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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(perftitleclean,performancetitle) "The Deserter" | "The Deserter of Naples" | "Royal Clemency" | "The Union" | "St Andrews Day" | "British Fortitude and Hibernian Friendship" | "An Escape from France" | "British Fortitude And Hibernian Friendship Or An Escape From France" | "Merry Sherwood" | "Harlequin Forester" | "Merry Sherwood or Harlequin Forester" | "Olympus in an Uproar" | "The Descent of the Deities" | "Olympus in an Uproar or The Descent of the Deities" | "The Charity Boy" | "Tippo Saib" | "British Valour in India" | "Zelma" | "The Will o th Wisp" | "Zelma or The Will o th Wisp" | "Money at a Pinch" | "The Irishmans Frolicks" | "Money at a Pinch or The Irishmans Frolicks" | "The Purse" | "Benevolent Tar" | "THE PURSE or Benevolent Tar" | "The Sicilian Romance" | "The Apparition of the Cliffs" | "THE SICILIAN ROMANCE or The Apparition of the Cliffs" | "The Apparition" | "The Frolics of an Hour" | "The Married Un Married" | "The Widowd Wife" | "The Married Un Married" | "The Widowed Wife" | "The Married Un Married or The Widowd Wife" | "Harlequin and Oberon" | "The Chace to Gretna" | "Harlequin and Oberon or The Chace to Gretna" | "Bantry Bay" | "Bantry Bay" | "The Loyal Peasants" | "Raymond and Agnes" | "The Castle of Lindenbergh" | "Raymond and Agnes or The Castle of Lindenbergh" | "An Escape into Prison" | "The Round Tower" | "The Chieftains of Ireland" | "The Round Tower or The Chieftains of Ireland" | "Harlequin and Quixotte" | "The Magic Arm" | "Harlequin and Quixotte or The Magic Arm" | "Joan of Arc" | "The Maid of Orleans" | "Joan of Arc or The Maid of Orleans" | "The Raft" | "Both Sides of the Water" | "The Raft" | "The Raft or Both Sides of the Water" | "Harlequins Return" | "Ramah Droog" | "Wine does Wonders" | "Ramah Droog" | "Ramah Droog Or Wine Does Wonders" | "Sunshine after Rain" | "The Embarkation" | "The Turnpike Gate" | "Paul and Virginia")') GROUP BY eventid ORDER BY weight() desc, eventdate asc OPTION

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Results not only include performances of plays known to be by 'William Reeve', but also performances of associated titles, including adaptations.

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Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

Related Works
Related Work: The Deserter Author(s): William Reeve

Ballet: The Scotch Ghost. As17961221

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

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Related Work: The Deserter Author(s): William Reeve

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Castle-spectre

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

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Related Work: The Deserter Author(s): William Reeve

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

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Related Work: The Deserter Author(s): William Reeve

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Afterpiece Title: Wit's Last Stake

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

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Related Work: The Deserter Author(s): William Reeve

Song: V: a song, as17990214

Entertainment: Monologue End: The Picture of a Play House; or, Bucks have at ye all-R. Palmer; Vaudeville II 3rd piece: Military Manoeuvres-; The Dead March-; the Ceremony Shooting a Deserter-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Inconstant

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

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Related Work: The Deserter Author(s): William Reeve

Entertainment: Vaudeville. In II afterpiece: Military Manoeuvres, as17990425; The Dead March, as17990425; Shooting a Deserter, as17990425

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Castle-spectre

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

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Related Work: The Deserter Author(s): William Reeve

Entertainment: Monologues End: Collins's Ode on the Passions (1st time)-Miss Heard; Epilogue in the Character of Cupid-Master Chatterley

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wheel Of Fortune

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

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Related Work: The Deserter Author(s): William Reeve

Entertainment: Vaudeville In II afterpiece: Military Manoeuvres-; [the Dead March-; [the Ceremony used in Shooting a Deserter-. [These were included in all subsequent performances.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Castle-spectre

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

Related Works
Related Work: The Deserter Author(s): William Reeve

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jew

Related Works
Related Work: The Jew of Venice Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

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Related Work: The Deserter Author(s): William Reeve

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

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Related Work: The Deserter Author(s): William Reeve

Song: As17991001

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wheel Of Fortune

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

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Related Work: The Deserter Author(s): William Reeve

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The East Indian

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

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Related Work: The Deserter Author(s): William Reeve

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Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

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Related Work: The Merchant of Venice Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: The Jew of Venice Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

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Related Work: The Deserter Author(s): William Reeve

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquer

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

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Related Work: The Deserter Author(s): William Reeve

Ballet: End: The Scotch Ghost. As17991202, but Saundy-_; Donald-_

Entertainment: In which a Trial of Skill, in the exercise of the Austrian and Highland Broadsword-Nine of the First Swordsmen in this Kingdom

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Apparition; Or, The Sham Wedding

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Related Work: The Sicilian Romance; or, The Apparition of the Cliffs Author(s): William Reeve
Related Work: The Apparition Author(s): William Reeve

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Apparition

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Related Work: The Sicilian Romance; or, The Apparition of the Cliffs Author(s): William Reeve
Related Work: The Apparition Author(s): William Reeve

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jew

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Related Work: The Jew of Venice Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: THE APPARITION

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Related Work: The Sicilian Romance; or, The Apparition of the Cliffs Author(s): William Reeve
Related Work: The Apparition Author(s): William Reeve

Monologue: 1794 09 03 End of mainpiece, as 30 Aug

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule Britannia

Afterpiece Title: THE VILLAGE LAWYER

Afterpiece Title: THE APPARITION

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Related Work: The Sicilian Romance; or, The Apparition of the Cliffs Author(s): William Reeve
Related Work: The Apparition Author(s): William Reeve

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Apparition

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Related Work: The Sicilian Romance; or, The Apparition of the Cliffs Author(s): William Reeve
Related Work: The Apparition Author(s): William Reeve

Afterpiece Title: The London Hermit

Afterpiece Title: The Prize

Entertainment: Monologue.End 2nd piece: Tully's Rambles through London (for that night only)-Johnstone

Performances

Mainpiece Title: I Contadini Bizzarri

Dance: End of Act I Divertisement, as17940111; End of Act II L'Union des Bergeres (performers as in Dances, 1 Mar.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: I Contadini Bizzarri

Dance: End of Act I New Divertisement, composed by Noverre [performers not listed]; End of Act II L'Union des Bergeres, as17940304athi