SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(perftitleclean,performancetitle) "Pericles, Prince Of Tyre" | "Pericles" | "Othello" | "Othello, Moor Of Venice" | "The Moore Of Venice" | "The Merry Wives Of Windsor" | "Hamlet" | "Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark" | "Hamlet Prince Of Denmark" | "Twelfth Night" | "Or, What You Will" | "Twelfth Night Or What You Will" | "Romeo And Juliet" | "A Midsummer Night\'s Dream" | "King Lear" | "Henry V" | "King Henry V" | "King Henry The Fifth" | "Henry The Fourth, Part I" | "1 Henry IV" | "I Henry IV" | "The Winters Tale" | "King John" | "Richard II" | "Richard The Second" | "The Two Gentlemen Of Verona" | "The Gentlemen Of Verona" | "Loves Labour Lost" | "The Merchant Of Venice" | "As You Like It" | "Alls Well Yt Ends Well" | "All\'s Well That Ends Well" | "Henry Ye Fourth, Part II" | "2 Henry IV" | "Henry Iv Part Ii" | "Coriolanus" | "Andronicus" | "Julius Caesar" | "Julius Caesar: With The Death Of Brutus And Cassiu" | "Anthony And Cleopatra" | "Antony And Cleopatra" | "The Comedy Of Errors" | "The Comoedy Of Errors" | "Richard III" | "Richard The Third" | "Henry VIII" | "Henry The Eighth" | "Much Ado About Nothing" | "Cymbeline" | "Cimbeline" | "Cimbeline Or The Fatal Wager" | "Measure For Measure" | "The Taming Of The Shrew" | "The Tameing Of Ye Shrew" | "The Tempest" | "Titus Andronicus" | "Troilus And Cressida" | "Macbeth" | "Timon Of Athens")') 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 'William Shakespeare', but also performances of associated titles, including adaptations.

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Mainpiece Title: Robin Hood

Related Works
Related Work: Robin Hood; or, Sherwood Forest Author(s): William Shield

Afterpiece Title: St

Dance: End of mainpiece a new Dance, Leap Year; or, A New Way of Wooing, (composed by Byrn) by Byrn, Mrs Davenett, Mrs Goodwin

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Related Works
Related Work: As You Like It Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton or High Life above Stairs

Dance: End of Act I of mainpiece The Sportsmen's Return, as17840916

Song: In Act V of mainpiece a song by Miss Field. [This was sung, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Sultan

Dance: End of mainpiece, as17841022; Afterpiece to conclude with a Grand Dana. Chief of the Bostanges-Harris; Principal Female Dancers-Mrs Ratchford, Miss Besford

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Deception

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Dance: End of Act IV of mainpiece a New Dance incident to the Piece by Mr and Miss Hamoir

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Hypocrite

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Related Works
Related Work: The Opera of Operas; or Tom Thumb the Great Author(s): William Hatchett

Dance: End of Act III of mainpiece The Belle of the Village, as17840917

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Fontainbleau Or Our Way In France

Related Works
Related Work: Fontainbleau; or, Our Way in France Author(s): William Shield

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance: End of mainpiece The Belle of the Village, as17840917

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Wives

Afterpiece Title: The Romance of an Hour

Dance: End of mainpiece a new Comic Dance, The Affrighted Dwarf, with a whimsical Transformation into Mad Moll (performers not listed)

Monologue: 1784 11 16 End of Act IV of mainpiece Bucks have at ye all by Cross

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Hypocrite

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Soldier

Related Works
Related Work: The Poor Soldier Author(s): William Shield
Related Work: The Shamrock; or, The Anniversary of St. Patrick Author(s): William Shield

Dance: End of Act III of mainpiece Leap Year, as17841022

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Fontainbleau

Related Works
Related Work: Fontainbleau; or, Our Way in France Author(s): William Shield

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: End of mainpiece a new Ballet (composed by Harris) The Mountaineers; or, The Woodland Sports by Harris, Miss Matthews and Miss Besford

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Related Works
Related Work: The Double Dealer Author(s): William Congreve

Afterpiece Title: Arthur and Emmeline

Dance: End of Act III of mainpiece a new Dance, The Merry Woodcutters, by Mr and Miss Hamoir

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Junior

Related Works
Related Work: Harlequin Junior; or, The Magic Cestus Author(s): William Shield

Dance: End of Act II of mainpiece, as17841203

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Curioso Indiscreto

Dance: End of Act I Divertissement, as17841218; End of Opera Le Tuteur Trompe, with the Fandango, by Lepicq, Mme Rossi, Frederic, Zuchelli, Mme Bithmer, Henry, Nivelon, Mlle Dorival

Performances

Mainpiece Title: I Rivali Delusi

Dance: End of Act I Divertissement, as17841218; End of Opera The Deserter. Skirmish-Slingsby; the other characters by Lepicq, Mme Rossi [playbill of 13 May 1784 lists: The Deserter-Lepicq; Louisa-Mme Rossi], Henry, Zuchelli, Mme Degville, Nivelon, Mlle Dorival

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Demetrio

Dance: End of Act I Divertissement, as17841218, with a new Pas de Deux by Sg and Sga Angiolini; End of Opera Le Tuteur Trompe, as17850101

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Demetrio

Dance: End of Act I Divertissement, as17841218; End of Opera The Deserter, as17850111, but omitted: Lepicq, Mme Rossi, Nivelon, Mlle Dorival

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd Or Patie And Roger

Afterpiece Title: The Double Amour

Song: End of Act III of mainpiece the Sbeep shearing Song [Come, come, my good shepherds] by Mrs Raeburn; End of mainpiece, by Permission of the Caledonian Society, their Constitution Song, set to music by an eminent Master, by a Gentleman [unidentified]. imitations. Following 2nd song, a variety of Imitations by a Gentleman who performed for Bannister's Benefit [on 26 Aug. 1784], and others, with universal applause, being his 4th appearance [Kean]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Demetrio

Dance: End of Act I an entirely new Divertissement (composed by Lepicq; the music by Barthelemon) Il Convito degli Dei by Lepicq, Mme Rossi, Henry, Zuchelli, Mme Bithmer, Nivelon, Mlle Dorival; End of Opera The Deserter, as17850122

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Refugee Or The Rival Jews

Afterpiece Title: A Musical Interlude

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Song: End of Act I of 3rd piece How sweet's the love that meets return by Mrs Henley

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Demetrio

Dance: End of Act I Il Convito degli Dei, as17850205; End of Opera an entirely new Divertisement (composed by Lepicq) Le Jugement de Paris by Lepicq, Mme Rossi, Nivelon, Mlle Dorival, Frederic, Sga Angiolini. [Music by Francois Hippolyte Barthelemon (London Magazine, Feb. 1785, p. 141).]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Peasant Metamorphosis

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

Related Works
Related Work: The Deserter Author(s): William Reeve

Dance: In 1st ballet, by Duquesney and the two Miss Simonets; After the Singing, Hornpipe by Baptist and a Comic Dance by Delpini

Song: End of 1st ballet a Serio-Comic Italian Song by Delpini. imitations. After the Dancing, as17850207

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Pittore Parigino

Dance: End of Act I Le Jugement de Paris, as17850212; End of Opera The Deserter, as17850122

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Acis And Galatea

Afterpiece Title: Drydens Ode

Music: End of Part I of oratorio concerto on the French harp by Cardon, late Musician to the Queen of France

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lallegro Il Penseroso

Afterpiece Title: The Coronation Anthems

Music: End of Part I of oratorio solo on the violin by Lolli

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Demetrio

Dance: End of Act I Divertissement [performers not listed, but see17841218]; End of Opera Le Tuteur Trompe, with the Fandango, Sapredella, and Allemande [performers not listed, but see I Jan.]

Song: In Act I a new Air, composed by Sarti, by Crescentini, and a Duet, composed by Bertoni, by Crescentini and Sga Ferrarese; In Act II an entire new Aria and a favourite Song of Handel [singer not listed]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Nitteti

Dance: End of Act I Le Jugement de Paris, as17850212, but omitted: Mme Rossi; End of Opera The Deserter, as17850111, but omitted: Nivelon, Mlle Dorival