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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(perftitleclean,performancetitle) "Too Civil by Half"/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 Royal Convert

Afterpiece Title: The Adventures of Half an Hour

Afterpiece Title: The Plots of Harlequin

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-; several Songs-by the late famous Mr Henry Purcel; rest by Dr Croft; which whole Performance lasted above an Hour and half; the Vocal Performers-Mr Hughes, Mr Laye, Mr Rowe, Mr Gates, Mr Weely, Mr Church, Mr King, three Boys; they were accompany'd by a proper Number of the best Instrumental Performers

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Half Pay Officers

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Arlequin Sauvage

Afterpiece Title: L'Etourd1; ou, Arlequin Fourbe, Fourbe et Demy; or, Harlequin a Cheat and a Half

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Performances

Mainpiece Title: Adventures Of Half An Hour

Dance: Grand Dance of Grotesque Lilliputians-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Adventures Of Half An Hour

Dance: As17560903

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Adventures Of Half An Hour

Dance: As17560903

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wit Without Money

Afterpiece Title: The Taylors

Dance: End of mainpiece a Hornpipe (over 12 eggs blindfold) by Middleton

Song: End of Act III of mainpiece a favourite song by Mrs Coxe; End of Act IV a favourite song by Miss Hemet

Monologue: 1782 11 25 After the Hornpipe John Bull, Half Seas Over (a new Scene) by Ryder

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Too Loving By Half

Afterpiece Title: The Winter's Tale

Afterpiece Title: Rosina

Dance: End of 2nd piece Adelaide de Brabant, as17840508

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: Ut Pictura Poesis

Afterpiece Title: Half an Hour after Supper

Dance: End 2nd piece: The Graces-the Miss Simonets

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Gretna Green

Afterpiece Title: Half an Hour after Supper

Afterpiece Title: Ut Pictura Poesis

Dance: As17890525

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Manager In Distress

Afterpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: Ut Pictura Poesis

Afterpiece Title: Half an Hour after Supper

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Manager In Distress

Afterpiece Title: The Romp

Afterpiece Title: Half an Hour after Supper

Afterpiece Title: Ut Pictura Poesis

Dance: As17890525

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Quarter Of An Hour Before Dinner

Afterpiece Title: Tit for Tat

Afterpiece Title: Ut Pictura Poesis

Afterpiece Title: Half an Hour after Supper

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chapter Of Accidents

Afterpiece Title: Half an Hour after Supper

Dance: End: As17890525

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Summer Amusement; Or, An Adventure At Margate

Afterpiece Title: Half an Hour after Supper

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Half An Hour After Supper

Afterpiece Title: The Married Man

Afterpiece Title: The Son-in-Law

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Half An Hour After Supper

Afterpiece Title: The Married Man

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycomb

Dance: As17890728

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Half An Hour After Supper

Afterpiece Title: The Battle of Hexham

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Half An Hour After Supper

Afterpiece Title: The Battle of Hexham

Dance: As17890817

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Married Man

Afterpiece Title: Half an Hour after Supper

Afterpiece Title: The Minor

Entertainment: Monologue. Before: Occasional Address-Bensley

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Half An Hour After Supper

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Afterpiece Title: The Follies of a Day

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Half An Hour After Supper

Afterpiece Title: The Battle of Hexham

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ways And Means

Afterpiece Title: Half an Hour after Supper

Afterpiece Title: Try Again

Dance: End: As17900625

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Half An Hour After Supper

Afterpiece Title: New Spain; or, Love in Mexico

Dance: III 2nd piece: A Grand Indian War Dance-