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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.

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Mainpiece Title: The Albion Queens

Afterpiece Title: The Harlot's Progress; or, The Ridotto Al' Fresco: With a Grand Masque call'd, The Judgment of Paris; or, The Triumph of Beauty

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Harlequin Scapin; Or, The Old One Caught In A Sack

Afterpiece Title: The Parting Lovers; or, The Press Gang

Dance: Oates, Yates, Bencraft, Gray, Julian, Mrs Villeneuve, Mrs Phillips; particularly The Spanish Beauties-

Related Works
Related Work: Auld Robin Gray Author(s): Samuel James Arnold

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander's Feast

Afterpiece Title: Beauty and Virtue

Music: As17620226

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alfred The Great

Related Works
Related Work: Alfred the Great, King of England Author(s): James Thomson

Afterpiece Title: Beauty and Virtue

Music: As17620305

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Songs From Artaxerxes

Afterpiece Title: Beauty and Virtue

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Pasticio With Concertos

Music: I: Concerto on violin-Barthelmon; II: a Serenata Beauty and Virtue-; translated from Metastasio and composed by Dr Arne; II: Concerto on Organ-Mr Arne; III: (Never Performed) The Thunder Ode written on the Hurricanes of the West Indies, by Mr Arne, Principal singers-Miss Catley, Mrs Mattocks, Miss Venables, Sg Ristorini, Mrs Barthelemon, Mr Reinhold; The concertos-Barthelemon, Spandau, Mr Arne

Performances

Mainpiece Title: He Wou'd Be A Soldier

Afterpiece Title: Love in a Camp

Song: End IV: The Group of Lovers; or, Beauty at her Levee (1st time at this theatre)-Munden; End: The Pleasures of the Chace-Incledon; after which Say Bonny Lass will you lie in a Garrat-, being a Parody on Say Bonny Lass, will you lie in a Barrack; Timothy Staytape-Munden; Miss Tippet-Mrs Martyr

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Mainpiece Title: The Winter's Tale

Afterpiece Title: The Irishman in London

Afterpiece Title: The Golden Pippin

Song: In 2nd piece: As17920421; End II: a Selection of the most favourite Catches and Glees from Harrison and Knyvett's Vocal Concert-; O let the merry peal go on-(Danby); When Arthur first in Court began-(Callcott); Tweedside What beauties does Flora-(Corfe); Come let us all a Maying go-(Hilton)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko; Or, The Royal Slave

Afterpiece Title: The Irishman in London

Dance: II: a Negro Dance-

Song: In afterpiece: As17920421; End: The Group of Lovers; or, Beauty at her Levee-Munden

Entertainment: Monologue End IV: Jeu D'Esprit, as17920516; Little Pig lays without any Straw-Fawcett

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Mainpiece Title: The Woodman

Afterpiece Title: The Prisoner at Large

Song: End I: The Storm-Incledon; End: a Grand Harmonic Selection, Admiral Benbow-Incledon; The Sailor Boy cap'ring on Shore-Fawcett; O bring me wine-Bowden; The Land of Potatoes-Johnstone; The Group of Lovers; or, Beauty at her Levee-Munden; Old Towler-Incledon

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Abroad And At Home

Afterpiece Title: The Surrender of Trinidad; or, Safe Moor'd at Last

Afterpiece Title: The Irishman in London

Song: End I: The Storm-Incledon; In course 2nd piece: Black@Ey'd Susan-Incledon; Beauty at her Levee-Munden; Jack at the Windlass-Fawcett; The Wolf-Bowden; Oh why to be happy-Incledon; The Row-Johnstone; Bravura Song-Mrs Clendining; a new Negro Song (composed by Shield)-Mrs Martyr; Rule Britannia-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Young Quaker

Afterpiece Title: The Beggar on Horseback

Song: In course: Four and Twenty Fidlers all on a Row-Munden; The Groupe of Lovers; or, Beauty at her Levee-Munden

Entertainment: Monologue Benjamin Bolus; or, The Newcastle Apothecary-Munden; In the course of the evening: Imitations (including several new ones)-Caulfield

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Inkle And Yarico

Afterpiece Title: The Irishman in London

Song: End: Patents all the Rage-Munden; A Mock Italian Song-Fawcett; The Group of Lovers ; or, Beauty at her Levee-Munden; a new song, The British Volunteers-Johnstone; with Chorus-Trueman, D'Arcy, Linton, Waldron Jun., Abbot, Lyons

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Get Married

Afterpiece Title: British Fortitude

Afterpiece Title: Lock and Key

Song: End IV: Boxing the Compass-Fawcett; End Monologue: The Group of Lovers; or, Beauty at her Levee-Munden; 2nd piece: I was called knowing Joey-Simmons; At dawn of life our Vows were plighted-Miss Wheatley; The turban'd Turk who scorns the world-Johnstone; Black Ey'd Susan-Incledon; The Land of Potatoes-Johnstone; Fa la la-Incledon, Johnstone, Street, Linton

Related Works
Related Work: The Disbanded Officer; or, The Baroness of Bruchsal Author(s): James Johnstone

Entertainment: Monologue. End 1st piece: A Fig for the Fellows (Introductive of some Comic Reasons, which it is hoped will pass Current)-Mrs Mattocks, in the character of Miss Allspice, the Grocer's Daughter

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Fond Husband; Or, The Plotting Sisters

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Fond Husband; Or, The Plotting Sisters

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Sisters; Or, The Violence Of Love

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fond Husband; Or, The Plotting Sisters

Dance: duRuel, Mrs duRuel; Cyclops Dance (from Psyche), in which Monsieur Cherrier perform'd the Part of Vulcan with great Applause-

Song: Singing In Italian and English-Mrs del'Epine; particularly Henry Purcell's O lead me to some peaceful Gloom-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fond Husband; Or, The Plotting Sisters

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fond Husband; Or, The Plotting Sisters

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fond Husband; Or, The Plotting Sisters

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Fond Husband; Or, The Plotting Sisters

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Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fond Husband; Or, The Plotting Sisters

Song: As17151001

Dance: As17151006

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Northern Lass; Or, The Nest Of Fools

Song: As17151028

Dance: As17151122; particularly Tollet's Ground-Mrs Bicknell, Mrs Bicknell's Sister

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oedipus, King Of Thebes

Dance: A New Dance-Moreau, Mrs Schoolding; A Serious Dance-Salle, Mlle Salle, Salle's Sister, the Two Children from the Opera at Paris