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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(perftitleclean,performancetitle) "Serious And Comic Oratory"/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: Comus

Afterpiece Title: The Musical Lady

Entertainment: After Masque: (this night only) his Serious, Comic, Post-haste Observations in his Journey to Paris, as17650411

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Theodosius

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Dance: III: A Serious Dance-; End: A comic dance-Miss Froment, a little girl (Neville)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Theodosius

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Dance: Serious and Comic Dance As17670708

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Dance: IV: A serious Dance-; End: A comic Dance-Miss Froment

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Minor

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance: II: New Serious Dance-; End: New Comic Dance, The Gallant Peasant-Miss Froment

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Mainpiece Title: Othello

Afterpiece Title: Like Master Like Man

Dance: IV: Serious Dance-; End: Comic Dance-Miss Froment

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Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Dance: II: By Particular Desire, a Minuet-Fishar, Sga Manesiere; III: A Hornpipe-Miss Capon , first time; I: A Serious and Comic Dance-. the serious part- Miss Capon, the comic part- Mas. Burton, Miss Besford (all apprentices to Fishar); IV: A New Grand Ballet called The Old Man Metamorphosed-. Old Man Fishar, Shepherdess Sga Manesiere, Cupid Mas. Burton; In which Dance will be introduced by Particular Desire the Allemande-Fishar, Sga Manesiere

Ballet: V: For First time this season, The Wapping Landlady. Jack-Fishar; Landlady-Miles; Orange Woman-Sga Manesiere; Double Hornpipe-[See17680416]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Earl Of Essex

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Dance: II: A Comic Dance-; IV: [A Comic Ballad call'd the Countryman Metamorphosed-Mr Hamois, Mad[mlle] Hamois[, their first appearance this stage

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Mainpiece Title: Artaserse

Dance: I: As17721121, but A New Serious Ballet-_; End II: New Serious Ballet-Fierville, Ascelin, Mlle Lafond (first time)

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Mainpiece Title: Artaserse

Dance: I: Serious Ballet-Fierville, Asselin, Mlle Lefond; II: Dance-Slingsby, Mlle Grenier, Mlle Lafond; Last Act: A New Grand Serious Ballet-Fierville, Slingsby, Mlle Grenier, Leppy, Asselin, Sga Crespi

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaserse

Dance: I: A serious Ballet-Fierville, Asselin, Mlle Lafond; II: Slingsby, Mlle Grenier, Mlle Lafond; Last Act: A new Serious Grand Ballet with a new Chacone-Mlle Heinel, Lepy, Asselin, Sga Crispi, Mlle Lafond

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Mainpiece Title: Il Cid

Dance: I: Grand Serious Ballet and Chacone-Mlle Heinel; II: Grand Ballet intermix'd with Grand Chorusses-; Pastoral Dance-Crispi, Asselin; and by particular desire a New Allemande-Slingsby, Mlle Lafond; End Opera: A Grand Serious Ballet with Pas de Deux and Chacone-Mlle Heinel, Fierville, others

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Cid

Dance: I: Grand Serious Ballet and Chacone, as17730220, but Mlle _Heinel, Fierville; +Pastoral Dance, as17730220; New Allemande, as17730220; End Opera: A Grand Serious Ballet with Pas de Deux and Chacone, as17730220

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Cid

Dance: Grand Serious Ballet and Chacone, as17730223; Grand Ballet with Grand Chorusses, as17730223; New Allemande, as17730223; A Grand Serious Ballet with Pas de Deux and Chacone, as17730223; Pastoral Dance, as17730223, but _Crispi

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lucio Vero

Dance: I: Grand Comic Pantomime Ballet, call'd La Bagatelle-Bocchini, Sga Mazzoni, other principals; II: A Pastoral Dance with a Pas de Trois, de Deux-Mariottini, Bocchini, Sga Mazzoni; End Opera: A Grand Serious Ballet-; with a Grand Chaconne-Fierville

Entertainment: A Poetical Exordium-Mrs Yates [In which she proposed to intermix plays and operas this season. (Burney, II, 879, notes she could not get permission.)]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Perseo

Dance: I: Grand Serious Ballet-Mariottini, Mlle Nina Favaer; II: New Serious Ballet-; in which will introduce an Adagio, Chaconne-Fierville; End Opera: Harem of Ispahan, as17740129

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Mainpiece Title: Il Bacio

Dance: I: La Fete du Village, as17760224; II: New Serious Ballet, with Chaconne and Minuet de la Cour-Vallouy, Mme Vallouy; End Opera: New Grand Comic Ballet, Les Maissoneurs Distresse-Helm, Mlle Sophie, Sga Tinti, Vallouy, Mrs Vallouy

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Mainpiece Title: La Fraschetana

Dance: End I: Les Amans Heureux, as17761102; End II: Grand Serious Ballet, as17761130; End Opera: a new Comic Dance, composed by Zuchelli, La Force de l'Amour-Sg and Sga Zuchelli

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Fraschetana

Dance: End I: Comic Ballet, as17770204; End II: a new Serious Ballet-Simonet, Mlle Baccelli (1st appearance this season), Sg Zuchelli, Sga Zuchelli, Vallouy@le@cadet; in which a Grand Chaconne-Simonet, Mlle Baccelli; a Pas de Deux-Simonet, Mlle Baccelli; End Opera: L'Epouse Persane, as17770121

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'ali D'amore

Dance: End I: La Force de l'Amour, as17761214; End II: Comic Ballet, as17770204; End Opera: Serious Ballet, as17770225

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Telemaco

Dance: End I: Serious Ballet, as17770225; End II: Les Chasseurs, as17770315End Opera: a New Serious Ballet-Mlle Baccelli, Sg Zuchelli, Sga Zuchelli; Entree-Mlle DeCamp (1st appearance in England)

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Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquer

Afterpiece Title: The Country Mad-Cap

Dance: End II: New Comic Dance-Master Jackson, Miss Parish (A pupil of Aldridge; 1st appearanae on the stage); End III: a new characteristic Irish Dance, The Humours of Leixlip; or, A Jaunt to the Salmon-Leap, in which an Irish Jigg,-Aldridge, Miss Besford; End IV: a new Comic Dance, The Coopers-Langrish, Master Jackson, Miss Nicols (Scholar to Aldridge; 1st appearance also); End: a new pantomimical Naval Dance, All in the Downs ; or, Farewell to Deal,-Aldridge, Jackson, Besford, Miss Besford, Miss Valois

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Mainpiece Title: Il Geloso In Cimento

Dance: End I: new Comic Dance, Le Culte d'Amour(composed by Vallouy)-Vallouy, Mlle DeCamp, Vallouy@le@cadet; End II: Serious Ballet-Simonet, Mlle Baccelli; , in which the Minuet de la Cour-Mons and Mme Vallouy; End Opera: Les Amans Heureux, as17770104

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Mainpiece Title: La Fraschetana

Dance: End I: New Serious Ballet, as17770412; End II: Les Amans Heureux, as17770104; End Opera: Serious Ballet, as17770225Chaconne-_, Pas de deux-_

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Mainpiece Title: I Capricci Del Sesso

Dance: End I: Comic Ballet, as17770204; End II: Serious Ballet, as17770225; End Opera: a new Ballet Demi-caractere, La Paysane Distraite-Vallouy, Mme Simonet, Sg Zuchelli, Sga Zuchelli, Vallouy@le@cadet, Mlle DeCamp