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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(perftitleclean,performancetitle) "THE AGREEABLE SURPRISE"/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: Peeping Tom

Afterpiece Title: Fortune's Frolick

Afterpiece Title: The Agreeable Surprise

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Agreeable Surprise

Afterpiece Title: Fortune's Frolick

Afterpiece Title: Obi

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Agreeable Surprise

Afterpiece Title: Fortune's Frolick

Afterpiece Title: Obi

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cambro-britons

Afterpiece Title: The Agreeable Surprise

Song: End: Paddy's Description of Pizarro; or, Mr Paddy O'Doody and his Cousin Shaun Shaugnessy's Treat to the One Shilling Gallery-Johnstone

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Betrayed; Or, The Agreeable Disappointment

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Agreeable Disappointment; Or, Love's Betray'd

Dance: Mrs Elford, Firbank, others

Song: Mrs Hodgson

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Mainpiece Title: Rope Dancing

Entertainment: By the most Famous Rope Dancers of Europe; who perform such strange and surprising Things on the Dancing Rope, as are incredible to relate; with great Variety of Encomparable fine Tumbling, Walking on the Slack Rope, Vaulting-; far surpassing all that has ever yet been seen. Together with the diverting Entertainments of your Old Friend Pickle Herring-, the chief of all his imitating Brethren

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rope Dancing

Entertainment: Mr Gibbons's Company of French Rope Dancers; where you will see stiff Rope-little Child (about two Years and a half old) perform such wonderful things, as is surprising to all that behold him; extraordinary Dancing on the stiff Rope-A Young Maiden who dances to Admiration; Dancing on the Rope, Playing on the Violin-the famous Scaramouch lately come from France, who turns himself as if he was going on the Ground; Walking on the Slack Rope after the Italian manner-A Young Man; Lastly Tumbles-The Famous Gibbon who has had the honour to perform before most of the Courts in Europe, for Lightness, and Agility, far beyond what has ever yet been seen; You will likewise be entertained with good Musick-

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Mainpiece Title: La Fille Capitaine

Afterpiece Title: Arlequin Galerien; ou, Le Port de Mer

Entertainment: Dancing-D'Angeville, Mlle Deschaliers, others; And several New Performances-the Tumblers; Particularly the Extraordinary Tumbling, call'd Le Saut de la Panche-Mr Debroc , who with Links in his Hands will run up to the Top of a Board 16 Foot high, and with a most surprising Activity will tumble from thence

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Entertainment: Surprising Entertainments on the Rope-Signora Violante

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Surprise De L'amour; Or, Harlequin In Love Against His Will

Afterpiece Title: Arlequin Emperur de la Lune

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Mainpiece Title: L'embarras Des R1ches

Dance:

Entertainment: After the Play [Topham] will shew Surprising Activities of Strength: And further to oblige the Audience, will endeavor to accommodate them with several New Performances

Song: In English and Italian by Topham

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Song: Brett, the surprising voice of the famous African who sings several songs, with Mock Voices, particularly in Imitation of a young Child.; Juggling-Yates

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Dance: End of mainpiece a new Ballet, The Double Surprise (composed and executed by Banti; 1st appearance on this stage), Harris, Miss Matthews, Miss Besford

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Afterpiece Title: The Agreeable Surprize

Performances

Mainpiece Title: More Ways Than One

Afterpiece Title: The Agreeable Surprize

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ways Than One

Afterpiece Title: The Agreeable Surprize

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Summer Amusement

Afterpiece Title: The Blade Bone; or, Agreeable Companion

Afterpiece Title: A Quarter of an Hour before Dinner

Entertainment: Monologue Preceeding 1st piece: A Touch of the Times; or, The Humours of London-Bannister Jun

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tit For Tat

Afterpiece Title: AULD ROBIN GRAY

Afterpiece Title: THE AGREEABLE S URPRISE

Dance: 2nd piece: To conclude as17940805