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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(perftitleclean,performancetitle) "The Battle of the Poets or The Contention for the Laureat"/1)') GROUP BY eventid ORDER BY weight() desc, eventdate asc OPTION field_weights=(perftitleclean=150, performancetitle=100), ranker=wordcount

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196 results for: Title - The Battle of the Poets or The Contention for the Laureat

1
30 November 1730 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Coffee-house Politician; Or, The Justice Caught In His Own Trap

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Afterpiece Title: The Battle of the Poets; or, The Contention for the Laureat

2
31 January 1702 @ Stationer's Hall

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: The First Anthem, Compos'd by Dr William Turner-; The Second Anthem Compos'd by Dr John Blow-; The Third Anthem, Compos'd by Dr William Turner-

Entertainment: The Introductory Poem Upon Musick, Written by Mr Tate, Poet-Laureat to her Majesty-; The Oration-; The Second Poem, Written by Mr Tate-

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07 May 1702 @ Stationer's Hall

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Entertainment: Divine Musick in Praise of Religion and Vertue-; both Vocal and instrumental, with new Anthems compos'd by Mr Blow; an Oration by Mr Collier; Pieces by Mr Tate, her Majesty's Poet Laureat. The edition of 1702 lists: The Introductory Poem Upon the Reformation of Poetry-Mr Tate Poet-Laureat to her Majesty; The First Anthem-, Compos'd by Dr Blow, and Sung in Westminster-Abbey, at Her Majesty's Coronation; The Oration-J. Collier/M.A.; The Second Anthem, Compos'd by Dr Blow: Te Deum Laudamus-; A Poem in Praise of Virtue- , Written by Mr Tate

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04 December 1730 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The False Count

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Afterpiece Title: The Battle of the Poets

5
07 December 1730 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Afterpiece Title: The Battle of the Poets

6
14 December 1730 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Wedding

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Afterpiece Title: The Battle of the Poets

7
23 December 1730 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Author's Farce

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Afterpiece Title: The Battle of the Poets

8
30 December 1730 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Generous Freemason

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Afterpiece Title: The Battle of the Poets

9
June 1677 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wits Led By The Nose; Or, A Poet's Revenge

10
September 1696 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Female Wits; Or, The Triumvirate Of Poets At Rehearsal

11
17 May 1722 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Song: A new Comic Pastoral call'd Whitsuntide: or, The Clowns' Contention-; Two new Songs-the Boy; And a New Song-Mr Aston, representing a Hide Park Grenadier

12
22 August 1723 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wisdom Of Solomon; Or, The Two Harlots

Afterpiece Title: The Comical Humours of Toby Stag, the Huntsman, and a Merry Poet

13
17 December 1726 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Didone Abbandonata Da Enea; Or, Dido Forsaken By Aeneas: With The Bloody Battle Between The Trojans And Moors, And The Destruction Of Carthage

Afterpiece Title: La Jenerosita per Forza di Pantalone Economo in Campagna: viz, The Forced Generosity of Pantalone in his Oeconomy at his Country Seat

Dance: Serious and Grotesque Characters-Poitier, Mrs Anderson, Wellman, Mrs Constantin, Gaetani, Mrs Argentina, Chevrier, Mrs Gaetani

14
22 October 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

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

Afterpiece Title: The Dutch and Scotch Contention; or, Love and Jealousy

15
24 October 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Island Princess; Or, The Generous Portuguese

Afterpiece Title: The Dutch and Scotch Contention

Song: Mrs Barbier; The Enthusiastick Song-Leveridge

Dance: Incident to the Play: Salle, Nivelon, Dupre, Poitier, Pelling, Newhouse, Delagarde Jr, Lanyon, Dupre Jr, Mrs Legar, Mrs Pelling, Mrs Ogden, Mrs Hill, Miss LaTour

16
31 October 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The False Friend

Afterpiece Title: The Dutch and Scotch Contention

17
13 November 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Julius Caesar With The Death Of brutus And cassius

Afterpiece Title: The Dutch and Scotch Contention

18
29 December 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unhappy Favourite

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Afterpiece Title: The Dutch and Scotch Contention

19
30 December 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear And His Three Daughters

Afterpiece Title: The Dutch and Scotch Contention

20
26 January 1730 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Afterpiece Title: The Dutch and Scotch Contention

21
06 April 1730 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift

Afterpiece Title: The Dutch and Scotch Contention

Dance: WWooden Shoe Dance-Nivelon; French Sailor-Salle, Laguerre; Flag Dance-Nivelon; Grand Comic Dance of Sailors-; Hornpipe-Salle in the Character of a Boatswain, Being his first Attempt in that Way

22
27 October 1730 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unhappy Favourite

Afterpiece Title: The Dutch and Scotch Contention; or, Love and Jealousy

23
02 November 1730 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid's Tragedy

Afterpiece Title: The Dutch and Scotch Contention

24
02 December 1730 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Dutch and Scotch Contention

25
08 January 1731 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: The Dutch and Scotch Contention