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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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1569 results for: Title - Serious And Comic Oratory

1
15 April 1755 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Dance: I: Comic Entertainment, as17541203; II: a Serious Dance-Miss Poitier; III: Comic Dance-Lucas, Lepy; IV: Comic Dance-Poitier Jr, Mlle Capdeville; V: A Masquerade Dance, with aMinuet-Poitier Jr, Miss Poitier; To conclude with a Hornpipe-a scholar of Poitier Jr

Song: II: By Particular Desire The Choice-Miss Poitier

2
29 November 1716 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Song: As17161030

Dance: Grand Comic Dance, as17161115; The last new Serious Dance-Moreau, Mrs Bullock; new Serious Dance by Shaw-Shaw, Kellum's Scholar, Newhouse, Mrs Schoolding, Mrs Cross

3
24 January 1737 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop

Dance: I: A Serious Dance-the eldest Miss Scott; II: Comic Dance-eldest Miss Scott's Sister; III: French Peasant-Lalauze; accompanied-others; IV: A new dance-two Misses Scott; V: A new Comic Dance-Nivelon, the Misses Scott

4
19 March 1737 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Volpone

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Dance: In I: Two Pierrots-Nivelon, Lalauze; I: Serious Dance, concluding with a Minuet-two Misses Scott; II: Comic Dance-Nivelon, Mrs LeBrun; IV: Comic Dance-called Punch in Love with Dame Ragonde Accompanied by her Children-Nivelon, Lalauze, both in Wooden Shoes

Song: III: A New Song-Beard

5
06 May 1738 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Dance: I: Comic Dance-Richardson, Miss Cantrel; II: Serious Dance-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; IV: Comic Dance-Nivelon, Mrs LeBrun; V: French Sailors-Lalauze, Mlle Roland

Song: III: Leveridge, Laguerre

6
12 March 1740 @ Crown and Cushion

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Serious And Comic Oratory

7
14 March 1740 @ Crown and Cushion

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Serious And Comic Oratory

8
04 April 1744 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Dance: I: Mrs Auguste; II: New Comic Dance-Muilment, Mrs Auguste; IV: New Serious Dance, as17440119 V: A New Comic Dance-Muilment, Mrs Auguste

9
16 April 1755 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Dance: II: New Comic Dance-Frantzel, Sga Balbi; III: New Comic Dance-Frantzel; which introduces a Drunken Peasant-Frantzel; IV: Chinese Dance, as17550104; V: a New Pastoral Pantomime-Frantzel, Sga Balbi; a Comic Minuet-Frantzel, Sga Balbi

10
18 April 1755 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fatal Marriage; Or, Innocent Adultery

Afterpiece Title: The Schoolboy

Dance: I: New Comic Dance-Granier, Mlle Capdeville; III: Comic Dance-Lucas, Lepie; V: New Comic Dance-Poitier Jr, Mlle Capdeville

11
07 September 1763 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance:

Entertainment: I: Comic Dance-Rogier, Miss Street; III: Serious Dance-Miss Street; IV: Comic Dance-Master Clinton, Miss Street; End: Hippisley's Drunken Man-Weston; a Hornpipe in Taste-

12
18 October 1716 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unhappy Favourite

Dance: Serious and Comic Dancing-two Children Scholars of M Ballon, lately arriv'd from the Opera at Paris [M and Mlle Salle]; [particularly Two Punchanellos, Two Harlequins and a Dame Ragonde-; The Harlequins-the two Children

13
01 November 1716 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Aurengzebe; Or, The Great Mogul

Dance: A new Dutch Skipper-Thurmond Jr, Miss Smith; Serious and Comic Dancing-Salle, Mlle Salle

14
11 December 1716 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twin Rivals

Dance: A new comic dance, The Drunken Man-Salle, Mlle Salle; A Scene in the French Andromache burlesqued with Orestes-Salle, Hermione-Mlle Salle; Grand Comic Dance, as17161115

15
22 April 1718 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Indian Emperour

Dance: Serious and Comic Dancing-

16
20 May 1718 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distrest Mother

Afterpiece Title: Hob

Dance: Serious and Comic Dancing-

17
23 May 1718 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Dance: Serious and Comic Dancing-

18
14 April 1719 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Afterpiece Title: The What D'ye Call It

Dance: Serious Dance-Shaw, Mrs Santlow; Comic Dance-Topham, Mrs Bicknell

19
02 September 1723 @ Richmond

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pyramus And Thisbe

Afterpiece Title: The Blind Beggar of Bednal Green; or, The Woman Never Vex'd

Music: Concerto on small Flute-John Baston

Dance: Several surprizing Entertainments of Rope Dancing-a Young Lad lately come from France, who flourishes the Colours, plays on the Violin, and turns several Times on the Rope without a Pole; Ladder Dancing-the greatest Performer in the World, who stands on the Top Round of the Ladder, drinks a Glass of Wine, with his other Hand above his Head in the Middle of the Stage; Dancing , both Serious and Comic,-Monsieur De Long Dents, Monsieur De Long Dents'@two@children , just arrived from Paris; To which will be added, Variety of Tumbling-Mons Tollard, others, just arrived from Madrid

20
21 December 1724 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Dance: Serious and Comic Dancing-Miss Robinson, Young Rainton

21
14 April 1726 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Colombine Fille Scavante Et Marinete Captaine D'infanterie

Afterpiece Title: Arlequin Courier de Batavia

Dance: Serious and Comic Dancing-Poitier, Boudet, Lalauze, Welman, Madam Boudet, Madam Violante

22
17 May 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Dance: End I: Comic Dance-Duplessy, Mrs Walter; III: La Matlotte-Lally, Miss Tenoe; IV: French Peasant-a Gentleman just arrived from Paris; V: Serious Dance-Young Rainton, Miss Robinson

23
30 April 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mistake

Afterpiece Title: Hob

Dance: End I: Miss Latour; III: A new Grand Serious Dance by Dupre-Dupre, others; IV: Flag Dance-Nivelon; V: Peasant-LaLoge; End Farce: A new Grand Comic Dance-Dupre, others

Song: II: The Merry Month of May-Miss Warren; End Farce: The Merry Cobler's Tragical End-Leveridge

24
05 May 1729 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Doctor Faustus

Dance: Between the Acts: Variety of new Dances both Serious and Comic-

25
21 November 1729 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man; Or, The Fop's Fortune

Dance: Both Serious and comic Dancing-