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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mr William Barton"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mr William Barton")') 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 10928 matches on Author, 4559 matches on Event Comments, 2729 matches on Performance Comments, 577 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.
Event Comment: The Tragedy of Zara, Made English [by Aaron Hill]. Applauded Thirty-Six Nights running at Paris. The Characters, by a Sett of Gentlemen and Gentlewomen, who never acted before. None will be admitted but by Tickets into the Room that Night, which (by Reason of the Smallness of the Place) will be all commodiously made into Boxes, for the easy Reception of those many Great Personages, who have read and perus'd this Play with Approbation, and desir'd a long Time to see it acted; and charitably agreed to favour and encourage this Design, for the Benefit of [Mr William Bond, the Proprietor], who brings it on at a great Expence (tho' all that act in it, are so good to appear Gratis for him) who has lain ill of the Gout, and Rheumatism, upwards of Four Years. [This bill, in the London Daily Post and General Advertiser, differs considerably in phraseology, though not in basic fact, from that in the Daily Advertiser.]

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Mainpiece Title: Zara

Performance Comment: Lusignan-William Bond .
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Role: Lusignan Actor: William Bond

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Moore Of Venice

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Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

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Related Work: The Country Wife Author(s): William Wycherley
Related Work: The Country Wife Author(s): William Wycherley
Related Work: The Country Girl Author(s): William Wycherley

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

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Related Work: The Double Dealer Author(s): William Congreve

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

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Related Work: Love for Love Author(s): William Congreve

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

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Related Work: The Double Dealer Author(s): William Congreve

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello, Moor Of Venice

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Related Work: Othello Author(s): William Shakespeare

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Timon Of Athens; Or, The Man Hater

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Related Work: The History of Timon of Athens, the Man-Hater Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: Timon of Athens Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach

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Related Work: The Stage Coach Opera Author(s): William Chetwood

Dance: Lads and Lasses-Shaw, Mrs Booth, others; Tollet's Ground-Mrs Bicknell, Mrs Younger; The Sailor and his Lass-Weaver, Mrs Bullock; Harlequin-Miss Lindar

Music: Imitation of the Tattoo- (never perform'd here)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

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Related Work: The Merry Wives of Windsor Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: The Comical Gallant: or, The Amours of Sir John Falstaffe Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Amadis

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello, Moor Of Venice

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Related Work: Othello Author(s): William Shakespeare

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

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Related Work: The Jovial Crew; or, The Merry Beggars Author(s): William Bates
Related Work: The Jovial Crew Author(s): William BatesWilliam YongeWilliam Concanen

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Related Works
Related Work: The Merry Wives of Windsor Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: The Comical Gallant: or, The Amours of Sir John Falstaffe Author(s): William Shakespeare

Dance: DDutch Skipper-D'Valois, Mrs Bullock; Tambourine-Miss Wherrit; Sailor's Dance-Jones

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

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Related Work: Love for Love Author(s): William Congreve

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

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Related Work: The Plain Dealer Author(s): William Wycherley

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach

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Related Work: The Stage Coach Opera Author(s): William Chetwood

Song: II: Hunting Song in Admetus (Se L'arco avesso Strali)-Mrs Wright accompanyed with a Trumpet; III: Rochetti; IV: Leveridge; V: Rochetti, Mrs Wright

Dance: I: Tollet's Ground-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; II: Tambourine-Miss Rogers; IV: Scottish Dance, as17330329

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry Viii

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Related Work: Henry VIII Author(s): William ShakespeareSir William Davenant
Related Work: Henry The Eighth Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Harlot's Progress

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love; Or, The World Well Lost

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Related Work: All for Love; or, The World Well Lost Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: Love Betray'd; or, The Agreable Disapointment Author(s): William ShakespeareWilliam Burnaby
Related Work: The British Enchanters: or, No Magick like Love Author(s): William Corbett
Related Work: The Temple of Love Author(s): William Davenant
Related Work: Twelfth Night Author(s): William Shakespeare

Dance: The Polonese, as17340401 Grand Dance in Momus: Sailor-Nivelon; Lively Lass-Miss Man; Les Plaisirs-Essex, Miss Robinson; Nymphs-Miss Latour, Mrs D'Lorme, Mrs Davenport

Song: Per le Porte del Tormento by Miss Arne and Master Arne

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

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Related Work: The Plain Dealer Author(s): William Wycherley

Dance: Scots Dance, as17341004 Shepherd and Shepherdess by Malter and Mlle Salle. Engiish Maggot by Haughton and Mrs Laguerre. The Kilkenny (new) by Glover and Mrs Laguerre. By Desire, Hippisley's Drunken Man

Song: The Black and White Joke, as17340416

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

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Related Work: The Mourning Bride Author(s): William Congreve

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

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Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop

Dance: La Coquette Francoise by Lally, S. Lally, Mlle Salle. Scot's Dance, as17350311 Richmond Maggot by Le Sac and Miss Rogers

Song: Tippling Philosophers by Leveridge

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

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Related Work: Love for Love Author(s): William Congreve

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: II: English Maggot by Villeneuve and Mrs Walter. IV: Dutchman and his Frow by Le Brun and Miss Brett. V: Amorous Swain, as17350327

Song: I: A Mock Italian Air by Roberts. III: Leveridge's Roast Beef Song by Salway

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Related Works
Related Work: The Double Dealer Author(s): William Congreve

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restor'd

Dance: I: Ballet by Mlle Anne Roland. II: Revellers by Essex, Mrs Walter, &c

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

Related Works
Related Work: Hamlet Author(s): William Shakespeare

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Related Works
Related Work: The Way of the World Author(s): William Congreve

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Related Works
Related Work: The Way of the World Author(s): William Congreve

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Dance: As17380121

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Related Works
Related Work: The Tempest Author(s): William ShakespeareSir William Davenant
Related Work: The Tempest; or, The Enchanted Island Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Song: V: Lowe, During which the whole Crew will appear and return their humble Thanks to the Generous Audience