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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(perftitleclean,performancetitle) "An Unidentified Play"/1)') GROUP BY eventid ORDER BY weight() desc, eventdate asc OPTION field_weights=(perftitleclean=150, performancetitle=100), ranker=wordcount
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151
23 January 1754
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
King John
Music:
Between the Acts: The Pieces of Music , are adapted to the
play
, and taken from the Works of Handel and Martini-
152
04 April 1754
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Siege Of Damascus
Afterpiece Title:
The Lying Valet
Dance:
II:
Italian Peasants
, as17531120; IV:
Les Charboniers
, as17540307 End of
Play
: (By Particular Desire)
Louvre and Minuet
-Cooke, Miss Hilliard
153
29 April 1754
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Fair Penitent
Afterpiece Title:
The Lottery
Dance:
I:
Les Taileurs
-Maranesi, Sga Bugiani; II:
Les Sabotiers
-Maranesi, Sga Bugiani; IV:
Le Matelot
-Maranesi, Sga Bugiani; And by particular desire at End of
play
: A
Mock Minuet
[All]-Maranesi, Sga Bugiani
154
12 March 1755
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Abel
Music:
CConcerto
-Giardini who
play
s the first violin
155
22 April 1755
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Conscious Lovers
Afterpiece Title:
The Cheats of Scapin
Song:
Lowe
Dance:
II:
Italian Peasants
, as17550414 IV:
Louvre and Minuet
-Villeneuve, Sga Balbi; End of
Play
:
Comic Dance
-Poitier Jr, Mlle Capdeville
156
13 May 1756
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The London Merchant
Afterpiece Title:
The Anatomist
Dance:
II:
Hornpipe
-Morris; End of
Play
: A
Minuet
-Shawford, Mrs Vernon
Song:
I: Miss Young
157
23 December 1756
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Merchant Of Venice
Afterpiece Title:
The Cheats of Scapin
Dance:
As17561217
Song:
By the Desire of the Friends of
Old Cole
we will endeavor to sing a Song at the End of the
Play
(
Public Advertiser
)
158
18 May 1757
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Busy Body
Afterpiece Title:
The Toyshop
Dance:
III: A
Hornpipe
-Morris; End of
Play
:
The Louvre
-Shawford, Mrs Gibbons
159
25 November 1757
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Rehearsal
Afterpiece Title:
The Author
Dance:
After the
Play
:
The Italian Peasants
, as17571004
160
03 April 1758
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
A Bold Stroke For A Wife
Afterpiece Title:
The Country House
Dance:
SSicilian Peasants
, as17571217;
Fingalian Dance
, as17571013
Entertainment:
(BBy Desire,) End of
Play
:
Hippisley's Drunken Man
-Shuter; (By Desire,) End of Farce:
Cries of London
-Shuter
161
22 March 1759
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Busy Body
Afterpiece Title:
The Double Disappointment
Entertainment:
Between
play
and farce:
Dish of All Sorts
-Mr Shuter; will entertain the Audience. The Bill of Fare consisting of a
Medley@Song
-Shuter; A Dialogue upon Himself between an Old Man a North Briton and a Gentleman of Connaught-Mr Shuter; The History of Mr Shuter and the Sow-Shuter; To be sung by him as a Cantata in Sga Gruntinella's Taste.
The Cries of London
, as17581020
Dance:
TThe Threshers
, as17581016
162
17 April 1759
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Romeo And Juliet
Afterpiece Title:
Catherine and Petruchio
Entertainment:
Between
Play
and Farce: Shuter's
Dish of All Sorts
, As17590322, for that night only
Dance:
As17581016
163
12 October 1759
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Beggar's Opera
Afterpiece Title:
The Cheats of Scapin
Dance:
CCountry Dance
-characters of the
play
; by Desire, a
Hornpipe
-Miss Dawson
164
08 January 1760
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Beggar's Opera
Afterpiece Title:
Catherine and Petruchio
Dance:
HHornpipe
-Miss Dawson;
Country Dance
-Characters in the
Play
; End II: A
Comic Dance
-Granier, Miss Hilliard
165
03 March 1760
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Jovial Crew
Afterpiece Title:
The Cheats of Scapin
Dance:
Incident to the
play
and
The Plowman
-Poitier Jr, Mlle Capdeville
166
13 March 1760
@ The Great Room, Dean Street, Soho
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Isola Disabitata; Or, The Deserted Island
Entertainment:
S$Sg Cordoni
, virtuoso on the violin, lately arrived from
Italy
, who never yet appeared in public, will direct the orchestra and perform a solo and
Miss Frederick
will
play
a
Concerto
on the harpsichord, the compsoition of
Sg Paradies
167
10 April 1760
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Beggar's Opera
Afterpiece Title:
Catherine and Petruchio
Dance:
CCountry Dance
-characters of the
play
;
Hornpipe
-Miss Dawson; I:
Fingalian Dance
-Miss Hilliard; II:
Dutch Skipper
-Poitier
168
19 April 1760
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Earl Of Essex
Afterpiece Title:
The Miller of Mansfield
Dance:
II: By Particular Desire, Mr Parry will
play
on the Harp
Entertainment:
Several New
Equilibres on the Wire
-Saunders Particularly he will balance two straws, one across the other with an egg in the center; he will Ring 6 Bells on the Wire, and
play
on Divers Instruments of Music, particularly, (by Desire) the Guitar, while balancing the Straw
169
27 March 1761
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Way To Keep Him
Afterpiece Title:
High Life Below Stairs
Dance:
End
Play
:
The Italian Gardener
, as17601203
170
30 March 1761
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
King Richard Iii
Afterpiece Title:
The English Tars in America; or, The Good Woman Without a Head
Dance:
III:
A Comic Dance
-Poitier Jr, Mlle Capdeville; After
Play
: An
Epilogue
on the
Humours of tne Age
in Imitation of
Shakespeare
's Stage-Cresswick
171
01 April 1761
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Every Man In His Humour
Afterpiece Title:
The New Hippocrates; or, A Lesson for Quacks
Entertainment:
After the
Play
: by Desire, for that night only
The Picture of a
Play
house
or,
Bucks Have at Ye All
-Mr King; a
Mimic Comic opera song
-Mrs Clive
172
30 September 1761
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
King Henry Viii
Afterpiece Title:
In the
Play
will be introduc'dThe Coronation
173
29 March 1762
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
He Jovial Crew
Afterpiece Title:
The Merry Counterfeit; or, Viscount a-la-Mode
Dance:
TThe French Country Gentleman
, as17611210
Entertainment:
Between
play
and Farce:(For this night only)
A Dish of All Sorts
-Shuter. As17590322
174
21 April 1762
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Constant Couple
Afterpiece Title:
The Minor
Entertainment:
II:
Hearts of Oak
-Mrs Vincent, Mrs Baker; End
Play
: By particular Desire, and for that night only,
Bucks Have at Ye All
-King as17620330
Dance:
After Entertainments: the
Louvre and Minuet
-Settree, Miss Blagdon (his scholar)
175
11 May 1762
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Douglas
Afterpiece Title:
The Minor
Dance:
TTwo Comic Dances
-Mas. Roger, Miss Capitani; End I Farce:
Hornpipe
-Miss Capitani
Song:
I:
The Lark's Shrill Note
-Mrs Vincent
Entertainment:
fter the
play
, By Particular Desire, the
Scene of Lady Pentweazle
from
Foote
's
Taste
. Lady Pentweazle-King, first time
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