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

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Performances

Mainpiece Title: Entertainments

Song: Entertainment-several of the best Masters

Dance: An extraordinary intermixt Entertainment-several of the best Masters

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Camilla

Dance: the best Performers

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Arsinoe, Queen Of Cyprus

Dance: the best Performers

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and instrumental Music-the best Masters

Dance: Several dances-; particularly The Ladder Dance-Robinson

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and instrumental Music-the best Masters; with a trumpet solo-an extraordinary Performer

Dance: Scaramouch-Layfield; Ladder Dance-Robinson; tumbling-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Island Princess

Music: All the Original Songs and Dialogues-; particularly The Enthusiastick Song-Leveridge; others-Mrs Lindsey

Dance: the best Performers

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Dance: the best Performers

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: New vocal and instrumental Music-the best Masters; with pieces for trumpets hautboys German flutes and violins-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and instrumental Music-the best Masters, two Voices who never performed in public before

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Song: Leveridge, Lawrence, others

Music: Instrumental Music-the best Masters

Dance: duRuel, Mrs Evans, others; particularly a new dance, Three Sailors and Their Wives-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Song: Leveridge, others

Music: Instrumental Music-the best Masters

Dance: duRuel, Cherrier, Miss Santlow, others

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Song: Leveridge, Hughes, Mrs Lindsey

Music: Instrumental Music-the best Masters

Dance: As17070123

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and instrumental Music-the best Masters

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Music: Flute music-the best Masters

Song: Leveridge, Hughes, Ramondon, Mrs Lindsey

Dance: As17070123

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-; with several new Songs and Sonatas never yet perform'd by Signior Joseph Saggioni-the best Masters; the Vocal part both in English and Italian-Signiora Maria Margaretta Gallia

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Music: Britons Strike Home, a Piece of Instrumental Musick on the Stage-the best Masters

Dance: As17070403, being desir'd by several Persons of Quality%

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-the best Masters; viz. A full Piece of Music of the famous Signior Pepusch-Mr Banister, Mr Dean, Mr Lamour; A set of Airs for the Arch/Lute and Violin-the Two Mr Deans, composed on purpose by Mr Dean Jun; A Sonata for the Arch/Lute and Flute Alleman-Mr Dean Jun, Mr Latour; Singing to the Arch/Lute-Mr Hughes; A Solo of the famous Archangelo Corelli-Mr Dean Sen; A Cantata to the Arch/Lute-Mr Newbury; Singing to the Arch/Lute-a Gentleman come on purpose from Worchester

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and instrumental Music-the best Masters; including variety of sonatas-Bannister, Paisible, Lully, Dupar; singing-Leveridge, Mrs Lindsey; a sonata on the Flute D'Almain-Pietro; Corelli's Sixth Double Note Solo-Viner

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: the best Masters

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and instrumental Music-the best Performers the music composed by Claxton Jr for the Entertainment of the Foreign Ministers and other Persons of Quality

Dance: Several Grotesque Dances-; particularly The Whip of Dunboyn-Claxton Sr

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Vertus Betray'd; Or, Anna Bullen

Dance: Some extraordinary Entertainments-the best Performers

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and instrumental Music-the best Masters

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew; Or, The Merry Beggars

Entertainment: With all the Original Songs, Dances, other Entertainments-the best Masters

Song: Leveridge, Hughs, Laurence, others

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comical Revenge; Or, Love In A Tub

Song: the best Performers

Dance: the best Performers

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and instrumental Music-the best Masters; viz., A Full Piece of the famous Signor Colista-Dean Sr, Holmes, Smith; A Solo for the Arch Lute and Violin by Dean Jr-Dean Sr, Dean Jr; Singing-Gates; A set of Airs for the Arch Lute and Violin-Dean Sr, Dean Jr; Singing to the Lute-Dean Jr; A Solo of the famous Archangelo Corelli-Dean Sr; Also several select Airs Out of Camilla and Thomyris-; with Symphonies-the best Performers