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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Charke"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Charke")') 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 580 matches on Roles/Actors, 224 matches on Performance Comments, 123 matches on Author, 30 matches on Performance Title, and 26 matches on Event Comments.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tender Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Opera of Operas

Cast
Role: Grizzle Actor: Charke

Dance: Les Bergeries by Essex, Miss Robinson, Holt, F. Tench, Miss Mann, Miss Brett

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Afterpiece Title: The Opera of Operas

Cast
Role: Grizzle Actor: Charke

Dance: As17331029

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry Iv, Part I

Afterpiece Title: The Opera of Operas

Cast
Role: Grizzle Actor: Charke

Dance: Wattcau by Miss Robinson. La Bagatelle by Essex and Miss La Tour

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant

Cast
Role: Clarinda Actor: Mrs Charke

Afterpiece Title: The Opera of Operas

Cast
Role: Grizzle Actor: Charke

Dance: As17331112

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Afterpiece Title: The Opera of Operas

Cast
Role: Grizzle Actor: Charke

Dance: Tambourine by Miss Robinson. Whim by F. Tench and Miss Mann

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: The Opera of Operas

Cast
Role: Grizzle Actor: Charke

Dance: As17331115

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Alchymist

Cast
Role: Doll Common Actor: Mrs Charke

Afterpiece Title: The Opera of Operas

Cast
Role: Grizzle Actor: Charke

Dance: In Afterpiece: Les Bergeries by Essex, Miss Robinson, F. Tench, Holt, Miss Mann, Miss Brett

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Opera of Operas

Cast
Role: Grizzle Actor: Charke

Dance: In Afterpiece: Momus, as17331231

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Harlot's Progress

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Harlot's Progress

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Afterpiece Title: The Harlot's Progress

Dance: As17371025

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure

Afterpiece Title: The Harlot's Progress

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: The Harlot's Progress

Dance: Two Misses Scott; who never appeared on that Stage before: I: A Saraband, Minuet-Miss Scott; II: Comic Dance-Miss Scott's Sister; IV: Serious Dance-the two Misses Scott

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Harlot's Progress

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Afterpiece Title: The Harlot's Progress

Dance: I: Saraband-Miss Scott; Minuet-Miss Scott; II: Comic Dance-Miss Scott's Sister; III: The Flanderkins-Master Ferg, Miss Wright; two of the Lilliputians. IV: Serious Dance-Misses Scott

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Afterpiece Title: The Harlot's Progress

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fourth, Part I

Afterpiece Title: The Harlot's Progress

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Whig And Tory; Or, The Double Deceit

Music: II: A Solo on the Violin-Charke

Dance: III: The Dutchwoman-Miss Robinson; IV: Pierraite-Roger, Mlle Delorme; V: A Grand Spanish Dance-Lally, Essex, Thurmond, Haughton, Rainton

Song: The usual Song-Miss Raftor

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Courtly Nice

Afterpiece Title: The What D'ye Call It

Song: Mainpiece: With the Original Dialogue-Charke, Miss Raftor

Dance: Essex, Lally, Haughton, Rainton, Mrs Walter, Miss Robinson

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant

Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Charke

Music: Select Pieces-

Song: Song-Miss Raftor; accompany'd on the Violin-Charke

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Dance: DDrunken Peasant-LeBrun; Dutchwoman-Miss Robinson; French Gardiner-Haughton, Mrs Walter

Music: II: Solo of Corelli's on Violin-Charke

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mother-in-law

Afterpiece Title: Chrononhotonthologos

Related Works
Related Work: Chrononhotonthologos Author(s): Richard Charke

Music: A new Overture, and an entire new Sett of Act Tunes, by Seedo. A new Overture for the Afterpiece

Dance: Irish Trot by a Youth but Nine Years old. Hussar by Nivelon and Miss Robinson. Revellers, as17340220

Song: Afterpiece: Songs (in the Italian Stile) by Charke

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: An Old Man Taught Wisdom

Music: Solo on Violin by Charke

Dance: III: Amorous Swain and Nymphs, as17350310 IV: Russian Sailor by Denoyer. V: By Denoyer's Apprentice

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: An Old Man Taught Wisdom

Music: II: Solo on Violin by Charke

Dance: I: English Maggot by Villeneuve and Mrs Walter. III: Amorous Swain, as17350327 V: Shepherd's Mount, as17350218

Song: II: De Lascia un tell desio and I love Sounds the Alarm by Mrs Roberts. IV: A Mock Italian Air from The Livery Rake

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Afterpiece Title: An Old Man Taught Wisdom

Music: I: The last new Medley Overture, Composed by Charke

Dance: II: The Happy Shepherd and Shepherdess by Davenport and Miss Brett. III: Pierots by Davenport and Pelling. IV: Scot's Dance by Davenport and Mrs Davenport. V: By Desire, The Prince of Wales's Saraband, with a Minuet by Davenport and Miss Brett