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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(perftitleclean,performancetitle) "The Battle of the Poets or The Contention for the Laureat"/1)') GROUP BY eventid ORDER BY weight() desc, eventdate asc OPTION field_weights=(perftitleclean=150, performancetitle=100), ranker=wordcount

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196 results for: Title - The Battle of the Poets or The Contention for the Laureat

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14 January 1731 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Afterpiece Title: The Battle of the Books

Afterpiece Title: The Jealous Taylor

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20 January 1731 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Cuckolds

Afterpiece Title: The Dutch and Scotch Contention

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29 March 1731 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Dance: PPastoral-Salle, Mlle Salle; Dutch and Scotch Contention-

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11 October 1731 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar; Or, The Double Discovery

Afterpiece Title: The Dutch and Scotch Contention; or, Love and Jealousy

30
18 October 1731 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover; Or, The Banish'd Cavaliers

Afterpiece Title: The Dutch and Scotch Contention

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08 November 1731 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift; Or, The Fool In Fashion

Afterpiece Title: The Dutch and Scotch Contention

Dance: A Grand Comic Dance-Nivelon, Pelling, Mrs Pelling, Mrs Ogden, Miss LaTour

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12 November 1731 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Cuckolds

Afterpiece Title: The Dutch and Scotch Contention

Dance: FFingalian-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; Comic Dance-Nivelon, Pelling, Mrs Pelling, Mrs Ogden, Miss LaTour

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03 December 1731 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man; Or, The Fop's Fortune

Afterpiece Title: The Dutch and Scotch Contention

34
17 December 1731 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Dutch and Scotch Contention

Dance: FFingalian-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; Saraband-Glover, Miss LaTour

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19 January 1732 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Afterpiece Title: The Dutch and Scotch Contention

Dance: TTwo Pierrots-Poitier, Nivelon; Hornpipe-Jones

36
02 March 1732 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Blazing Comet: The Mad Lovers; Or, The Beauties Of The Poets

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31 December 1736 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Afterpiece Title: The Beggar's Pantomime: With New Scenes and several Alterations and Additions, particularly a Sequel to the Contention, call'd Pistol in Mourning

38
06 January 1737 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Battle Of Parnassus

39
23 February 1738 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fifth; With The Memorable Battle Of Agincourt

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

40
11 March 1740 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fifth; With The Memorable Battle Of Agincourt

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: II: Tambourine-French Girl; III: Miller and His Wife-French Boy and Girl; V: Grecian Sailors-Glover

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23 August 1740 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rambling Lovers; Or, A New Way To Play An Old Game

Afterpiece Title: The Amorous Contention; or, The Politic Maid

Afterpiece Title: Neptune's Palace

Dance: Janno; Tumbling-Steward, Williams, Tindal

42
29 November 1742 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: AAmorous Contention, the Politick Maid-two Masters Granier, Miss Granier; Comic Dance, as17421126; Welsh Boufon-Master Granier, Miss Granier

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23 August 1743 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The French Doctor Outwitted; With The Comical Humours Of Sly Boots The Sham Physician

Song: Bencraft, Davis; an entire new Ballad-Mr Bencraft, in the character of the valiant Dragoon who retook the Standard at the Battle of Dettingen

Dance: I: Austrian Dance-Bencraft, Adams; II: Highland Dance-Bencraft, Adams

44
23 August 1743 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ephesian Duke; Or, Blunder Upon Blunder, Yet All's Right At Last

Afterpiece Title: The Battle of Dettingen

Dance: WWooden@Shoe Dance-LaPierre, never performed by any but himself; Le Paisans Leger-LaPierre, Mlle Mariette

Song: Blogg, Miss Atherton; The Whole to conclude with a Song made upon that Occasion, set to Musick, and-Mr Blogg

45
08 September 1743 @ Southwark Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Blind Beggar Of Bethnal Green; With The Comical Humours Of Tom Stroud A Country Farmer's Son And Gudgeon His Man

Afterpiece Title: The Battle of Dettingen

Song: Price, Master Morris, Miss Morris

Dance: Price, Master Morris, Miss Morris

46
04 May 1744 @ May Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Blind Beggar Of Bethnal Green; With The Comical Humours Of Tom Stroud And His Man Gudgeon

Afterpiece Title: Representation of the Late Battle in the Meditteranean

47
05 March 1747 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Battle Of Poictiers; Or, The English Prince

Dance: As17461124

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14 March 1747 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Battle Of Poictiers

Song: Brett

Dance: As17461124

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13 April 1748 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cyclopedia

Afterpiece Title: The Poet Buskin will give Chocolate

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06 January 1750 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Edward The Black Prince; Or, The Battle Of Poictiers