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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(perftitleclean,performancetitle) "The Cheats" | "The Tavern Bilkers" | "The Cheats" | "The Cheats or The Tavern Bilkers" | "The Jealous Doctor or The Intriguing Dame" | "The Jealous Doctor" | "The Intriguing Dame" | "Harlequin Executed" | "Harlequin Executed" | "The Farmer Disappointed" | "Amadis" | "The Loves of Harlequin and Colombine" | "Amadis" | "Jupiter and Europa" | "The Intrigues of Harlequin" | "Jupiter and Europa or The Intrigues of Harlequin" | "The Necromancer" | "Harlequin Doctor Faustus" | "Doctor Faustus" | "The Necromancer" | "The Necromancer or Harlequin Doctor Faustus" | "Apollo and Daphne" | "The Burgomaster Trickd" | "Apollo and Daphne" | "The Burgo Master Trickd" | "Apollo and Daphne or The Burgomaster Trickd" | "The Fair" | "The Spirit of Contradiction" | "The Magician" | "Harlequin a Director" | "The Magician or Harlequin a Director")') 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 'John Rich', but also performances of associated titles, including adaptations.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Such Things Are

Afterpiece Title: Starboard Watch

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin and Faustus; or, The Devil will have his Own

Related Works
Related Work: Harlequin Doctor Faustus Author(s): John Thurmond
Related Work: The Necromancer; or, Harlequin Doctor Faustus Author(s): John Rich

Song: In course: The High Mettled Racer (composed by Dibdin)-Incledon; Patents all the Rage-Munden; The Beggar, as17980525; Duetto-Mrs Martyr, Mrs Mountain; The Wind blew fresh and fair-Townsend

Music: In course of Evening: solo on the Union Pipes-Murphy; accompanied on the Harp-Weippert

Entertainment: Vaudeville.In 3rd piece: [By Permission of the Proprietors of the Royal Circus [Charles Dibdin and Charles Hughes] [the celebrated Smith will ge thro' his wonderful Performances on the Slack Rope-Smith

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Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Afterpiece Title: The Tars of Old England; or, Humours of Greenwich Fair

Afterpiece Title: The Adopted Child

Dance: End 1st piece: The Highland Lovers, as17990423; Del Caro's Hornpipe-Miss Brugier

Song: 1st piece: Vocal Parts, as17981215, but Miss Waters, Mrs +Atkins, _Gray, Miss _Leserve, Miss _Gray; In 3rd piece: +The Tower Song-Mrs Atkins

Entertainment: Monologue. After the Dancing: The Satyrist The Groom and the Cook; or, Daniel and Dishclout's Law Suit-Betterton

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Iron Chest

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Related Works
Related Work: Sauny the Scot; or, The Taming of a Shrew Author(s): John Lacy

Afterpiece Title: Tell Truth and Shame the Devil

Song: End: Mad Tom-Betts (1st appearance on the stage); Young William-Incledon; The Golden Days-Munden; The Tight Little Island-Townsend; The Wind blew fresh and fair-Townsend

Music: End I 1st piece: Concerto Clarionet-Orsato (of the Theatre Royal Venice; 1st appearance in this Metropolis); a duetto solo by means of the Pression and Repercussion of the Air-Orsato This his curious Discovery has received the greatest Applause in most of the Courts

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Iron Chest

Afterpiece Title: Tars at Torbay

Afterpiece Title: Peeping Tom

Related Works
Related Work: Peeping Tom Author(s): John O'Keeffe

Entertainment: Vaudeville End: Satan's Address to the Sun , from Milton's Paradise Lost-the Young Gentleman who last year (see17980917) recited a portion of Gray's Bard; Musical Pasticcio, The Cryer-Suett; My mother bids me bind my hair (Haydn)-Master Suett; a Comic Song descriptive of Bartholomew Fair-Wathen; Mad Tom (Purcell)-Story; The Irish Newsman-Clarke; Crazy Jane (Miss Abrams)-Mrs Bland; Imitations-Caulfield

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: The Turnpike Gate