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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(perftitleclean,performancetitle) "The Battle of the Books"/1)') GROUP BY eventid ORDER BY weight() desc, eventdate asc OPTION field_weights=(perftitleclean=150, performancetitle=100), ranker=wordcount

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166 results for: Title - The Battle of the Books

1
14 January 1731 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Afterpiece Title: The Battle of the Books

Afterpiece Title: The Jealous Taylor

2
17 December 1726 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Didone Abbandonata Da Enea; Or, Dido Forsaken By Aeneas: With The Bloody Battle Between The Trojans And Moors, And The Destruction Of Carthage

Afterpiece Title: La Jenerosita per Forza di Pantalone Economo in Campagna: viz, The Forced Generosity of Pantalone in his Oeconomy at his Country Seat

Dance: Serious and Grotesque Characters-Poitier, Mrs Anderson, Wellman, Mrs Constantin, Gaetani, Mrs Argentina, Chevrier, Mrs Gaetani

3
30 November 1730 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Coffee-house Politician; Or, The Justice Caught In His Own Trap

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Afterpiece Title: The Battle of the Poets; or, The Contention for the Laureat

4
04 December 1730 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The False Count

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Afterpiece Title: The Battle of the Poets

5
07 December 1730 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Afterpiece Title: The Battle of the Poets

6
14 December 1730 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Wedding

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Afterpiece Title: The Battle of the Poets

7
23 December 1730 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Author's Farce

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Afterpiece Title: The Battle of the Poets

8
30 December 1730 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Generous Freemason

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Afterpiece Title: The Battle of the Poets

9
06 January 1737 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Battle Of Parnassus

10
23 February 1738 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fifth; With The Memorable Battle Of Agincourt

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

11
11 March 1740 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fifth; With The Memorable Battle Of Agincourt

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: II: Tambourine-French Girl; III: Miller and His Wife-French Boy and Girl; V: Grecian Sailors-Glover

12
23 August 1743 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The French Doctor Outwitted; With The Comical Humours Of Sly Boots The Sham Physician

Song: Bencraft, Davis; an entire new Ballad-Mr Bencraft, in the character of the valiant Dragoon who retook the Standard at the Battle of Dettingen

Dance: I: Austrian Dance-Bencraft, Adams; II: Highland Dance-Bencraft, Adams

13
23 August 1743 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ephesian Duke; Or, Blunder Upon Blunder, Yet All's Right At Last

Afterpiece Title: The Battle of Dettingen

Dance: WWooden@Shoe Dance-LaPierre, never performed by any but himself; Le Paisans Leger-LaPierre, Mlle Mariette

Song: Blogg, Miss Atherton; The Whole to conclude with a Song made upon that Occasion, set to Musick, and-Mr Blogg

14
08 September 1743 @ Southwark Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Blind Beggar Of Bethnal Green; With The Comical Humours Of Tom Stroud A Country Farmer's Son And Gudgeon His Man

Afterpiece Title: The Battle of Dettingen

Song: Price, Master Morris, Miss Morris

Dance: Price, Master Morris, Miss Morris

15
04 May 1744 @ May Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Blind Beggar Of Bethnal Green; With The Comical Humours Of Tom Stroud And His Man Gudgeon

Afterpiece Title: Representation of the Late Battle in the Meditteranean

16
02 January 1747 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Dance: [Mentioned in the Account Books, Egerton 2268, but not in the General Advertiser.]

17
05 March 1747 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Battle Of Poictiers; Or, The English Prince

Dance: As17461124

18
14 March 1747 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Battle Of Poictiers

Song: Brett

Dance: As17461124

19
06 January 1750 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Edward The Black Prince; Or, The Battle Of Poictiers

20
25 March 1756 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oratorio From First Book Of Paradise Regained

21
25 January 1758 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: Pigmalion; or, The Statue Metamorphosed

Afterpiece Title: , B, By Desire, The Battle of Rosbach, the whole to conclude with Bryan's song in honour of that day sung by Kear

Dance: I: Rural Dance-Master Settree, Miss Twist; III: Scots Dance-Froment, Miss Wilkinson

Song: III: Scots Song-Lauder; IV: young Italian Gentlewoman, 1st appearance on any stage

22
28 December 1759 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry V With The Conquest Over The French At The Battle Of Agincourt

Afterpiece Title: The Fair

23
18 November 1760 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry V; With The Conquest Of The French At The Battle Of Agincourt

Afterpiece Title: A Duke and no Duke

Dance: As17601013

24
21 September 1761 @ Southwark Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: He Whimsical Battle Of The Greybeards; Or, The Humourous History Of A Covent Garden Adventure; Containing The Ridiculous Behaviour Of shela O'flannegan The First Irish Woman Introduced At Any Fair, The Odd Resentment Of col

Dance: CComic Dance-Signora Florentina, a capital performer from the Opera House at Turin

25
22 September 1761 @ Southwark Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: He Whimsical Battle Of The Greybeards

Dance: As17610921