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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.

6826
21 December 1787 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [Afterpiece in place of The Deserter, advertised on playbill of 20 Dec.] Receipts: #79 (59.16; 18.19; 0.5)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Cast
Role: Sir Paul Plyant Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The First Floor

6827
31 December 1787 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Tamerlane [advertised on playbill of 29 Dec.] is obliged to be deferred on account of the Indisposition of a principal Performer. Receipts: #138 12s. (106.11.0; 31.1.6; 0.19.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

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

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Junior

6828
07 January 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Cast
Role: Lissardo Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Junior

6829
09 January 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

Cast
Role: Sir Bashful Constant Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Junior

6830
12 January 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Cast
Role: Shylock Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Minor

Cast
Role: Mrs Coke Actor: Mr King.

Dance: As17880105

6831
28 January 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: Not acted these 7 years. Receipts: #233 2s. 6d. (195.7.0; 37.8.0; 0.7.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Cast
Role: Sir Peter Teazle Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: Selima and Azor

6832
01 February 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties. The Heiress [advertised on playbill of 31 Jan.] is deferred till Monday next. [Afterpiece in place of Selima and Azor, advertised on playbill of 31 Jan. Prologue by James Cobb.] Receipts: #238 6s. 6d. (219.17.0; 18.7.0; 0.2.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Cast
Role: Shylock Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Humourist

Performance Comment: As17871030, but the original Prologue-Bannister Jun.
Cast
Role: the original Prologue Actor: Bannister Jun.
Related Works
Related Work: The Humourists Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Dance: End III: As17870920; End IV: a Scotch dance, The Lucky Return-Mills, Miss Blanchet, Miss J. Stageldoir

6833
04 February 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Cast
Role: Sir Clement Flint Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: Selima and Azor

6834
11 February 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Cast
Role: Sir Peter Teazle Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Junior

6835
26 February 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In The East

Cast
Role: Mushroom Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Cast
Role: Kingston Actor: Lyons

6836
28 February 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author [of mainpiece]. Receipts: #168 13s. (146.17.0; 20.13.6; 1.2.6; tickets: none listed) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In The East

Cast
Role: Mushroom Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Humourist

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

6837
03 March 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In The East

Cast
Role: Mushroom Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Junior

6838
06 March 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In The East

Cast
Role: Mushroom Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: End I afterpiece: The Irish Fair-Mills, Miss J. Stageldoir

6839
10 March 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Smith's last Benefit. The Pit and Boxes will be laid together. Servants, who keep Places, are desired to be at the Theatre by Half past Four o'Clock; and those Ladies and Gentlemen who have Seats in the Pit are humbly requested to come early, to prevent Confusion. [Author of Epilogue unknown.] Receipts: #363 19s. 6d. (162.4.0; 0.0.0; 5.0.6; tickets: 196.15.0) (charge: #72 13s. 10d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton

Cast
Role: Sir John Trotley Actor: King

Dance: End: The Lucky Return-Mills, Miss J. Stageldoir

Song: original Music, as17871103; Chorusses and additional Accompaniments, as17871103, but _Chaplin

Entertainment: Monologue After the Dancing: an Epilogue-Smith on his Intention of retiring from the Stage

6840
11 March 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author [of mainpiece]. Receipts: #147 2s. 6d. (118.8.0; 26.13.6; 2.1.0; tickets: none listed) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In The East

Cast
Role: Mushroom Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Minor

Cast
Role: Mrs Coke Actor: Mr King.

6841
26 March 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In The East

Cast
Role: Mushroom Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Junior

6842
27 March 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [Mainpiece in place of The Wonder, advertised on playbill of 26 Mar.] Receipts: #199 16s. (148.19.0; 50.2.0; 0.12.6; ticket not come in: 0.2.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

Cast
Role: Sir Bashful Constant Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: Richard Coeur de Lion

Cast
Role: Old Mathew Actor: Fawcett

6843
28 March 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In The East

Cast
Role: Mushroom Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton

Cast
Role: Sir John Trotley Actor: King

6844
02 April 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Cast
Role: Sir Peter Teazle Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Kemble
Role: Brothers Actor: Whitfield, Benson
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): George Colman, the elder

6845
04 April 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Cast
Role: Lord Ogleby Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: Richard Coeur de Lion

Cast
Role: Old Mathew Actor: Fawcett

6846
05 April 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Girl

Cast
Role: Moody Actor: King
Role: Alithea Actor: Mrs Ward
Role: The Country Girl Actor: Mrs Jordan.

Afterpiece Title: The First Floor

6847
09 April 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Cast
Role: Lissardo Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: Richard Coeur de Lion

Cast
Role: Old Mathew Actor: Fawcett

6848
14 April 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Cast
Role: Sir Clement Flint Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: (End of Act I of mainpiece) Jewish Education

Afterpiece Title: 'Tis an Ill Wind Blows Nobody Good; or, The Road to Odiham

Dance: End: a Minuet-Master D'Egville, Miss Blanchet

6849
19 April 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Afterpiece Title: The Critic

Cast
Role: Puff Actor: King

6850
23 April 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Suett. The Doors to be opened at 5:30. To begin at 6:30 [same for rest of season]. Receipts: #261 8s. (81.12.0; 28.8.6; 0.17.6; tickets: 150.10.0) (charge: #108 3s. 2d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Cast
Role: Sir Peter Teazle Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter