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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(perftitleclean,performancetitle) "The Traytor" | "Love Will Find Out The Way" | "The Traitor" | "Loves Cruelty" | "The Opportunity" | "The Wedding" | "Love in a Maze" | "The Changes" | "Love In A Maze" | "The Brothers" | "The Cardinal" | "The Young Admiral" | "The Court Secret" | "The Night Walker" | "The Little Thief" | "The Night Walkers" | "The Little Thief" | "The Night Walker Or The Little Thief" | "The Changes" | "Love in a Maze" | "The Changes Or Love In A Maze" | "The Constant Maid" | "The Grateful Servant" | "The Witty Fair One" | "Love Tricks" | "The School of Compliments" | "The Schoole of Complements or Monsieur Raggou" | "Love Tricks Or The School Of Compliments" | "The School of Compliments" | "The School Of Compliments" | "Hyde Park" | "The Sisters" | "The Gentleman of Venice" | "The Gentleman Of Venice" | "The Gamester" | "The Doubtfull Heire" | "Rosania" | "Loves Victory" | "The Impostor" | "The Gamesters" | "The Bird in a Cage" | "Money Works Wonders" | "The Bird in a Cage" | "The Bird In A Cage" | "The Bird in a Cage" | "The Beauties")') 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 'James Shirley', but also performances of associated titles, including adaptations.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Afterpiece Title: The Wedding

Related Works
Related Work: The Wedding Author(s): James Shirley
Related Work: The Wedding Night Author(s): James Cobb

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Devil Of A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Wedding

Related Works
Related Work: The Wedding Author(s): James Shirley
Related Work: The Wedding Night Author(s): James Cobb

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Wedding

Related Works
Related Work: The Wedding Author(s): James Shirley
Related Work: The Wedding Night Author(s): James Cobb

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Wedding

Related Works
Related Work: The Wedding Author(s): James Shirley
Related Work: The Wedding Night Author(s): James Cobb

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Wedding

Related Works
Related Work: The Wedding Author(s): James Shirley
Related Work: The Wedding Night Author(s): James Cobb

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: The [Country] Wedding

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Courtly Nice; Or, It Cannot Be

Afterpiece Title: The Country Wedding

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: The Sailor's Wedding; or, The Humours of Wapping

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man's Bewitch'd; Or, The Devil To Do About Her

Related Works
Related Work: Harlequin and Faustus; or, The Devil will have His Own Author(s): James Wild

Afterpiece Title: The Sailor's Wedding

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Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fashionable Lady

Related Works
Related Work: The Fashionable Lady; or, Harlequin's Opera Author(s): James Ralph

Afterpiece Title: The Sailor's Wedding

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Sailor's Wedding

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: The Sailor's Wedding

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Sailor's Wedding

Dance: I: Scaramouch-Sandham; IV: Dutch Skipper-

Song: II: Si Caro-Mrs Hill , being the first Time of her appearing on this Stage; III: A Hayden Cantata-Master Corse; V: The celebrated Cantata of Alexis-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker Of Deal

Afterpiece Title: The Sailor's Wedding

Song: NNew Mad Tom-Dodson

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Momus Turn'd Fabulist; Or, Vulcan's Wedding

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Related Works
Related Work: The Medley; or, Harlequin At-All Author(s): James Messink

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unhappy Favourite; Or, The Earl Of Essex

Related Works
Related Work: The Fall of the Earl of Essex Author(s): James Ralph

Afterpiece Title: Phoebe; or, The Beggars Wedding

Dance: Burney, Miss Wherrit

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Scornful Lady

Afterpiece Title: The Beggar's Wedding

Dance: new Grand Ballad D'Amour by Monsieur Denoyer Dancing-Master to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales-Denoyer, Mrs Booth, others, being the first Time of his Dancing since his Arrival in England

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Afterpiece Title: The Sequel to the Opera of Flora; or, Hob's Wedding

Dance: new Wooden Shoe Dance by Nivelon-Nivelon, Mrs Laguerre; Afterpiece:A new Dance-Nivelon for the Afterpiece

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens; Or, The Death Of Alexander The Great

Afterpiece Title: The Sequel to the Opera of Flora; or, Hob's Wedding

Dance: NNumidian-Glover, Miss LaTour; Highlander and his Mistress-Salle, Mrs Legar; Afterpiece: Proper dances by Nivelon-Nivelon, Mrs Laguerre, others

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Sequel to the Opera of Flora; or Hob's Wedding

Dance: TThe Baulk-Salle, Mrs Laguerre; Grand Dance in Momus-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant

Afterpiece Title: The Sailor's Wedding; or, The Humours of Wapping

Music: II: Trumpet Concerto-Burk Thumouth; IV: Solo on German Flute-Thumouth

Song: IV: Favourite Cantata of Mr Hayden's-Excel

Dance: III: Tambourine-Miss Wherrit

Performances

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

Music: Between the Acts: Select Pieces-

Song: II: Dialogue-Leveridge, Mrs Wright in the Northern Stile

Dance: I: Scots Dance-Mrs Bullock; II: Pastoral Dance-Master Weeks, Miss Rogers; III: French Peasant-Poitier; IV: Hornpipe, with Additions,-Jones, Mrs Ogden, in the Footing Manner; V: By Desire, Drunken Man-Mr Hippisley performed instead of Hob's Wedding; Tambourine-Miss Rogers

Ballet: GGrand Comic Dance. Harlequin-Dupre; Woman-Mrs Pelling; Punch-Pelling; Dame Ragonde-Miss LaTour; Pierot-Legare; Woman-Mrs Bullock; Scaramouch-Dupre Jr; Woman-Mrs Ogden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: The Country Wedding

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Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello, Moor Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The Wedding

Related Works
Related Work: The Wedding Author(s): James Shirley
Related Work: The Wedding Night Author(s): James Cobb

Dance: PPeasant-Nivelon; Scottish Dance, as17330328

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: The Wedding

Related Works
Related Work: The Wedding Author(s): James Shirley
Related Work: The Wedding Night Author(s): James Cobb

Music: Vocal Parts-Leveridge, Laguerre, Rochetti, Salway, Mrs Wright, Mrs Sanderson, but see lif, 30 Oct. 1732

Dance: I: Two Pierrots-Pelling, LeSac; II: Clown-Nivelon; III: Ball Dance finished with a slow Minuet-Dupre, Mrs Pelling; IV: Sicilian-Glover, Mrs Pelling; V: Scottish Dance, as17330501

Ballet: End Afterpiece: The Amorous Clown; or, The Courtizan. Clowns-Nivelon, Pelling; Wives-Miss Latour, Mrs Ogden; Courtezan-Mrs Pelling