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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "The king"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "The king")') 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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9969 results for: Keyword - The king
We found 10005 matches on Roles/Actors, 2634 matches on Performance Title, 2610 matches on Performance Comments, 1593 matches on Event Comments, and 23 matches on Author.

6426
23 November 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Dissipation

Cast
Role: Sir Andrew Acorn Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Dance: As17811117

6427
26 November 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Cast
Role: Sir Peter Teazle Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

6428
05 December 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Cast
Role: Sir Peter Teazle Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

6429
07 December 1781 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Cast
Role: Father Paul Actor: Booth
Role: The Duenna Actor: Mrs Webb

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Cast
Role: King Actor: Quick

Dance: As17811110

6430
13 December 1781 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Cast
Role: Father Paul Actor: Booth
Role: The Duenna Actor: Mrs Webb

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Cast
Role: King Actor: Quick

Dance: End of mainpiece St. David's Day; or, The Village Revels by Aldridge, Langrish, Jackson, Miss Rowson, Miss Besford

Performance Comment: David's Day; or, The Village Revels by Aldridge, Langrish, Jackson, Miss Rowson, Miss Besford .

6431
15 December 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author [of mainpiece, who is named in the Account-Book, but not on the playbill]. Receipts: #191 19s. 6d. (173/6/0; 17/17/0; 0/16/6; tickets: none listed) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Carnival Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton

Cast
Role: Sir John Trotley Actor: King

6432
19 December 1781 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for the Establishing a Theatrical Fund [which is named in the Account-Book, but not on the playbill]. Receipts: none listed (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Cast
Role: Father Paul Actor: Booth
Role: The Duenna Actor: Mrs Webb

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Cast
Role: King Actor: Quick

Dance: End of mainpiece a new Ballet, The Double Surprise (composed and executed by Banti; 1st appearance on this stage), Harris, Miss Matthews, Miss Besford

6433
22 December 1781 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Cast
Role: King Actor: Quick

Dance: End of Act IIof mainpiece, as17811219

6434
31 December 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [In mainpiece the playbill retains Dodd as Sir Benjamin Backbite, but he "being taken suddenly ill Yesterday Evening, his character in The School for Scandal was obliged to be supplied by Burton" (Public Advertiser, 1 Jan. 1782).] Receipts: #217 15s. (187/8; 30/7; 0/0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Cast
Role: Sir Peter Teazle Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: Robinson Crusoe

6435
16 January 1782 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Cast
Role: Lord Ogleby Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: Lun's Ghost

Dance: As17820112

6436
17 January 1782 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Cast
Role: King Actor: Packer
Role: Player King Actor: Chaplin

Afterpiece Title: Lun's Ghost

Dance: As17820112

6437
24 January 1782 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not

Cast
Role: Trappanti Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): George Colman, the elder

6438
29 January 1782 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Arthur

Cast
Role: King Arthur Actor: Smith
Role: the part was probably acted by Du Actor: Bellamy

Afterpiece Title: Lun's Ghost

Dance: As17820112

Song: As17811022

6439
31 January 1782 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Cast
Role: Sir Peter Teazle Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Divorce

6440
01 February 1782 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: The Music composed by Barthelemon. Receipts: #210 2s. 6d. (159/15/0; 50/0/0; 0/7/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Cast
Role: Belcour Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Maid of the Oaks

Dance: As17820123

6441
11 February 1782 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: "Whitfield played the Author the first night, but so indifferently that the part was given to Lee Lewes on the 2d" [MS annotation on BM playbill (CG, Vol. III)]. Receipts: #231 8s. (227/5; 4/3)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Which Is The Man

Related Works
Related Work: The Man of Mode; or, Sir Fopling Flutter Author(s): Sir George Etherege

Afterpiece Title: The Dramatic Puffers

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Cast
Role: King Actor: Quick

Dance: After the Epilogue, as17811213

6442
12 February 1782 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author [of mainpiece, who is named in the Account-Book, but not on the playbill]. Receipts: none listed (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Which Is The Man

Related Works
Related Work: The Man of Mode; or, Sir Fopling Flutter Author(s): Sir George Etherege

Afterpiece Title: The Dramatic Puffers

Cast
Role: King Actor: Quick

Afterpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

6443
14 February 1782 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: 3rd piece: Not acted these 6 years [acted 22 Apr. 1777]. Receipts: #243 6s. (238/16/6; 4/9/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Which Is The Man

Related Works
Related Work: The Man of Mode; or, Sir Fopling Flutter Author(s): Sir George Etherege

Afterpiece Title: The Dramatic Puffers

Cast
Role: King Actor: Quick

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Dance: As17820211

6444
16 February 1782 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Which Is The Man

Related Works
Related Work: The Man of Mode; or, Sir Fopling Flutter Author(s): Sir George Etherege

Afterpiece Title: The Dramatic Puffers

Cast
Role: King Actor: Quick

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Cast
Role: King Actor: Quick

6445
18 February 1782 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author [of mainpiece]. Comus is obliged to be deferred, on account of Miss Catley's Indisposition. Receipts: none listed (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Which Is The Man

Related Works
Related Work: The Man of Mode; or, Sir Fopling Flutter Author(s): Sir George Etherege

Afterpiece Title: The Dramatic Puffers

Cast
Role: King Actor: Quick

Afterpiece Title: Midas

6446
19 February 1782 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Which Is The Man

Related Works
Related Work: The Man of Mode; or, Sir Fopling Flutter Author(s): Sir George Etherege

Afterpiece Title: The Dramatic Puffers

Cast
Role: King Actor: Quick

Afterpiece Title: Midas

6447
21 February 1782 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Cast
Role: Sir Peter Teazle Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Maid of the Oaks

Dance: As17820121

6448
21 February 1782 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: 3rd piece [1st time; past 2, by Matthew Feilde. MS: Larpent 585; not published; synopsis of plot in Public Advertiser, 22 Feb.]: With New Overture and Music, composed by [Michael] Arne. New Dresses, Scenes and Decorations. Books of the Songs to be had at the Theatre. Receipts: #247 12s. (243/19/6; 3/12/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Which Is The Man

Related Works
Related Work: The Man of Mode; or, Sir Fopling Flutter Author(s): Sir George Etherege

Afterpiece Title: The Dramatic Puffers

Cast
Role: King Actor: Quick

Afterpiece Title: Vertumnus and Pomona

Related Works
Related Work: Vertumnus and Pomona Author(s): Matthew Feilde

Dance: End of Epilogue a new Pastoral Dance, Palemon and Lavinia, by Aldridge, Langrish, Mrs Davenett, Miss Francis, Miss Rowson, Miss Besford

6449
25 February 1782 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [The playbill announces, as dance, The Double Surprise, in which Banti was to make his 4th appearance. But it was deferred; sec 5 Mar.] Receipts: #244 (239/8/6; 4/11/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Which Is The Man

Related Works
Related Work: The Man of Mode; or, Sir Fopling Flutter Author(s): Sir George Etherege

Afterpiece Title: The Dramatic Puffers

Cast
Role: King Actor: Quick

Afterpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

6450
26 February 1782 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Variety

Cast
Role: : Commodore Broadside Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd