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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Major Thomas Porter"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Major Thomas Porter")') 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 5454 matches on Author, 1845 matches on Performance Comments, 487 matches on Event Comments, 66 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

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Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Related Works
Related Work: The Cheats of Scapin Author(s): Thomas Otway

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Epsom Wells

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Related Work: Epsom Wells Author(s): Thomas Shadwell

Dance: As17100708

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Mainpiece Title: The Fond Husband

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Related Work: A Fond Husband; or, The Plotting Sisters Author(s): Thomas D'Urfey

Dance: Whimsical Dance between a Miller, his Wife, and a Town Miss-; Dance by a French Peasant, a Scaramouch, a Harlequin, a Cooper, his Wife, and others-

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Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

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Related Work: The Royal Merchant Author(s): Thomas Hull

Dance: French Peasant-; Dance between a Miller his Wife and a Town Miss-; Ladder Dance-; Italian Scaramouch-Layfield

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

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Related Work: The Orphan; or, The Unhappy Marriage Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: The Walking Statue

Dance: Between the Acts: Several Comical Entertainments of Dancing-

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Mainpiece Title: The Fond Husband

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Related Work: A Fond Husband; or, The Plotting Sisters Author(s): Thomas D'Urfey

Entertainment: 1st: turns upon one Foot 300 times-A Young Gentlewoman, who never appear'd on a publick Stage, and as she is turning fixes 12 Swords points about her, 2 to her Eyes, 2 to her Eye-lashes, 2 to her Eye-brows, 2 to her Nose, 2 to her Lips, and 2 to her Breasts

Dance: French Peasant-; Scaramouch-; Wooden Shoe-; Dance by Harlequin Scaramouch Cooper and his Wife-; Ladder Dance-

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Mainpiece Title: The History And Fall Of Caius Marius

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Related Work: The History and Fall of Caius Marius Author(s): Thomas Otway

Music: Before: As17100819

Dance: French Peasant-; Whimsical Miller Wife and Town Miss-; with Miller's Wife-Leigh

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fond Husband

Related Works
Related Work: A Fond Husband; or, The Plotting Sisters Author(s): Thomas D'Urfey

Dance: Whimsical Dance between a Miller his Wife and Town Miss-; French Peasant Scaramouch Harlequin Cooper his Wife and others-

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Mainpiece Title: The Pilgrim

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Related Work: The Pilgrim Author(s): Thomas King

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fourth: With The Humours Of Sir John Falstaff

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Related Work: King Henry the Fourth: With the Humours of Sir John Falstaff Author(s): Thomas Betterton

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

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Related Work: Oroonoko Author(s): Thomas Southerne
Related Work: The Royal Slave Author(s): Thomas Southerne

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

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Related Work: Oroonoko Author(s): Thomas Southerne
Related Work: The Royal Slave Author(s): Thomas Southerne

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd; Or, A Plot Discover'd

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Related Work: Venice Preserv'd; or, A Plot Discover'd Author(s): Thomas Otway
Related Work: Venice Preserv'd Author(s): Thomas Otway

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan; Or, The Unhappy Marriage

Related Works
Related Work: The Orphan; or, The Unhappy Marriage Author(s): Thomas Otway

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The History And Fall Of Caius Marius

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Related Work: The History and Fall of Caius Marius Author(s): Thomas Otway

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow

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Role: Philadelphia Actor: Mrs Porter
Related Works
Related Work: The Amorous Widow; or, The Wanton Wife Author(s): Thomas Betterton

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fatal Marriage

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Related Work: The Fatal Marriage Author(s): Thomas Southerne
Related Work: The Fatal Marriage; or, The Innocent Adultery Author(s): Thomas Southerne

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Squire Of Alsatia

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Related Work: The Squire of Alsatia Author(s): Thomas Shadwell

Dance: Mrs Bicknell

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Related Works
Related Work: The Royal Merchant Author(s): Thomas Hull

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Libertine Destroy'd

Cast
Role: Maria Actor: Mrs Porter
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Related Work: The Libertine Destroyed Author(s): Thomas Shadwell

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Soldier's Fortune

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Related Work: The Touchstone of Invention; or, The Soldier's Fortune Author(s): Thomas Otway
Related Work: The Soldier's Fortune Author(s): Thomas Otway
Related Work: The Soldiers' Fortune Author(s): Thomas Otway

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Related Works
Related Work: Oroonoko Author(s): Thomas Southerne
Related Work: The Royal Slave Author(s): Thomas Southerne

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lancashire Witches

Related Works
Related Work: The Lancashire Witches, and Tegue o Divelly the Irish Priest Author(s): Thomas Shadwell

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lancashire Witches

Related Works
Related Work: The Lancashire Witches, and Tegue o Divelly the Irish Priest Author(s): Thomas Shadwell

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comical History Of Don Quixote

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Related Work: The Comical History of Don Quixote, Part II Author(s): Thomas D'Urfey
Related Work: The Comical History of Don Quixote, Part I Author(s): Thomas D'Urfey
Related Work: The Comical History of Don Quixote Author(s): Thomas D'Urfey
Related Work: The Comical History of Don Quixote, The Third Part: With the Marriage of Mary the Buxome Author(s): Thomas D'Urfey
Related Work: Barataria; or, Sancho Turn'd Governor Author(s): Thomas D'Urfey