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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(perftitleclean,performancetitle) "Lionel and Clarissa" | "Lionel And Clarissa" | "The Padlock" | "The Cobler" | "The Cobler" | "A Wife in Ten Thousand" | "The Two Misers" | "The Metamorphoses" | "The Romp" | "The Jubilee" | "The Institution of the Garter" | "Arthurs Round Table Restored" | "The Institution of the Garter or Arthurs Round Table Restored" | "Lionel and Clarissa" | "The School for Fathers" | "Lionel And Clarissa Or The School For Fathers" | "The Sultan" | "A Peep into the Seraglio" | "The Sultan or A Peep into the Seraglio" | "The Shepherds Artifice" | "The Captive" | "The Ephesian Matron" | "The Ephesian Matron" | "The Widow’s Tears" | "He Would if He Could" | "An Old Fool Worse than Any" | "He Would if He Could or An Old Fool Worse than Any" | "The Wedding Ring" | "The Deserter" | "The Deserter" | "The Humours of the Navy" | "A Christmas Tale" | "The Waterman" | "The First of August" | "The Waterman" | "The Waterman or The First of August" | "The Quaker" | "The Seraglio" | "Poor Vulcan" | "The Gipsies" | "The Wives Revenged" | "Rose and Colin" | "Rose And Colin" | "Annette and Lubin" | "Annette And Lubin" | "The Medley" | "Harlequin At All" | "The Medley or Harlequin At All" | "The Touchstone" | "Harlequin Traveller" | "The Touchstone" | "The Touchstone or Harlequin Traveller" | "The Chelsea Pensioner" | "Plymouth in an Uproar" | "Plymouth In An Uproar" | "The Mirror" | "Harlequin Every where" | "The Mirror or Harlequin Every where" | "The Shepherdess of the Alps" | "The Shepherdess Of The Alps" | "The Islanders" | "Harlequin Free Mason" | "The Marriage Act" | "Jupiter and Alcmena" | "None Are So Blind as Those Who Wont See" | "None are so Blind as Those Who Wont See" | "Liberty Hall" | "The Test of Good Fellowship" | "Liberty Hall or The Test of Good Fellowship" | "Harvest Home" | "A Divertisement" | "A Cure for a Coxcomb" | "The Beau Bedevild" | "A Cure for a Coxcomb" | "The Beau Bedeviled" | "A Cure for a Coxcomb or The Beau Bedevild" | "A Loyal Effusion" | "A LOYAL EFFUSION" | "Hannah Hewit" | "The Female Crusoe" | "Hannah Hewit Or The Female Crusoe")') GROUP BY eventid ORDER BY weight() desc, eventdate asc OPTION

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Results not only include performances of plays known to be by 'Charles Dibdin', but also performances of associated titles, including adaptations.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Humours of Harlequin

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Song: Miss Thornowets

Dance: TTurkish Dance-Burny, Miss Sandham; Harlequin-Sandham

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don John

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Doctor Faustus

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Doctor Faustus

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift

Dance: End I: The Provinciaile (new)-Master Lally, Miss Brett; II: Pieraite-Roger, Mlle Delorme; III: A new Chacone-Lally, Essex, Rainton, Haughton, Mrs Walter, Mlle Delorme, Miss Williams; IV: Harlequins-Master Lally, Miss Brett; V: Myrtillo-Lally, Mrs Booth, Boval, Mrs Mills, Rainton, Mrs Walter

Music: End III: Trumpet Sonata-; In IV: Concerto with Flutes-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Bethulia

Afterpiece Title: Robin Hood and Little John

Afterpiece Title: The Stratagems of Harlequin; or, The Peasant Trick'd

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Siege Of Bethulia

Afterpiece Title: Robin Hood and Little John

Afterpiece Title: The Stratagems of Harlequin; or, The Peasant Trick'd

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The False Friend

Afterpiece Title: The Birth and Adventures of Harlequin (Comic Part of The Rape of Proserpine)

Dance: Salle, Poitier, Mlle Salle; particularly a New Ballad, with New Habits-; In afterpiece (by Command): the Grand Dance of Momus-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Song: Harlequin-a person

Dance: Particularly a Harlequin-a Person that never appear'd on this Stage before

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Dance: PPrince's Saraband by L'Abbe for her Majesty's Birthday,-Essex, Mrs Booth; Harlequin-Mrs Booth

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Dance: Mrs Booth; Dutchman and his Wife-Roger, Rainton; Gardener and his Wife-Rainton, Mrs Walter; Harlequins-Master Lally, Miss Brett

Song: Signora Meriggi's Favourite Song in Porus-Miss Raftor

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Dance: In IV: English Maggot-Rainton, Mrs Walter; End IV: Harlequins-Master Lally, Miss Brett; End of Farce: French Gardener and his Mistress-Rainton, Mrs Walter

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lady's Last Stake

Dance: I: Gondolier-Lally, Miss Brett; II: Peasant-Rainton, Mrs Walter; IV: Harlequins-Lally, Miss Brett; V: English Maggot-Rainton, Mrs Walter

Song: III: The Merighi Song (from Porus)-Miss Raftor

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Dance: In II: Grand Dance of Moors-Essex, Lally, Rainton, Thurmond, Haughton; End II: Harlequins-Master Lally, Miss Brett; III: French Gardener-Rainton, Mrs Walter; IV: English Maggots-Rainton, Mrs Walter; V: A new Grand Dance call'd Le Chaconist-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Afterpiece Title: Phebe

Dance: FFrench Gardiner and his Wife-Rainton, Mrs Walter; Harlequins-Master Lally, Miss Brett

Song: As17310427

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tunbridge Walks

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Song: I: Mad Tom-a Gentleman for his Diversion

Music: V: Welch Harp-a Gentleman for his Diversion

Dance: II: Dutch Skipper-; III: Scaramouch-Smith; V: Scaramouch and Harlequin-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Afterpiece Title: The Biter Bit; or, The Humours of Harlequin and Scaramouch

Afterpiece Title: The Throwsters Opera

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tragedy Of Tragedies

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): Charles Coffey

Music: new Overture with Kettle Drums and Trumpets by Seedo-; I: The 5th Concerto of Vivaldi, upon the Stage-; II: The 8th Concerto of Michael Angelo Corelli-; III: Handel's Water Musick with French Horns-; Preamble on the Kettle Drums-Ben. Baker

Song: I: Rosy Bowers-Miss Raftor; End Afterpiece: Ellis Roberts

Dance: II: Harlequins-Lally Jr, Miss Brett; In III: A new Grand Heroic Comic Dance, proper to the Play-; End Afterpiece: The Masqueraders-Essex, Thurmond, Houghton, Tench, Mrs Walter, Mrs D'Lorme, Miss Mears, Miss Williams

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tragedy Of Tragedies

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Dance: II: Saraband, Minuet-Lally, Miss Mears; III: Harlequins-Lally, Miss Brett

Music: Select Pieces-

Song: I: Miss Raftor; In II: E. Roberts

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

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): Charles Coffey

Dance: I: English Maggot-Lally Jr, Mrs Walter; V: Harlequin-Miss Brett; End Farce: The Midsummer Whim (new)-Lally Jr, Holt, Mrs Walter, Mrs D'Lorme

Song: In I: Miss Raftor; End IV: E. Roberts

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Debauchees

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): Charles Coffey

Dance: I: Pieraite-Holt, Mrs Walter; II: Harlequin-Miss Brett; III: English Maggot-Lally Jr, Mrs Walter; End Farce: Midsummer Whim-Lally Jr, Mrs Walter, Holt, Mrs D'Lorme

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Debauchees

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor; or, The Dumb Lady Cur'd

Dance: I: The Pieraite-Holt, Mrs Walter; II: Harlequin-Miss Brett; III: English Maggot-Lally Jr, Mrs Walter; End Afterpiece: Midsummer Whim, as17320606

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Debauchees

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: I: Harlequin-Miss Brett; III: English Maggot-Lally Jr, Mrs Walter; End Afterpiece: Midsummer Whim, as17320606

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Debauchees

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: End Farce: As17320623 I: English Maggot-Lally Jr, Mrs Walter; III: Harlequin-Miss Brett