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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Four Kings"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Four Kings")') GROUP BY eventid ORDER BY weight() desc, eventdate asc OPTION field_weights=(perftitleclean=100, commentpclean=75, commentcclean=75, roleclean=100, performerclean=100, authnameclean=100), ranker=sph04

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We found 2697 matches on Performance Title, 2643 matches on Performance Comments, 1858 matches on Event Comments, 23 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.
Event Comment: [By Theophilus Cibber.] Alter'd from Shakespear. Containing the Marriages of King Edward the Fourth , and young Prince Edward , with Lady Gray , and Lady Anne . The Distresses of Queen Margaret . The Deposing King Henry the Sixth . The Battles Fought at St. Albans, Wakefield, Mortimer's-Cross, and Tewkesbury. The Deaths of Lord Clifford of Cumberland , and his Son, the Duke of York , his Steward. And many other True Historical Passages

Performances

Mainpiece Title: An Historical Tragedy Of The Civil Wars Between The Houses Of York And Lancaster In The Reign Of King Henry The Vith

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

Afterpiece Title: Wit's Last Stake

Dance: III: The Wake, as17680220

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry The Second, King Of England; With The Death Of Rosamond

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: The King and Miller

Dance: II: Pastoral Dance, as17480326 III: Les Characteres de La Dance-Ann Auretti; V: Dutch Dance, as17471128

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The First Part Of King Henry Iv; With The Humours Of Sir John Falstaff

Afterpiece Title: The Portrait

Event Comment: [This play was advertised on 1 May, not later, as "Not Acted these Four Years," but the performance may have been deferred by the apparent closing of the theatres until after May Fair.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Eighth; With The Fall Of Cardinal Wolsey

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King And No King

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King And No King

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Viii

Afterpiece Title: The Genii

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King And No King

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Vth; Or, The Conquest Of France By The English

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: Muilment

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmasked

Dance: Froment, Mlle Duval, two Masters and Miss Granier

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Shipwrecked

Song: I: New Ballad-Lowe; III: Happy Pair-Lowe

Dance: II: Dutch Dance-Philips, Miss Scott; V: The Swiss-M Mechell, Mlle Mechell

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: The King and Miller of Mansfield

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: A Duke and no Duke

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: Scapin

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: A Duke and no Duke

Dance: TThe Cow Keepers, as17601008

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Iv, Part I

Afterpiece Title: Love a-la-Mode

Dance: [Unspecified]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King John

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Iv, Part I

Afterpiece Title: The Genii

Dance: III: New Hornpipe-Miss Baker

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Iv, Part Ii

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

Dance: IV: New Tambourine, as17640929