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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(perftitleclean,performancetitle) "Dame Dobson"/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: Dame Dobson; Or, The Cunning Woman

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Timon Of Athens; Or, The Man-hater

Song: As17161004

Dance: Dupre, Boval, Dupre Jr, Prince, Birkhead, Mrs Santlow, Mrs Bicknell, Miss Younger; particularly Lads and Lasses, Dame Ragundy and Her Family in the Characters of a Harlequin Man and Woman, Two Fools, a Punch, and Dame Ragundy--

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello, Moor Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Dance: FFrench Sailors-Lalauze, Mlle Roland; Two Pierrots-Lalauze, Nivelon; Punch in Love with Dame Ragonde: Punch-Lalauze; Dame Ragonde-Nivelon; both in Wooden Shoes. Peasant-Nivelon, Mrs LeBrun; Scots Dance-Glover, Mlle Roland

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Cuckolds

Dance: Tollet's Ground-Essex, Mrs Lucas; Scotch Dance-Mrs Bignell; Dame Ragondes and her 8 Children-Nevelong, 8 more; The Right Irish Trot-Goodwin

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fatal Marriage

Afterpiece Title: The Judgment of Paris

Song: The Dame of Honour-Mrs Willis

Dance: Dance of Eight-; French Peasant-Firbank, Mrs Bignall

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure

Afterpiece Title: Acis and Galatea

Song: Comical Songs from Wonders in the Sun-; particularly a Song-Mrs Willis , representing one of Queen Elizabeth's Dames of Honour

Dance: Comical Dances from Wonders in the Sun-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The True And Antient History Of King Lear

Song: Comical Songs and Dialogues from Wonders in the Sun-; particularly a Song-Mrs Willis representing one of Queen Elizabeth's Dames of Honour ; Comical Dialogue-Pack, Bowman , representing a vain promising Courtier and a Sycophant ; a Comical Dialogue-Dogget, Cook representing a Widdow in Tears for the Loss of her Husband and a Town Rake making Love to her

Dance: A new Entry-deBarques, Mrs Elford; French Peasant-Firbank, Mrs Bicknell; The famous Italian Scaramouch-Layfield

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Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Barcelona; Or, The Soldier's Fortune; With The Taking Of Fort Montjouy; Containing The Pleasant And Comical Exploits Of That Renown'd Hero, Captain Blunderbuss, And His Man Squib

Song: The Dame of Honour-Mrs Willis

Entertainment: Vaulting-Simpson, that most celebrated Master, the famous Vaulter, who Performs with Mr Penkethman at the Request of the Quality, being lately arriv'd from Italy

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Song: Purcell's No Kissing At All-; A single Song-Mr Teno's Scholar; At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality, A Mimick Song of the Country Life, The Dame of Honour-Mrs Willis

Dance: Prince, Mrs Bicknell, Birkhead, Miss Willis

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Afterpiece Title: The Custom of the Country

Song: Miss Booth, Mrs Willis; particularly The Dame of Honour-; Mock Song of the Country Life-

Music: Solo on Echo Flute-Paisable

Dance: Prince, Wade, Sandham, Newhouse, Mrs Santlow, Mrs Bicknell; Tub Dance between a Cooper His Wife His Man Scaramouch and Harlequin-; Four Scaramouches-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fatal Marriage; Or, The Innocent Adultery

Song: Randal

Dance: As17151217; particularly Two Punchanellos Harlequin and Dame Ragondi-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

Dance: Moreau, Thurmond Jr, Shaw, Newhouse, Mrs Schoolding, Mrs Cross; Harlequin Two Punchanellos and Dame Ragondi-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Afterpiece Title: The Mountebank

Dance: As17151230; Two Punchanellos Harlequin and Dame Ragondi-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Dance: A Mimick Night Scene after the Italian Manner, between a Harlequin, Scaramouch, and Dame Ragonde, being the same that was perform'd with great Applause, by the Sieurs Allard, 14 Years ago-Dupre, Mrs Santlow

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Devil Of A Wife; Or, A Comical Transformation

Afterpiece Title: The Cobler of Preston

Dance: As17151104; particularly Two Punchanelloes Harlequin and Dame Ragonde-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Timon Of Athens

Dance: As17151014; Lads and Lasses-; Dame Ragundy And Her Family-

Song: Turner, Renton, Mrs Willis

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unhappy Favourite

Dance: Serious and Comic Dancing-two Children Scholars of M Ballon, lately arriv'd from the Opera at Paris [M and Mlle Salle]; [particularly Two Punchanellos, Two Harlequins and a Dame Ragonde-; The Harlequins-the two Children

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Woman's Revenge; Or, A Match In Newgate

Song: Mrs Fitzgerald

Dance: The two Children; Dame Ragonde-Cook, Moreau, Newhouse; with Harlequin, Harlequiness-the Children

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew; Or, The Merry Beggars

Song: Turner, Mrs Boman

Dance: As17161009; with a Mimic Night Scene after the Italian Manner, between Harlequin, Scaramouch and Dame Ragonde, being the same that was perform'd with great Applause, by the Sieurs Alard, 14 Years ago-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Aurengzebe

Dance: A new Dance of a Scaramouch and Dame Ragonde by Moreau-Salle, Mlle Salle

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Song: Turner, Bowman

Dance: Mimic Night Scene after the Italian Manner between a Harlequin, a Scaramouch, and Dame Ragonde-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fortune Hunters; Or, Two Fools Well Met

Afterpiece Title: The Jealous Doctor; or, The Intriguing Dame

Dance: French Sailor-Shaw, Miss Schoolding; Miss Schoolding's Sister

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fortune Hunters

Afterpiece Title: The Jealous Doctor; or, The Intriguing Dame

Dance: As17161027

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cimbeline

Afterpiece Title: The Jealous Doctor; or, The Intriguing Dame

Dance: duPre, Mlle Gautier, from the Opera at Paris, being the first time of her appearing upon the English Stage

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Adventures Of Five Hours

Dance: Dame Ragonde And Her Eight Children- (new)