SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(perftitleclean,performancetitle) "A Midsummer Night\'s Dream" | "The Musical Lady" | "Philaster" | "Occasional Prelude" | "Comus" | "Epicœne" | "Or, The Silent Woman" | "Epicoene" | "A Preludio" | "Polly Honeycomb" | "Polly Honeycombe" | "The Jealous Wife" | "The Deuce Is In Him" | "The Fairy Tale" | "A Fairy Tale" | "The Portrait" | "Or, The Painter\'s Easel" | "Mother Shipton" | "The Fairy Prince, With The Installation Of The Knights Of The Garter" | "Elfrida" | "Achilles In Petticoats" | "The Man Of Business" | "The Spleen" | "Or, Islington Spa" | "Polly" | "The Sheep-Shearing" | "The Sheep Shearing" | "The Spanish Barber" | "Or, The Fruitless Precaution" | "The Female Chevalier" | "The Suicide" | "Bonduca" | "The Separate Maintenance" | "The Manager In Distress" | "The Genius Of Nonsense" | "The Young Actor" | "Fatal Curiosity" | "The Female Dramatist" | "Harlequin Teague" | "Or, The Giant\'s Causeway" | "The Election Of Managers" | "Two To One" | "Turk, And No Turk" | "Tit For Tat" | "Inkle And Yarico" | "Ways And Means" | "Or, A Trip To Dover" | "The Blade Bone" | "Ut Pictura Poesis!" | "Or, The Enraged Musician" | "The Family Party" | "The Battle Of Hexham" | "Or, Days Of Old" | "The Battle Of Hexam" | "The Surrender Of Calais" | "Poor Old Haymarket" | "Or, Two Sides Of The Gutter!!!" | "Or, Two Sides Of The Gutter!" | "The Mountaineers" | "New Hay At The Old Market" | "The Iron Chest" | "Sylvester Daggerwood" | "My Nightgown And Slippers" | "The Heir At Law" | "Blue-Beard" | "Or, Female Curiosity!" | "Or, Female Curiosity" | "Blue Beard Or Female Curiosity" | "Blue Devils" | "Feudal Times" | "Or, The Banquet Gallery" | "The Castle Of Sorrento" | "The Review" | "Or, The Wags Of Windsor")') 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 'George Colman', but also performances of associated titles, including adaptations.

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Mainpiece Title: The Ladys Last Stake

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: I: La Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf; III: Muilment; V: La Matelote-Desnoyer, Mlle Chateauneuf

Song: II: The Noon@Tide Air (Comus)-Mrs Arne; IV: By particular Desire, a Song by the English Captain(as17400325-Beard

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Dance: I: Muilment; III: Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf; V: Drunken Peasant-Master Ferg

Song: II: Beard; IV: The Noon Tide Air (Comus)-Miss Edwards; V: English Captain (as17400325-Beard

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fourth Part I

Afterpiece Title: The Vintner in the Suds

Dance: I: Minuet, Louvre-Desnoyer, Mlle Chateauneuf; II: A new dance-Muilment; III: Russian Sailor-Desnoyer; V: Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf

Song: IV: Black@ey'd Susan, disposed into a Cantata, with Recitatives and Airs adapted to the different Expressions in that celebrated Ballad, the Musick New by Mr Arne-Beard, Mrs Arne; V: English Captain (as17400325-Beard; End Afterpiece: The Eccho Song (Comus)-Mrs Arne

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Afterpiece Title: The Tragedy of Tragedies

Dance: I: Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf; II: Muilment; III: Wooden Shoes-Master Ferg; IV: Pierots-Lalauze, Livier; V: Minuet-Rector, Mrs Walter; End Afterpiece: Maggot-Cooke, Mrs Walter

Song: V: Eccho Song (Comus)-Mrs Arne

Performances

Mainpiece Title: An Historical Play king Charles I

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmaskd

Dance: II: Le Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf; III: Muilment; IV: Pierots-Lalauze, Livier; D: Muilment

Song: I: The Noon Tide Air (Comus)-Miss Edwards

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Related Works
Related Work: The Stratagem Author(s): George Farquhar

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Song: I: The Eccho Song in Comus-Mrs Arne; II: Blow Blow thou Winter Wind-Lowe; V: The Noon@Tide Air-Mrs Clive

Dance: III: La Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf; IV: La Matelote-Maltere, Mlle Maltere

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Nonjuror

Afterpiece Title: scenes from Tscenes from The Old Batchelor

Song: Between the Acts: particularly the Songs in the Masque of Comus-a Gentleman (who never perform'd in public before), Mrs Hooper, Mrs Dunstall

Dance: WWelch Buffoon-two Masters Granier [not in Daily Advertiser]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserved Or A Plot Discovered

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmasked

Song: II: Beard; III: The Noontide Air from Comus-Miss Edward; IV: Lowe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distrest Mother

Afterpiece Title: The Gardeners Wedding

Music: Between the acts: Select Pieces of Musick-; Singing-Mrs Hill; III: The Noon Tide Air from Comus-Mrs Hill

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Afterpiece Title: The Lover His Own Rival

Song: New Cantata call'dThe Court of Comus set by Worgan-Lowe

Dance: GGrand Scots Ballet, as17521216

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Magnet

Entertainment: Between parts of Entertainment: In love should there meet a fond Pair, (for that night only) Water parted from the Sea, after the manner of the original, also The Soldier Tired of War's Alarms, also The Wanton God who Pierces Hearts from Comus-Miss Catley; Singing-Reinhold, Miss Harper

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Coquet

Entertainment: Medley Cantata-Reinhold; Musical Imitations-Bannister; Singing With Horns and With Hounds, The Soldier Tir'd the favourite song in Comus,-Miss Catley; Sweet Echo-Miss Catley the echo by, a young Gentleman

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Magnet

Entertainment: The Favourite Scots Air of last season in Love in a Village-; Soldier Tir'd of War's Alarms, The Wanton God who Pierces Hearts, Sweet Echo from Comus,-Miss Catley; Musical Imitations-Bannister

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: End Opera: New Dance, as17730206

Song: After Farce: By particular desire, The Wanton God, from Comus-Miss Catley

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: The Golden Pippin

Dance: End: a New Rural Ballet-Palladini, Sga Tinte (their 1st appearance on this stage); End I afterpiece: As17761015

Song: A favouriteScotch Air of Dr Arne's, Hunting Song-Miss Catley

Music: End I: a Solo on the violin-Fisher

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: The Golden Pippin

Dance: As17761023

Song: As17761023

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Woud And She Woud Not

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Which Is The Man

Related Works
Related Work: The Man of Mode; or, Sir Fopling Flutter Author(s): Sir George Etherege

Afterpiece Title: The Dramatic Puffers

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Dance: As17820221

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Dance: End of mainpiece, as17820221

Song: End of Act I of mainpiece The Huntsman's sweet Halloo; End of Act II If o'er the cruel Tyrant, Love (from Artaxerxes); In afterpiece the original song to Fischar's Minuet; End of Act I The Wanton God (from Comus); End of afterpiece Push about the Jorum, with an additional verse to Miss Catley's Friends, all five sung by Miss Catley

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: The Agreeable Surprise

Afterpiece Title: Medea and Jason

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Follies Of A Day

Afterpiece Title: The April Fool or The Follies of a Night

Song: In the course of the evening Sweet Echo (from Comus) by Mrs Bannister

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Theodosius Or The Force Of Love

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton or High Life above Stairs

Song: End: The Noon Tide Airfrom Comus-Mrs Farrer; The Soldier tired of War's Alarms-Mrs Nathan

Entertainment: Monologue. After Singing: A Monody on the Death of the late Mr Henderson (2nd time)-Baker

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fifth

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Afterpiece Title: The Doldrum

Song: In 1st piece: Sweet Echo (1st time)-Mme Mara; accompanied on the hautboy-W. Parke; End I 1st piece: Mad Bess (in character)-Mme Mara (1st time); In 2nd piece: a new song [High rolling seas that bear afar]-Mme Mara [written for the Occasion, and set to music by Herself