1669.1

Shadwell Play Said to List Rural Games, including Stool-ball.

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Game	StoolballStoolball
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Text	"The writer who took most interest in popular pastimes was Shadwell, whose rococo play The Royal Shepherdess was produced before the king in 1669. It included country folk who danced and sand of a list of genuine English rural games, such as trap, keels, barley-break, golf [and] stool-ball . . . ." Hutton, Ronald, The Rise and Fall of Merry England: the Ritual Year, 1400-1700 (Oxford U Press, Oxford, 1994), page 235. Provided by John Thorn, email, 7/9/2004. Note: can we retrieve the full original list?
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Comment	The text of the play does not contain the words "barley" "game" or "stoolball." It is of course possible that a production of the play included visuals of the cited games. [ba] Edit with form to add a comment
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