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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.

6701
06 May 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Percy

Afterpiece Title: The Critic

Cast
Role: Puff Actor: King

6702
10 May 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Cast
Role: Lord Ogleby Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask d

Song: End of Act IV of mainpiece Collin cur'd of roving by Miss George; End of mainpiece Bucks of the Field by Dignum

6703
12 May 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Cast
Role: : Sir Clement Flint Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Romp

6704
13 May 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Cast
Role: Shylock Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: Daphne and Amintor

Dance: As17860429 throughout

6705
15 May 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Siddons. Part of the Pit will be laid into the Boxes. To prevent Confusion Ladies are desired to send their Servants by half past Four o'clock. Morning Herald, 1 May: Tickets to be had of Mrs Siddons, Gower-street, Bedford-square. "In the apparent assumption of madness [and] the express'd weakness and melancholy of the character Kemble is not equalled by any of his predecessors . . . Till [Mrs Siddons] there never was, in sensible discrimination, as there ought to be, the real madness of Ophelia from the feigned distraction of Hamlet. Till then the dignity, the love, even the pathos of the part [were] but poorly, if at all administered" (Public Advertiser, 17 May). Receipts: #326 14s. 6d. (137/3/0; 7/3/6; 0/4/0; tickets: 182/4/0)(charge: #109 16s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

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

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Performance Comment: Comus-Palmer; Bacchanals-Bannister, Williames; Spirit-Barrymore; Brothers-Bannister Jun., R. Palmer; Euphrosyne (with Sweet Echo, accompanied by Parke)-Mrs Wrighten; Pastoral Nymph-Mrs Crouch; Sabrina-Mrs Forster; Principal Bacchant-Miss George; The Lady (for this night only)-Mrs Siddons .
Cast
Role: Brothers Actor: Bannister Jun., R. Palmer
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Siddons
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): George Colman, the elder

6706
16 May 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Strangers At Home

Cast
Role: : Aldobrand Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Romp

6707
18 May 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for a Fund for the Relief of those who from their Infirmities shall be obliged to retire from the Stage. Receipts: #211 6s. 6d. (95/19/0; 25/12/0; 1/5/6; tickets: 88/10/0) (charge: free)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

Cast
Role: Sir Bashful Constant Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Romp

6708
19 May 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [Afterpiece in place of The Virgin Unmask'd, announced on playbill of 18 May.] Receipts: #155 5s. 6d. (128/10/0; 25/7/0; 1/8/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Cast
Role: : Sir Clement Flint Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Dance: As17860223, but Mills in place of Mrs Sutton

6709
30 May 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties. Receipts: #259 19s. (247/7/0; 11/14/6; 0/17/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Grecian Daughter

Afterpiece Title: The Critic

Cast
Role: Puff Actor: King

6710
06 June 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Alfred, Brigg, Bourk & Walker. Tickets delivered for the 30th of May will be admitted. Morning Chronicle, 6 June: Tickets to be had of Alfred, No. 2, Middle-Temple-Lane; of Brigg, No. 6, Little Russel-street, Covent Garden; of Bourk, No. 13, Little Russel-street, Covent Garden; of Walker, No. 8, Bedford-street, Bedford-Row. Receipts: #209 15s. (33/9; 18/0; 2/8; tickets: 155/18) (charge: #105 13s. 6d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Cast
Role: Lissardo Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Humourist

Related Works
Related Work: The Humourists Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Dance: End of Act III of mainpiece Hornpipe by Bourk; End of mainpiece a new Minuet and Quadrille by Hamoir, Brigg, Mrs Sutton, Miss Stageldoir, &c

Related Works
Related Work: The Test of Love Author(s): John Edwin, the younger

6711
07 June 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [Afterpiece in place of Daphne and Amintor, announced on playbill of 6 June.] Windham Diary (7 June 1786), p. 79: Mrs Siddons did 'Rosalind' much better than the first time, but not equal to her tragedy: there is a want of hilarity in it; it is just, but not easy. The highest praise that can be given to her comedy is, that it is the perfection of art; but her tragedy is the perfection of nature. Receipts: #219 16s. 6d. (192/1/0; 26/2/6; 1/13/0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Cast
Role: Touchstone Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Flitch of Bacon

Dance: End of Act I of mainpiece The Lucky Return, as17860522

Song: As17860218

6712
08 June 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The last Time of the Company's performing this Season. Receipts: #173 (139/13/0; 30/19/6; 2/7/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Cast
Role: : Sir Clement Flint Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Dance: As17860223

6713
26 July 1786 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Disbanded Officer

Cast
Role: King's Messenger Actor: Lyons

Afterpiece Title: Gretna Green

6714
27 July 1786 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author [of mainpiece]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Disbanded Officer

Cast
Role: King's Messenger Actor: Lyons

Afterpiece Title: The Guardian

6715
29 July 1786 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Disbanded Officer

Cast
Role: King's Messenger Actor: Lyons

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Brothers Actor: Riley, Lyons
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Bannister
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Dance: As17860706

6716
31 July 1786 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Disbanded Officer

Cast
Role: King's Messenger Actor: Lyons

Afterpiece Title: Here, and There, and Every Where

Cast
Role: Genius of the Mine Actor: Miss Painter

Dance: End of mainpiece, as17860609 In afterpiece, as17860703

6717
01 August 1786 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author [of mainpiece]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Disbanded Officer

Cast
Role: King's Messenger Actor: Lyons

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Brothers Actor: Riley, Lyons
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Bannister
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Dance: As17860706

6718
05 August 1786 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Disbanded Officer

Cast
Role: King's Messenger Actor: Lyons

Afterpiece Title: The Agreeable Surprise

6719
07 August 1786 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Disbanded Officer

Cast
Role: King's Messenger Actor: Lyons

Afterpiece Title: The Romp

Monologue: 1786 08 07 As 3 Aug

6720
08 August 1786 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Disbanded Officer

Cast
Role: King's Messenger Actor: Lyons

Afterpiece Title: The Widow's Vow

Dance: As17860706

6721
28 August 1786 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Disbanded Officer

Cast
Role: King's Messenger Actor: Lyons

Afterpiece Title: Gretna Green

Dance: As17860706

6722
08 September 1786 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Disbanded Officer

Cast
Role: King's Messenger Actor: Lyons

Afterpiece Title: The Son-in-Law

Dance: As17860622

6723
05 October 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties. [Mainpiece in place of The Clandestine Marriage; afterpiece of Arthur and Emmeline, both announced on playbill of 3 Oct.] Account-Book, 5 Oct.: Free list #9 5s., Orders #1 6s. [#10 11s.; 30 Oct.: Free list #26 9s., Orders #58 16s. [#85 5s.]. Receipts: #319 0s. 6d. (301.15.0; 14.2.6; 3.3.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tancred And Sigismunda

Afterpiece Title: The Critic

Cast
Role: Puff Actor: King

6724
14 October 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Paid Supernumeraries #9 13s. 6d.; Carpenters #15 12s. 1d. Afterpiece: Written by the late Henry Fielding, Esq. Receipts: #225 12s. (181.3; 43.18; 0.11)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Cast
Role: Sir Peter Teazle Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

6725
17 October 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [In mainpiece the playbill retains Parsons as Alscrip, but "the performance was in its usual stile of merit, not, however, without a considerable drawback from the illness of poor Parsons, whose place was supplied by Suett" (Morning Post, 18 Oct.).] Receipts: #244 1s. (210.3; 33.13; 0.5)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Cast
Role: Sir Clement Flint Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Romp