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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(perftitleclean,performancetitle) "TRUE BLUE"/1)') GROUP BY eventid ORDER BY weight() desc, eventdate asc OPTION field_weights=(perftitleclean=150, performancetitle=100), ranker=wordcount

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Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Afterpiece Title: The Spaniards Dismayed; or, True Blue for Ever

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

Dance: End 2nd piece: Dance of Sailors-see17800401

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Mainpiece Title: True Blue

Afterpiece Title: The First Part of King Henry the Fourth, With the Humours of Sir John Falstaff

Afterpiece Title: The Norwood Gypsies

Dance: 1st piece: Dance of Sailors, as17800918; End II 2nd piece: The Humours of Leixlip, as17800927; 3rd piece: Dancing, as17800927

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Mainpiece Title: King Charles The First

Afterpiece Title: True Blue

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Dance: 2nd piece: a Dance of Sailors Sailor's Dance-Aldridge

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Mainpiece Title: The Mistake

Afterpiece Title: True Blue

Afterpiece Title: The Flitch of Bacon

Dance: End I 1st piece: a new Hibernian Dance, The Rakes of Mallow-Jackson, Miss Francis (1st appearance), others; End II: a new Dance, The Sports of the Green or The Rivals Reconcil'd-Aldridge, Langrish, Jackson, Miss Francis, Miss Besford; 2nd Piece: the original Sailor's Dance, as17810402

Song: 2nd piece to conclude: with a Grand Antigallican Procession[in Honour of St. George's Day [23 Apr.], in which-; Rule Britannia-Reinhold; [the Procession to close with Britannia brought in a Triumphal Car, attended by Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, drawn by six boys representing the Young Gentlemen of the Maritime School, and attended by Mars and Neptune; after which will be display'd the famous Transparency of St. George and the Dragonv, executed by Cipriani; to conclude with: Britons Strike Home-Mrs Kennedy, [with the original chorus

Ballet: End IV: a Grand Pantomimical Pastoral Welch Dance St. David's Day; or, The Village Revels. Squire of the Village-Aldridge; Farmer-Whittow (1st appearance); Farmer's Wife-Mr Jackson; Farmer's Daughter-Miss Rowson (1st appearance); Landlord of the Horns--Savoy; Landlady of the Harp-Mr Besford; In which a Double Hornpipe-Aldridge, Miss Besford; , to the air of Mellionen; or the late Sir W. W. Wynn?'s Delight, accompanied by the ancient British instrument the Welch Harp-; To conclud : with a Country Dance-the Characters

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Mainpiece Title: The Comedy Of Errors

Afterpiece Title: True Blue

Afterpiece Title: Barnaby Brittle

Dance: As17810402

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Mainpiece Title: The Follies Of A Day

Afterpiece Title: True Blue; or, The Parting Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Dance: In 2nd piece Dance incident to the piece by Blurton

Song: End of Act II of 1st piece The Tobacco Box by Mr and Miss Brett

Performances

Mainpiece Title: True Blue; Or, A Bang At The Dons

Afterpiece Title: King Henry the Fifth

Afterpiece Title: The Follies of a Day

Entertainment: Monologue. End 2nd piece: (for this night only) The Monster Discovered-

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Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Afterpiece Title: True Blue

Afterpiece Title: The Quaker

Song: End IV: The Lass of Richmond Hill-Dignum

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Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: True Blue

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Dance: In 2nd piece: a Hornpipe-Blurton

Song: In 3rd piece: Sweet Echo-Miss Broadhurst; accompanied on the hautboy-W. Parke; Nor on beds of fading flowers-Incledon

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Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: True Blue

Afterpiece Title: The Sultan

Dance: In 3rd piece: As17921003; In 2nd piece: Hornpipe, as17930411

Entertainment: Monologue End 2nd piece: Collins's Ode on the Passions-Mrs Esten

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Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Afterpiece Title: TRUE BLUE

Afterpiece Title: THE UPHOLSTERER

Dance: In 2nd piece Hornpipe by Blurton

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Earl Of Essex

Afterpiece Title: True Blue; or, The Parting Lovers

Afterpiece Title: Netley Abbey

Dance: As17950428

Song: In 2nd piece: the following additional songs: Wives and Sweethearts-Townsend; The Wand'ring Sailor-Incledon (1st time); When gen'rous wine-Bowden; The days we now possess-Munden; The Storm-Incledon; Ye Gentlemen of England, as17950428; Rule Britannia-Incledon

Entertainment: Monologue In evening: The Young Widow a fable-Harley

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Mainpiece Title: A True Widow

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Mainpiece Title: The True And Ancient History Of King Lear

Dance: The Devonshire Girl, Mr Claxton, her Master

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Mainpiece Title: The True And Ancient History Of King Lear And His Three Daughters

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Mainpiece Title: The True And Ancient History Of King Lear And His Three Daughters

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Mainpiece Title: The True And Ancient History Of King Lear And His Three Daughters

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Mainpiece Title: The True And Antient History Of King Lear

Song: Comical Songs and Dialogues from Wonders in the Sun-; particularly a Song-Mrs Willis representing one of Queen Elizabeth's Dames of Honour ; Comical Dialogue-Pack, Bowman , representing a vain promising Courtier and a Sycophant ; a Comical Dialogue-Dogget, Cook representing a Widdow in Tears for the Loss of her Husband and a Town Rake making Love to her

Dance: A new Entry-deBarques, Mrs Elford; French Peasant-Firbank, Mrs Bicknell; The famous Italian Scaramouch-Layfield

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Mainpiece Title: The True And Ancient History Of King Lear

Dance: As17060810

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Mainpiece Title: The True And Ancient History Of King Lear And His Three Daughters

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The True And Ancient History Of King Lear And His Three Daughters

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Mainpiece Title: The True And Ancient History Of King Lear And His Three Daughters

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Mainpiece Title: The True And Ancient History Of King Lear And His Three Daughters

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Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Song: Several Comical Dialogues-Mr Dogget, Mr Leveridge; And other Entertainments of Ballad/Singing after the true English manner. Compos'd by Mr Estcourt-Mr Estcourt, in Honour of the Great and Glorious Successes of her Majesty over her proud French Foes

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Mainpiece Title: The True And Ancient History Of King Lear And His Three Daughters