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34 results for: Title - The Hobby Horse

1
31 July 1789 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Barber

Afterpiece Title: The Portrait

Entertainment: Imitations End: Theatrical Imitations Serious, Comic, Vocal, and Rhetorical,-Rees; Duologue End afterpiece: Hobby@Horses Describing the Statesman's Hobby, the Ladies' Hobby, the Lawyer's Hobby, the Physician's Hobby, the Manager's Hobby, and R. Palmer's own Hobby,-R. Palmer, Iliff

2
18 May 1787 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chapter Of Accidents

Afterpiece Title: The Romp

Entertainment: Monologues End: A Dissertation on Hobby Horses , in which (the speaker) will mount upon their different Hobbies the following Personages: The Ladies , Patriots , Statesmen , Captains , Lawyers , Macaronies , Soldiers , Fidlers , Manager , and his own Hobby-Brown; End afterpiece: Dr Goldsmith's Epilogue in the Character of Harlequin , to conclude with a Leap eight feet high-Brown

3
16 April 1766 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserved

Afterpiece Title: The Hobby Horse

Dance: End: The Irish Milk Maids, as17651209

4
17 September 1774 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Orphan

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Fools

Entertainment: II: Dissertation on Hobby Horses-Wilson

Song: Scotch Song-Aitkin, first appearance on that stage

5
21 October 1701 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-

Dance: Prince, Mrs Elford, Weaver; And at the Request of several Persons of Quality, there will be performed that delightful Exercise of Vaulting on the Manag'd Horse, according to the Italian manner-

6
07 July 1702 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Music: New Musick set to Flutes ; and to be perform'd-Mr Banister, Mr Banister's Son; and some of Mr Weldon's new Songs- perform'd in his last Consort

Dance: Mrs Campion; Vaulting on the Horse-

7
22 August 1702 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew; Or, The Merry Beggars

Dance: Dance between Two Frenchmen and two Frenchwomen-; Night Scene by a Harlequin and a Scaramouch , after the Italian manner,-Serene, another Person lately arrived in England

Entertainment: The famous Mr Clench of Barnet, who will perform an Organ with 3 Voices, the double Curtell the Flute and the Bells with the Mouth-Mr Clench; the Huntsman the Hounds and the Pack of Dogs-Mr Clench; with vaulting on the Horse-

8
05 February 1703 @ York Buildings

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-; Singing-a little Girl

Dance: Comick and Serious Dancing-Weaver, Essex, others; a Young Gentlewoman who never perform'd before in Publick; With a Scene between Scaramouch and Harlequin- , entirely New; Vaulting on the Horse-

9
26 August 1710 @ Greenwich

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover

Entertainment: Young Gentlewoman, as17100817; Likewise a Vaulting the Managed Horse-famous Master who never appear'd on the Publick Stage

Dance: Ladder Dance-; French Peasant-; Wooden Shoe-; Harlequin Scaramouch Cooper and Wife-

10
25 September 1717 @ Southwark Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Dance: Lancashire Hornpipe-Esq Timothy's Countryman who perform'd it with so much Applause during the Time of the Fair; Mimic Scene between Harlequin and a Peasant-; Vaulting on the Horse-a Gentleman lately arriv'd from France

11
24 September 1718 @ Angel Court

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Dance: Ladder dance-Thomazio Alegro delCampo, lately arrived from Italy, with Vaulting on the manag'd Horse; The Union-a Scots Man and Woman; A Peasant and his Wife-; Italian Mimic Night Scene between Harlequin and a Clown-

12
05 March 1719 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Arlequin Laron, Grand Provost, Et Juge

Entertainment: Tumbling-; Leap over Man on large Coach Horse-; Italian Postures-

13
10 May 1727 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Music: between the Aetween the Acts: Select Pieces of Musick-; Preamble beat on Kettle Drums-Mr Job Baker of His Majesty's Second Troop of Horse Grenadier Guards

Dance: PPierrot-Nivelon, Salle; French Sailor-Salle, Mlle Salle

Song: Salway

14
04 March 1754 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Woman's Oratory

Afterpiece Title: The Coup de Grace; or, The Death of Harlequin , a Burlesque Pantomime Entertainment, to be performed by Britons only

Dance: Grand Dance of Horse and Four-

15
06 April 1754 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Entertainment: DDialogue@Epilogue between Tom Jarvis (an itinerant Turner) and his Horse-

Dance: LLes Taileurs, as17531210; Italian Peasants, as17531120

16
08 May 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Afterpiece Title: Le Matin, Midi, et le Soir

Afterpiece Title: The Waterman

Song: End II 1st piece: The Race Horse (composed by Dibdin)-Dignum

17
29 May 1792 @ Drury Lane at King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not

Afterpiece Title: The Dupes of Fancy; or, Every Man his Hobby

Song: End II: The Race Horse-Dignum; End: Cheerily Merrily or The Sailor's Life at Sea-Dignum; In course afterpiece: Sally in our Alley, The Poor Recruit-Dignum

18
02 June 1796 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Get Un-married

Afterpiece Title: The School for Arrogance

Afterpiece Title: Dr Last's Examination before the College of Physicians

Afterpiece Title: The Shipwreck

Dance: In 4th piece: Dance, as17951026, but Holland; in which dance Bells-Lawrence that inimitable Performer, will introduce accompaniments on his Bells

Song: In: Admiral Benbow-Incledon; In 3rd piece: All on Hobbies-Williamson; In 4th piece: Rule Britannia-Townsend

Entertainment: 3rd piece: a variety of Imitations-Rees

19
04 May 1799 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Birth Day

Afterpiece Title: The Horse and the Widow

Afterpiece Title: Albert and Adelaide

Dance: In 3rd piece: Procession and Dance of Swabian Peasants, as17981211, but Miss _Gray

20
08 May 1799 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Horse And The Widow

Afterpiece Title: The Birth Day

Afterpiece Title: Albert and Adelaide

Dance: As17990504

21
09 May 1799 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: What Is She

Afterpiece Title: The Horse and the Widow

Afterpiece Title: Raymond and Agnes

22
16 May 1799 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Horse And The Widow

Afterpiece Title: The Birth Day

Afterpiece Title: Albert and Adelaide

Dance: As17990504

23
23 May 1799 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Horse And The Widow

Afterpiece Title: The Birth Day

Afterpiece Title: The Jew and the Doctor

Music: Preceding 1st piece: Grand Sonata on the Piano Forte, as17990515; End I 2nd piece: Lesson of Nicolai, as17990515

Entertainment: Monologues End 1st piece: Alexander's Feast, as17990515; End 2nd piece: Grand Address to the Audience, as17990515

24
30 May 1799 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Horse And The Widow

Afterpiece Title: Lover's Vows

Afterpiece Title: The Spoil'd Child

25
05 June 1799 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Horse And The Widow

Afterpiece Title: Inkle and Yarico

Afterpiece Title: The School for Arrogance

Dance: In II 2nd piece: Negro Dance, as17990513, but added: Blurton

Song: In course Evening: Young William was a Seaman true-Incledon; A favorite new song-Miss Waters; comic song-Munden; Old Towler-Incledon; Boxing the Compass-Fawcett

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