Britannia, as17550402 Britons Strike Home in character and accompanied with a Chorus, as17550402 Concluding with: a Hornpipe-Mathews

3
10 April 1755 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Creusa

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: I: As17550203; V: The Last New Comic Dance-Sg and Sga Sabatini

Song: III: Rule Britannia, as17550402-Beard%; concluding with: Hornpipe-Mathews

4
12 May 1755 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Song: II: Rule Britannia-Lowe

Dance: As17550430

5
09 November 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker; Or, The Humours Of The Navy

Afterpiece Title: A ChristmasTale

Dance: End: The Grand Naval Review-; in which a Dance of Sailors-Blurton, Mrs Sutton

Song: Rule Britannia-Davies, Fawcett, others

6
04 June 1777 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: As17761109; End II: Comic Dance, as17761217

Song: Rule Britannia-as17761109, but _Fawcett, Gaudry

7
10 May 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker; Or, The Humours Of The Navy

Afterpiece Title: A Fete

Afterpiece Title: Who's the Dupe

Dance: Scene IV: The Butterfly, as17800921

Song: End III: song-Miss Barnes (1st attempt on any stage); End 1st piece: the Grand Naval Review-; Rule Britannia-Gaudry, Edwards, Williams

8
17 May 1782 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chapter Of Accidents

Afterpiece Title: All the World's a Stage

Dance: End of mainpiece a new pantomimical Dance, Anticipation; or, Harlequin's Visit to Greenwich on Whit-Monday, in which will be introduced two favorite Scenes from Harlequin Skeleton. The Pantomime Parts by W. Bates, Baker, Jones, Stevens; Miss Matthews; the Dance by Aldridge, Langrish, Miss Matthews, Miss Besford

Song: End of Act IV of mainpiece, as17820423; End of Dance Rule Britannia by Darley

9
02 May 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker; Or, The Humours Of The Navy

Afterpiece Title: All the World's a Stage

Dance: In mainpiece The Merry Sailors, with a Double Hornpipe, by the Miss Stageldoirs

Song: In mainpiece Rule Britannia by Williames, Chapman, &c

Monologue: 1783 05 02 End of mainpiece The Picture of a Playhouse; or, Bucks have at Ye All by Palmer

10
27 September 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker; Or, The Humours Of The Navy

Afterpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Song: Mainpiece: To finish with a Grand Naval Review, in which a Dance of Sailors by Williamson, Mills, Miss Stageldoir, &c, and Rule Britannia by Williames, Staunton, Phillimore, Barrymore

11
06 January 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker; Or, The Humours Of The Navy

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Song: Mainpiece to finish with a Grand Naval Review, with a Dance of Sailors by Williamson, Mills, Miss Stageldoir, &c, and Rule Britannia by Williames, Chapman, &c

12
24 April 1793 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Such Things Are

Afterpiece Title: The Soldier's Festival; or, The Night before the Battle

Afterpiece Title: The Reprisal; or, The Tars of Old England

Song: In the course of 3rd piece: The Mid Watch, Rule Britannia-Incledon; and to conclude with God save the King in Full Chorus-

13
10 June 1793 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Columbus

Afterpiece Title: The Pad

Afterpiece Title: The Shipwreck

Song: End of 1st piece: Dibdin's song; The Lucky Escape; or, The Ploughboy's Return from Sea in character-Mrs Harlowe; End of 2nd piece: Sally in our Alley-Marshall; In 3rd piece: Farewell to old England dear Mary adieu-Incledon; Rule Britannia-Marshall, full Chorus; In the course of the Evening: Black eyed Susan-Incledon

14
04 December 1793 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The World In A Village

Afterpiece Title: TWO STRINGS TO YOUR BOW

Dance: As17931015

Song: "Incledon twice sung Rule Britannia" [not listed on playbill; see World, 5 Dec.]

15
11 June 1794 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Columbus

Afterpiece Title: BRITISH FORTITUDE AND HIBERNIAN FRIENDSHIP

Afterpiece Title: THE WATERMAN

Music: End of 1st piece several favorite pieces of music on the Union Pipes by Courtney, accompanied on the Harp by Weippert

Song: 3rd piece: To conclude with Rule Britannia by Incledon

16
23 June 1794 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Serva Padrona

Dance: End of opera concerto, as17940603 after which La Vittoria (a Grand Cantata, composed by Paisiello, and performed by Mme Banti at Naples, adapted [by Da Ponte] to the glorious occasion of the triumph of the British flag [on 1 June 1794]), The Goddess of Victory-Mme Banti, accompanied by Chorusses, and a grand Allegorical Ballet, composed by Noverre; to conclude with Rule Britannia by Mme Banti

17
24 June 1794 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Serva Padrona

Dance: End of opera New Divertisement, as17940311after which: La Vittoria, Ballet, Rule Britannia, all as17940623

18
18 August 1794 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Heigho For A Husband

Afterpiece Title: MISS IN HER TEENS

Afterpiece Title: RULE BRITANNIA

19
19 August 1794 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Liar

Afterpiece Title: RULE BRITANNIA

Afterpiece Title: THE AGREEABLE SURPRISE

20
25 August 1794 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule Britannia

Afterpiece Title: PEEPING TOM

Afterpiece Title: THE CHILDREN IN THE WOOD

21
01 September 1794 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule Britannia

Afterpiece Title: WAYS AND MEANS

Afterpiece Title: MY GRANDMOTHER

22
04 September 1794 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule Britannia

Afterpiece Title: THE VILLAGE LAWYER

Afterpiece Title: THE APPARITION

23
18 May 1795 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Afterpiece Title: The Prize

Song: In course evening: Lullaby-Sga Storace

Music: End: concerto on the violin-Giornovichi; wherein he will introduce With lowly suit and plaintive ditty, Rule Britannia-

24
27 May 1795 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Earl Of Essex

Afterpiece Title: True Blue; or, The Parting Lovers

Afterpiece Title: Netley Abbey

Dance: As17950428

Song: In 2nd piece: the following additional songs: Wives and Sweethearts-Townsend; The Wand'ring Sailor-Incledon (1st time); When gen'rous wine-Bowden; The days we now possess-Munden; The Storm-Incledon; Ye Gentlemen of England, as17950428; Rule Britannia-Incledon

Entertainment: Monologue In evening: The Young Widow a fable-Harley

25
03 June 1795 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Girl

Afterpiece Title: Hob in the Well

Afterpiece Title: Britain's Glory; or, A Trip to Portsmouth

Song: In 3rd piece: Within a mile of Edinburgh-Mrs Bland; Rule Britannia-

Dance: Piece to conclude: Dance of Sailors-

Entertainment: Monologue End: (by permission of the Author [John Taylor]) Monsieur Tonson-Palmer; [Imitations End II: a Variety of Imitations-Caulfield