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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Burney News Cuttings"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Burney News Cuttings")') GROUP BY eventid ORDER BY weight() desc, eventdate asc OPTION field_weights=(perftitleclean=100, commentpclean=75, commentcclean=75, roleclean=100, performerclean=100, authnameclean=100), ranker=sph04

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We found 3119 matches on Event Comments, 2722 matches on Performance Title, 1423 matches on Performance Comments, 113 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd; Or, Patie And Roger

Afterpiece Title: The Students; or, The Humours of St

Song: End IV: Hooly and Fairlyin character-M'Donald

Music: Between the Acts: proper Scotch Music-; a new Scotch Overture-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Winter's Tale

Afterpiece Title: The Miniature Picture

Dance: II: New Dance, as17791126; End II afterpiece: The Coopers, as17800224

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rinaldo

Dance: End I: The Rural Sports, as17800527; End II: La Fete Pastorale, as17800520; End Opera: Serious Ballet, as17800527; Grand Chaconne, as17800527; To conclude with: New Allemande-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Circassian

Afterpiece Title: Lun's Ghost; or, The New Year's Gift

Dance: In afterpiece by Zuchelli, Miss M. Stageldoir, &c

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A New Way To Pay Old Debts

Afterpiece Title: The Choice of Harlequin

Performances

Mainpiece Title: I Viaggiatori Felici

Dance: End of Act I an entirely new Ballet, composed by Noverre, Adela of Pontbieu (the subject taken from the History of ancient Chivalry), by Gardel, Mme Simonet, Nivelon, Mlle Theodore, Simonet, Sga Crespi, Mlle Baccelli; End of Opera Medea and Jason, as originally composed by Noverre, by Gardel, Mme Simonet, Nivelon, Simonet, Mlle Theodore, Mlle Baccelli

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Medonte

Dance: End of Act I New Divertisement, as17821102, but Sga Crespi in place of Sga Sala, and added: Passacaille, as17821109; End of Opera Apelles and Campaspe, as17821102, but added: Sga Crespi

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Second; Or, The Fall Of Rosamond

Afterpiece Title: Rosina

Dance: End of mainpiece new Dance, composed by Harris, Damon and Musidora, by Harris, Miss Besford, and others

Performances

Mainpiece Title: I Vecchi Burlati

Dance: End of Act I New Divertisement, as17821130, but omitted: Slingsby, Mlle Theodore; End of Act II Le Tuteur Trompe, as17830128

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Silla

Dance: End of Act II an entirely new Dance (composed by D'Auberval; the music by Barthelemon) The Pastimes of Terpsycore, an Allegorical Ballet, by Vestris Jun. (1st appearance at this theatre these 3 years), Blake (1st appearance), Henry, Zuchelli, Monetti, Lepicq, Mme Theodore D'Auberval (1st appearance this season), Mme Simonet, Mme Rossi; End of Opera a new Anacreontic Ballet (composed by D'Auberval) Friendship leads to Love by Lepicq, Mme Rossi, Slingsby, Mme Simonet, Vestris Jun., Mme Theodore

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'albergatrice Vivace

Dance: End of Act I The Pastimes of Terpsycore, as17831206; End of Opera a New Divertisement, in which a Pas de Deux by Vestris [fun.] and Mme Theodore, and a Pas de Trots by Lepicq, Slingsby, Mme Rossi

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Trionfo D'arianna

Dance: End of Act I Friendship leads to Love, as17840103; End of Act II an entirely new dance, connected with the Opera, composed by D'Auberval, The Slaves of Conquering Bacchus, with a Pas de Trots by Mme Rossi, Slingsby, Mme Simonet; a Pas de Deux by Vestris [Jun.], Mme Theodore; by Blake, Henry; [by] Zuchelli, Monetti. The Music by Barthelemon

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd; Or, Patie And Roger

Afterpiece Title: Wit's Last Stake

Dance: End of Act III of mainpiece a new composed Reel (performers not listed); In Act IV a Hornpipe by Middleton

Monologue: 1784 02 09 The Edinburgh Buck by a Genleman [unidentified]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: The Double Disguise

Dance: End of mainpiece a new Comic Ballet, The Return of the Hunters, by Mr and Miss Hamoir. [Beginning with the 3rd performance, on 11 Mar., this was entitled The Sportsmen's Return.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Robin Hood; Or, Sherwood Forest

Related Works
Related Work: Robin Hood Author(s): Charles Burney

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Rambler

Dance: End of mainpiece a New Dance by Le Bccuf and Mlle Constance (from the King's Theatre in Paris; 1st appearance)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: I Rivali Delusi

Dance: End of Act I a New Divertissement, in which the 3 different Stiles of Dancing, viz., Serious, Demicharacter and Comic, by Lepicq, Mme Rossi, Sg and Sga Angiolini, with a Dance performed in Wooden Shoes by Nivelon, Frederic, Mlle Dorival; End of Opera a new Pastoral Ballet in 2 parts, composed by Gardel Sen., Ballet-master to the French Court, A la Plus Sage; ou, La Vertu Ricompensk, by Lepicq, Mme Rossi, Frederic, Sga Angiolini, Zuchelli, Henry, Mme Bithmer, Nivelon, Mlle Dorival

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Curioso Indiscreto

Dance: End of Act I Divertissement, as17850224, with The Cossack; End of Opera a new Heroic Ballet (1st time; composed by Lepicq) founded on Shakespeare's Historical Play of Macbeth by Lepicq, Angiolini, Nivelon, Mme Rossi, Slingsby, Frederic, Sga Angiolini, Mlle Dorival. The Vocal Parts by Tasca, Franchi, Bartolini; Sga Dorta, &c. The Ballet to conclude with The Caledonian Reel

Event Comment: By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain. Under the Direction of Delpini. 1st piece: With a Kitchen Scene. [The new pantomime is identified in Public Advertiser, 16 Apr. The same newspaper on 2 Apr. states that it was the same as that produced at DL for Delpini's benefit in 1782 [10 May].]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A New Pantomime [don Juan]

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Scuola De Gelosi

Dance: End of Act I Divertissement Villageois, as17860218; End of Opera a New Divertissement (composed by Giroux) by Vestris, Sga Carolina, Sga Crespi, Henry, Marseilles, Duquesney Jun., the two Mlles Simonet, Mlle Mozon, Fabiani (1st King's appearance in England)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Didone Abbandonata

Dance: End of Act I New Divertissement, as17860311End of Opera L'Amour Jardinier, as17860401, but added: Miss Hervey, and L'Amour-Miss De Camp

Song: In the beginning of the 2nd act a Bravura Song by Mme Mara

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir John Cockle, At Court

Afterpiece Title: The Village Lawyer

Afterpiece Title: The Ghost; or, The Man Bewitch'd

Song: End 2nd piece: the new Four@and@twenty Fiddlers all on a Row-Edwin

Entertainment: Monologue End: Lingo's Opinions on Men and Manners (a Comical, Whimsical, Operatical, Farcical Rhapsody)-Edwin

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Gli Schiavi Per Amore

Dance: End I: an entire new ballet, composed by Noverre, Les Fetes de Tempe. Principal Characters-Mlle Hilligsberg, Mlle Coulon, Didelot, Vestris, Henry, the two Miss Simonets, Coulon

Ballet: End Opera: L'Amour et Psiche. As17880129

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Cameriera Astuta

Dance: End Opera: Les Fetes de Tempe, as17880301End I: New Dance, as17880226; Pas de Bernois, as17880226; Pas de Trois, as17880226; Pas Seul, as17880226; Pas de Russe, as17880226; Pas de Cinq, as17880226; Pas de Sept, as17880226; General Dance, as17880226

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Gli Schiavi Per Amore

Dance: End I: Les Fetes de Tempe-[see17880228]; End Opera: a new grand Tragic Ballet, never performed, Euthyme et Eucharis[, composed by Noverre. Principal Characters-Mlle Hilligsberg, Didelot, Mlle Coulon, Vestris, Sga Bedini, the two Miss Simonets, Mme Vedie, Henry, Jacolet, Saulnier, Sala, Coulon. [Partial cast from Lynham, 170: Eucharis-Mlle Hilligsberg; +Mars-Didelot; +Euthyme-Vestris; +L'Ombre-Henry; +Bellone-Coulon.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Poor Soldier

Afterpiece Title: The Winter's Tale

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Song: End: The new Four@and@Twenty Fidlers-Edwin; In II 2nd piece: Come come my good Shepherds-Mrs Martyr

Entertainment: Monologue. End 2nd piece: A Description of the Curiosities in the Tower-Edwin