SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "King Charles"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "King Charles")') 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 3675 matches on Performance Comments, 2694 matches on Performance Title, 2436 matches on Author, 1832 matches on Event Comments, and 10 matches on Roles/Actors.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fourth, First Part

Cast
Role: King Henry Actor: Harley
Related Works
Related Work: The Tragedy of King Henry IV of France Author(s): Charles Beckingham

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Cast
Role: King Lear Actor: Pope

Afterpiece Title: The Doldrum

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fourth, First Part

Cast
Role: King Henry Actor: Harley
Related Works
Related Work: The Tragedy of King Henry IV of France Author(s): Charles Beckingham
Event Comment: Afterpiece: Never [previously] performed at this Theatre [1st acted by the dl Company at king's, 18 Oct. 1792]. The new Scenes by Greenwood. The Musick composed principally by Attwood; rest from Mozart and Sarti. Receipts: #363 9s. (262.10; 99.2; 1.17)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wheel Of Fortune

Performance Comment: Sir David Daw-R. Palmer; Governor Tempest-King; Mr Penruddock-Kemble; Mr Woodville-Whitfield; Mr Sydenham-Palmer; Capt. Woodville-C. Kemble; Weazle-Suett; Servant to Woodville-Maddocks; Officer-Phillimore; Jenkins-Caulfield; Coachman-Hollingsworth; Mrs Woodville-Mrs Powell; Emily Tempest-Miss Farren; Dame Dunckley-Mrs Maddocks; Maid-Miss Tidswell.
Cast
Role: Governor Tempest Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Prisoner

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fourth [part I]

Cast
Role: King Henry Actor: Murray

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin and Oberon

Event Comment: [In mainpiece the playbill retains King, but he "being suddenly indisposed with the gout, his part was, after an apology, undertaken by Dowton, who performed it with considerable effect" (Morning Herald, 25 Apr.).] Receipts: #283 17s. (213.16.6; 67.1.0; 2.19.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Will

Performance Comment: As17970419, but Sir Solomon Cynic-Dowton in place of King.

Afterpiece Title: Katharine and Petruchio

Ballet: The Scotch Ghost. As17961221

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Cast
Role: King Richard Actor: Holman
Role: King Henry Actor: Murray
Role: Buckingham Actor: Macready

Afterpiece Title: Crotchet Lodge

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fourth, First Part

Cast
Role: King Henry Actor: Murray
Related Works
Related Work: The Tragedy of King Henry IV of France Author(s): Charles Beckingham

Afterpiece Title: The Highland Reel

Afterpiece Title: England's Glory

Cast
Role: Sir Charles Racket Actor: Knight

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fourth [part I]

Cast
Role: King Henry Actor: Murray

Afterpiece Title: Hartford Bridge

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Cast
Role: King Henry Actor: Aickin
Role: Duke of Buckingham Actor: Barrymore

Afterpiece Title: Blue-Beard

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Cast
Role: King Henry Actor: Aickin
Role: Duke of Buckingham Actor: Barrymore

Afterpiece Title: The Captive of Spilburg

Dance: As17981114

Event Comment: [The playbill assigns Claudius to Packer, but "Archer, on the sudden indisposition of Packer, put on the robes of majesty, which seemed to sit sufficiently easy upon him" (Monthly Mirror, Sept. 1799, p. 175.] "The agitation of Hamlet in the course of the Play which he prepares to try the King, and his violent transports on gaining the certainty of his uncle's villainy by the effect of the piece were strongly characterized" (Morning Chronicle, 20 Sept.). Receipts: #330 17s. (245.19; 84.14; 0.4)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Performance Comment: Claudius-Archer; Hamlet-Kemble; Polonius-Dowton; Horatio-Holland; Laertes-C. Kemble; Rosencrantz-Clarke; Guildenstern-Trueman; Osrick-Palmer; Priest-Webb; Marcellus-Surmont; Bernardo-Wentworth; Francisco-Evans; Ghost of Hamlet's Father-Barrymore; Grave@diggers-King, Sparks; Players-Maddocks, Ryder; Gertrude-Mrs Powell; Ophelia-Miss Biggs (1st appearance in that character); Actress-Miss Tidswell.
Cast
Role: Grave@diggers Actor: King, Sparks

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Cast
Role: King Henry Actor: Aickin
Role: Duke of Buckingham Actor: Barrymore

Afterpiece Title: The Pavilion

Event Comment: Benefit for Delpini and King. Receipts: #322 8s. (89.0.6; 11.0.0; tickets: 222.7.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Birth Day

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter of Naples

Performance Comment: As18000527, but Henry-H. Johnston; Simpkin (with songs; 1st time)-King.
Cast
Role: Simpkin Actor: King.
Role: King Actor: Bologna

Afterpiece Title: St

Related Works
Related Work: The Fair of St. Germain Author(s): Charles Rivière Dufresny

Song: End: the following songs illustrative of the Whims and Sports of Bartholomew Fair: Raro Raro-Delpini; The Wind blew fresh and fair-Townsend; By the gaily circling Glass-Linton; a New Song (composed by Walsh, and written in Commemoration of His Majesty's Providential Escape [from assassination; see dl, 15 May])-Incledon

Event Comment: [Mrs King was from the Stamford theatre.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heir At Law

Afterpiece Title: My Grandmother

Performance Comment: Vapour-Farley; Gossip-Suett; Souffrance-Caulfield; Sir Matthew Medley-Davenport; Woodley-Trueman; Waiter-Chippendale; Servant-Atkins; Charlotte-Miss Gaudry; Florella-Mrs King (1st appearance on this stage).
Cast
Role: Florella Actor: Mrs King

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pompey

Related Works
Related Work: Pompey the Great Author(s): Sir Charles Sedley Charles Sackville
Related Work: Pompey Author(s): Sir Charles Sedley Charles Sackville

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pompey

Related Works
Related Work: Pompey the Great Author(s): Sir Charles Sedley Charles Sackville
Related Work: Pompey Author(s): Sir Charles Sedley Charles Sackville

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Circe

Related Works
Related Work: Circe Author(s): Charles Davenant

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Circe

Related Works
Related Work: Circe Author(s): Charles Davenant

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Circe

Related Works
Related Work: Circe Author(s): Charles Davenant

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Circe

Related Works
Related Work: Circe Author(s): Charles Davenant

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Roman Bride's Revenge

Related Works
Related Work: The Roman Bride's Revenge Author(s): Charles Gildon

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Phaeton; Or, The Fatal Divorce

Related Works
Related Work: Phaeton; or, The Fatal Divorce Author(s): Charles Gildon

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Friendship Improved; Or, The Female Warriour

Related Works
Related Work: Friendship Improved; or, The Female Warriour Author(s): Charles Hopkins

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure; Or, Beauty The Best Advocate

Related Works
Related Work: Measure for Measure; or, Beauty the Best Advocate Author(s): Charles Gildon