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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "R Johnston"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "R Johnston")') 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 2088 matches on Performance Comments, 354 matches on Event Comments, 25 matches on Performance Title, 7 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Drummer

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach [Opera]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The What D'ye Call It

Song: I: Legar's Song in Perseus and Andromeda, in the Character of a Sailor-Stopler; III: Leveridge's Yorkshire Tale-Stopler

Dance: II: Scaramouch-Sandham; IV: Running Footman's Dance-Sandham

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Cobler's Opera; or, The Humours of Billingsgate

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man's Bewitch'd; Or, The Devil To Do About Her

Afterpiece Title: The Sailor's Wedding

Dance:

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chances

Afterpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Song: Afterpiece: A Song proper-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fashionable Lady

Afterpiece Title: The Sailor's Wedding

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: The Tragedy of Tragedies

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Dance: Sandham

Music: II: Welch Harp-a Gentleman for his Diversion; IV: Solo-Ravenscroft

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Afterpiece Title: Phebe

Dance: FFrench Gardiner and his Wife-Rainton, Mrs Walter; Harlequins-Master Lally, Miss Brett

Song: As17310427

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Indian Emperor

Afterpiece Title: The Sailor's Opera

Song: Original Song set to Musick by Henry Purcell, perform'd in the Character of Kalid-Miss Raftor

Dance: In I: Tambour Dance of Moors-; In IV: A Grand Spanish Entry-; In afterpiece: A new Sailor's Dance-Rainton

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker Of Deal

Afterpiece Title: The Sailor's Wedding

Song: NNew Mad Tom-Dodson

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: Hob; or, The Country Wake

Music: Select Pieces-

Song: As17310427

Dance: EEnglish Maggot-Rainton, Mrs Walter

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry Iv, Part Ii

Afterpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Music: Concerto by Sig Visconti-Charke, others

Song: II: As17310427

Dance: IV: English Maggot-Rainton, Mrs Walter; V: Gondolier and Courtezan-Young Lally, Miss Brett; End afterpiece: French Gardener and his Mistress-Rainton, Mrs Walter

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sophonisba

Song: Singing in Scotch and English-the two Misses Hambleton, who n ever appeared on any Stage before

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

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Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant; Or, The True History Of George Barnwell

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant

Afterpiece Title: Phebe

Music: As17310625

Song: As17310625

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant

Afterpiece Title: Hob

Dance:

Song: As17310625

Music: As17310625

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant

Afterpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Music: As17310630

Song: As17310630

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant

Afterpiece Title: Bayes's Opera

Music: In mainpiece: By Desire, a Piece of Musick by Signior Vivaldi, call'd The Cuckow-Charke, others

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Devil To Pay; Or, The Wives Metamorphos'd

Dance: new dance %Bartholomew Fair-Fisher Tench, Miss Brett

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Banish'd General; Or, The Distrest Lovers

Song: Evans, Miss Williams, Young Bencraft

Dance: Evans, Miss Williams, Young Bencraft

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Afterpiece Title: The Jovial Crew; or, The Merry Beggars

Dance:

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Dance: II: Peasant Dance-Jer. Eaton; IV: Scotch Dance-Jer. Eaton

Song: As17311006

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant

Afterpiece Title: Cephalus and Procris; With Harlequin Grand-Volgi

Song: Miss Raftor