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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mr Thomas Sowdon"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mr Thomas Sowdon")') 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 5466 matches on Author, 4534 matches on Event Comments, 1789 matches on Performance Comments, 586 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): Thomas Arne

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Entertainment: fter the Masque will be presented the Humours of the Age-in imitation of Shakespeare's STAGES by Smith

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Related Works
Related Work: The Miser Author(s): Thomas Shadwell

Afterpiece Title: The Deuce Is in Him

Dance: End: The Italian Gardiners-Grimaldi, Miss Baker

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Related Works
Related Work: The Orphan; or, The Unhappy Marriage Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: The Rites of Hecate

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Related Works
Related Work: Oroonoko Author(s): Thomas Southerne
Related Work: The Royal Slave Author(s): Thomas Southerne

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Dance: II: A Dance of Slaves-Lauchery; End: The Irish Lilt, as17630922

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Related Works
Related Work: Venice Preserv'd; or, A Plot Discover'd Author(s): Thomas Otway
Related Work: Venice Preserv'd Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

Dance: II: By desire, a Hornpipe-Miss Rogers; III: A New Dance call'd the Running Footman-Aldridge, Miss Baker; End: The Cow@Keepers-Grimaldi, Miss Rogers

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Winter's Tale

Related Works
Related Work: The Winter's Tale Author(s): Thomas Hull

Afterpiece Title: The Country Wife

Dance: End: New Tambourine, as17640929

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserved

Related Works
Related Work: Venice Preserv'd Author(s): Thomas Otway
Related Work: Venice Preserv'd; or, A Plot Discover'd Author(s): Thomas Otway
Related Work: Venice Preserved Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycombe

Dance: II: A New Comic Dance call'd The Vintage-Sga Giorgi, Sg Guidetti (his first appearance in England); End: A New Entertainment of Dancing call'd The Italian Bakers-Guidetti, Mrs King

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Squire Of Alsatia

Related Works
Related Work: The Squire of Alsatia Author(s): Thomas Shadwell

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Perplexities

Related Works
Related Work: The Perplexities Author(s): Thomas Hull

Afterpiece Title: The Fairy Favour

Related Works
Related Work: The Fairy Favour Author(s): Thomas Hull

Dance: End: The Gallant Peasants, as17670113

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): Thomas Arne

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Related Works
Related Work: The Rival Queens; or, Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden Author(s): Thomas Holcroft

Afterpiece Title: Rosamond

Related Works
Related Work: Rosamond Author(s): Thomas Clayton
Related Work: Henry the Second; or, The Fall of Rosamond Author(s): Thomas Hull

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Related Works
Related Work: The Orphan; or, The Unhappy Marriage Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: The Register Office

Dance: End: A Double Hornpipe, as17670511; End I Farce: The Louvre and Minuet-Giorgi, Miss Simson

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserved

Related Works
Related Work: Venice Preserv'd Author(s): Thomas Otway
Related Work: Venice Preserv'd; or, A Plot Discover'd Author(s): Thomas Otway
Related Work: Venice Preserved Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: The Oxonian in Town

Dance: End: A New Comic Dance call'd The Dutch Milkmaid-Mas. Blurton, Miss Ford

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Related Works
Related Work: The Royal Merchant Author(s): Thomas Hull

Afterpiece Title: The Oxonian in Town

Dance: End of Opera: The Dutch Milkmaid, as17671114

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Related Works
Related Work: The Royal Merchant Author(s): Thomas Hull

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: End of Opera: The Garland, as17671214

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Hypocrite

Related Works
Related Work: The Hypocrite Author(s): Thomas Shadwell
Related Work: Trick for Trick; or, The Debauch'd Hypocrite Author(s): Thomas D'Urfey

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Alchemist

Afterpiece Title: Wit's Last Stake

Related Works
Related Work: Wit's Last Stake Author(s): Thomas King

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Hypocrite

Related Works
Related Work: The Hypocrite Author(s): Thomas Shadwell
Related Work: Trick for Trick; or, The Debauch'd Hypocrite Author(s): Thomas D'Urfey

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

Dance: II: A Hornpipe-Wright

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Hypocrite

Related Works
Related Work: The Hypocrite Author(s): Thomas Shadwell
Related Work: Trick for Trick; or, The Debauch'd Hypocrite Author(s): Thomas D'Urfey

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Brothers

Related Works
Related Work: The Loyal Brother; or, The Persian Prince Author(s): Thomas Southerne

Afterpiece Title: The Spanish Lady

Related Works
Related Work: The Spanish Lady Author(s): Thomas Hull

Dance: End: The Merry Sailors, as17691018

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Timanthes

Afterpiece Title: The Spanish Lady

Related Works
Related Work: The Spanish Lady Author(s): Thomas Hull

Entertainment: As17700224

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Related Works
Related Work: The Orphan; or, The Unhappy Marriage Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: The Portrait

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Related Works
Related Work: Oroonoko Author(s): Thomas Southerne
Related Work: The Royal Slave Author(s): Thomas Southerne

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Related Works
Related Work: The Orphan; or, The Unhappy Marriage Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: The Institution of the Garter

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Grecian Daughter

Afterpiece Title: Wit's Last Stake

Related Works
Related Work: Wit's Last Stake Author(s): Thomas King