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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(perftitleclean,performancetitle) "The Butcher Turned Gentleman"/1)') GROUP BY eventid ORDER BY weight() desc, eventdate asc OPTION field_weights=(perftitleclean=150, performancetitle=100), ranker=wordcount

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Mainpiece Title: The Tempest; Or, The Inchanted Island

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Turned Judge

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Turned Judge

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Turned Judge

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Song: As17171126; Mad Dialogue-Leveridge, Mrs Thurmond

Dance: Thurmond's Grand Dance-; Scaramouch-a Gentleman for his own Diversion; French Peasant-Moreau, Mrs Bullock; Dutch Skipper-Thurmond Jr, Miss Smith

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker Of Deal

Afterpiece Title: The Cobler of Preston

Song: As17180520

Dance: As17171022; La Folie d'Espaigne-a little Girl that never danc'd on the Stage; Scaramouch-a Gentleman

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Turned Judge

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Island Princess

Music: The Original Dialogues-Leveridge, Pack

Dance: Wooden Shoe-Sandham, Newhouse; Scaramouch-a Gentleman for his diversion; Harlequin-delaGarde's Two Sons

Song: Mrs Fletcher, Mrs Barbier

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Turned House Breaker

Song: Mrs Fletcher

Dance: As17200120

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Song: Singing in Italian and English-a Gentleman who never perform'd on any Stage before

Dance: Topham Jr, Pelling, Newhouse, Miss Bullock, Sandham's Son, Miss Francis

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twin Rivals

Dance: Topham Jr, Pelling, Sandham's Son, Miss Bullock, Miss Francis; Scaramouch-a Gentleman for his Diversion; Drunken Man-Harper

Song: Four and Twenty Stock Jobbers-Harper

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Dance: A Gentleman for his Diversion

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Song: A Gentleman who plays on the Harpsichord to his own Singing

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Pilgrim

Song: Mad Song-a Gentleman that never appeared on the Stage before

Dance: Sandham's Son, Sandham's Daughter; Dutch Skipper-Sandham , on his Toes

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Distress'd Beauty; Or, The London Prentice

Song: As17220905; Mrs Willis, Miss Francis, Sandham's Son, Sandham's Daughter

Dance: Mrs Willis, Miss Francis, Sandham's Son and Daughter

Entertainment: For the Diversion of Gentlemen and Ladies, several excellent Entertainments of Dancing on the Ropes and Tumbling-a Company lately arrived from Holland, which never perform'd on Mr Penkethman's Stage before; besides Dancing on the Rope without a Pole-a Youth lately come from France

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pyramus And Thisbe

Afterpiece Title: The Blind Beggar of Bednal Green; or, The Woman Never Vex'd

Music: Concerto on small Flute-John Baston

Dance: Several surprizing Entertainments of Rope Dancing-a Young Lad lately come from France, who flourishes the Colours, plays on the Violin, and turns several Times on the Rope without a Pole; Ladder Dancing-the greatest Performer in the World, who stands on the Top Round of the Ladder, drinks a Glass of Wine, with his other Hand above his Head in the Middle of the Stage; Dancing , both Serious and Comic,-Monsieur De Long Dents, Monsieur De Long Dents'@two@children , just arrived from Paris; To which will be added, Variety of Tumbling-Mons Tollard, others, just arrived from Madrid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Padrone Servo, Ed Il Servo Padrone Pes Impegno D'honore: Viz, The Master Man And The Man Master In Point Of Honour; Or, Harlequin Gentleman Per Force: With His Uncommon Duel

Dance: Mrs Anderson, others

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Dance: End I: Comic Dance-Duplessy, Mrs Walter; III: La Matlotte-Lally, Miss Tenoe; IV: French Peasant-a Gentleman just arrived from Paris; V: Serious Dance-Young Rainton, Miss Robinson

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hurlothrumbo

Dance: HHarlequin-a Gentleman that never appeared on the Stage before

Song: CCharming Warblers-Mrs Hill

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Lover's Opera

Dance: FFrench Peasant-a Gentleman just arrived from Paris; Polonese-Rainton, Miss Robinson; Village Dance-Thurmond, Essex, Houghton, Rainton, Mrs Mills, Miss Robinson, Mrs Walter, Mrs Houghton

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Contrivances

Afterpiece Title: The Walking Statue

Afterpiece Title: Phebe

Song: Dialogue between Milk@Maid and Gentleman-Rainton, Miss Raftor; Dialogue between Rake and Widow-Rainton, Tenoe

Dance: VVenetian Dance between a Gondolier and Courtezan-Master Lally, Miss Brett; Harlequin-Master Lally, Miss Brett; Sultana-Miss Robinson Jr

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Dance: FFrench Sailor-Salle, Mrs Laguerre; French Peasant-Poitier; Grand Dance in Momus Turned Fabulist-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Song: The Song of New Mad Tom-a Gentleman

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Jealous Clown

Song: A Gentlewoman that never appear'd on this Stage before; End I: An English Opera Song-; accompanied with the German Flute-; II: Pur di Cesti, in Arminius-; III: A Diverting Song-a Gentlewoman of Fourscore; IV: Mad Dialogue of Purcell's-

Music: Music on the German Flute-a Gentleman for his Diversion

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker Of Deal

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach [Opera]

Song: A Gentleman who never appeared on any Stage before

Music: Water Piece of Instrumental Musick-; beat on the Kettle Drum-; Preamble-Joab Baker, who never appear'd on the Stage before

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