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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "W Clarke"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "W Clarke")') 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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2470 results for: Keyword - W. Clarke
We found 2218 matches on Performance Comments, 341 matches on Event Comments, 39 matches on Performance Title, 0 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

776
17 May 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Iv, Part I, With The Humours Of Falstaff

Performance Comment: Hotspur-Whitefield, First time; King-Clarke; Prince of Wales-Lewis; Westmoreland-Thompson; Blunt-Booth; Vernon-Hull; Worcester-Fearon; Poins-Lee Lewes; Bardolph-Baker; Francis-Cushing; Carriers-Dunstall, Quick; Falstaff-Shuter; Hostess-Mrs Pitt; Lady Percy-Mrs Hartley.
Cast
Role: King Actor: Clarke

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

777
18 May 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Performance Comment: Shylock-Macklin; Antonio-Clarke; Bassanio-Bensley; Gratiano-Lee Lewes; Lorenzo (with Songs)-Mattocks; Duke-Fearon; Launcelot-Shuter; Tubal-Thompson; Jessica (with a song)-Mrs Baker; Nerissa-Mrs Lessingham; Portia-Miss Macklin.
Cast
Role: Antonio Actor: Clarke

Afterpiece Title: Love a-la-Mode

Dance: II: A Minuet-Daguville, Miss Macklin; End: The Vintage Festival, as17741007

778
20 May 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Performance Comment: Posthumus-Lewis; Jachimo-Bensley, first time; Cloten-Booth; Cymbeline-L'Estrange, first time; Pisanio-Wroughton; Bellarius-Clarke; Guiderius-DuBellamy; Arviragus-Whitefield; Lucius-Fearon; French Gent.-Davis; Philario-Chaplin; Doctor-Thompson; Queen-Mrs Hull; Imogen-Mrs Lessingham; In Act II a Masquerade Scene-; with dancing and Singing-Mrs Baker (playbill).
Cast
Role: Bellarius Actor: Clarke

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: III: The Enchantress, as17750201

779
20 September 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Performance Comment: Ranger-Woodward; Strickland-Clarke; Frankly-Lewis; Bellamy-Wroughton; Jack Meggot-Lee Lewes; Tester-Quick; Mrs Strickland-Mrs Mattocks; Jacintha-Mrs Lessingham; Lucetta-Mrs Green; Clarinda-Mrs Bulkley; To conclude with a Country Dance-the characters of the play.
Cast
Role: Strickland Actor: Clarke

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

780
22 September 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Performance Comment: Belcour-Lewis; Stockwell-Clarke; Capt. Dudley-Hull; Charles-Wroughton; Major O'Flaherty-Aickin, first appearance on this stage; Fulmer-Dunstall; Varland-Quick; Lady Rusport-Mrs Green; Louisa-Mrs Bulkley; Mrs Fulmer-Mrs Booth; Charlotte-Miss Barsanti; preceding the Play will be given A Peep into the Green Room-.
Cast
Role: Stockwell Actor: Clarke

Afterpiece Title: The Two Misers

781
25 September 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Performance Comment: Romeo-Lewis; Capulet-Clarke; Friar Lawrence-Hull; Mercutio-Woodward; Benvolio-Booth; Escalus-Fearon; Paris-Young; Tibalt-L'Estrange; Peter-Quick; Lady Capulet-Mrs Poussin; Nurse-Mrs Pitt; Juliet-Mrs Jackson (first appearance on this stage.); In I Masquerade Scenev incident to the play; and a Minuet-Daiguville, Mrs Jackson; end IV, the Funeral Procession of Juliet with the Solwmn Dirge: vocal parts-Mattocks, Reinhold, DuBellamy, Baker, Fox, Miss Brown, Miss Dayes, Mrs Masterson, Miss Valois, Mrs Willems, Mrs Lampe, Mrs Jones.
Cast
Role: Capulet Actor: Clarke

Afterpiece Title: St Patrick's Day; or, The Scheming Lieutenant

782
06 October 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Performance Comment: Shylock-Macklin; Antonio-Clarke; Bassanio-Wroughton; Gratiano-Lee Lewes; Lorenzo (With songs)-Mattocks; Duke-Fearon; Launcelot-Quick; Tubal-Thomson; Jessica-Miss Dayes, first time; Nerrissa-Mrs Lessingham; Portia-Miss Macklin.
Cast
Role: Antonio Actor: Clarke

Afterpiece Title: Love a-la-Mode

Dance: End: The Pilgrim, as17750927

783
19 October 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Performance Comment: Macbeth-Macklin; Macduff-Clarke; Duncan-Hull; Malcolm-Wroughton; Banquo-Aickin; Lenox-L'Estrange; Seyton-Thompson; Hecate-Reinhold; The Witches-Dunstall, Mrs Pitt, Quick; the Vocal parts-Mattocks, DuBellamy, Baker, Fox, Miss Brown, Miss Dayes, Miss Valois, Mrs Willems, Mrs Lampe, Mrs Jones.
Cast
Role: Macduff Actor: Clarke

Afterpiece Title: St Patrick's Day

784
21 October 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Performance Comment: Cato-Sheridian, first appearance on that stage in 16 years; Portius-Aickin; Marcus-Lewis; Juba-Wroughton; Sempronius-Clarke; Syphax-Hull; Lucius-L'Estrange; Decius-Fearon; Lucia-Mrs Jackson; Marcia-Mrs Hartly.
Cast
Role: Sempronius Actor: Clarke

Afterpiece Title: The Weathercock

785
28 October 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserved

Performance Comment: Jaffier-Barry; Priuli-Hull; Renault-Clarke; Duke-Mahon; Bedamar-Clinch; Spinoza-L'Estrange; Elliot-Fearon; Officer-Booth; Pierre-Sheridan, second appearance on that stage in 16 years; Belvidera-Mrs Barry.
Cast
Role: Renault Actor: Clarke

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Dance: End: The Vintage Festival, as17751026

786
30 October 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Ii; Or, The Fall Of Rosamond

Performance Comment: King Henry-Aickin, first time; Clifford-Hull; Prince Henry-Wroughton; Salisbury-Booth; Leicester-L'Estrange; Abbot-Clarke; Verulam-Thompson; Ethelinda-Mrs Poussin; Queen Eleanor-Mrs Mattocks; Rosamond-Mrs Hartley.
Cast
Role: Abbot Actor: Clarke

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

787
09 November 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Viii

Performance Comment: Henry-Clarke; Wolsey-Lee (first time); Buckingham-Wroughton; Cranmer-Hull; Cromwell-Young; Gardiner-Wilson (first time); Sands-Quick; Anne Bullen-Miss Ambrose; Patience (with song)-Miss Brown; Queen Catherine-Mrs Jackson (first time); In Act I, The Banquet-; with Dancing-Dagueville, Sga Vidini; in Act IV, The Procession from the Abbey at the Coronation of Anne Bullen-.
Cast
Role: Henry Actor: Clarke

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

788
13 November 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander The Great

Performance Comment: Alexander-Clinch; Clytus-Clarke; Lysimachus-Hull; Hephestion-Wroughton; Cassander-Fearon; Thessalus-Thompson; Perdicas-Young; Polyperchon-Booth; Roxana-Mrs Hunter, first time; Sysigambis-Mrs Booth; Parisatis-Miss Dayes; Statira-Mrs Hartley; With the Triumphal Entry of Alexander into Babylon-.
Cast
Role: Clytus Actor: Clarke

Afterpiece Title: Midas

789
14 November 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Edward And Eleonora

Performance Comment: Selim-Barry; Edward-Lewis; Gloster-Hull; Theald-Clarke; Assassin-L'Estrange; Officer-Thompson; Daraxa-Mrs Mattocks; Eleonora-Mrs Barry.
Cast
Role: Theald Actor: Clarke

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Dance: End Tragedy: The Pilgrim, as17750927

790
24 November 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Performance Comment: Archer-Lewis; Amiwell-Wroughton, first time; Gibbet-Mahon; Bonniface-Dunstall; Foigard-Fox; Sir Charles Freeman-Young; Sullen-Clarke, first time; Scrub-Woodward; Dorinda-Mrs Lessingham; Cherry-Miss Brown; Lady Bountiful-Mrs Pitt; Mrs Sullen-Mrs Bulkley.
Cast
Role: Sullen Actor: Clarke, first time

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Dance: IV: The Pilgrim, as17750927

791
01 December 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King John

Performance Comment: King John-Sheridan; Prince Henry-Young; Salisbury-Clinch; Hubert-Hull; Pembroke-Booth; Essex-Davis; King of France-Clarke; Dauphin-Wroughton; Austria-Mahon; Panduph-Fearon; Chatillon-L'Estrange; Governor of Angiers-Thompson; Prince Arthur-a Young Lady; Bastard-Lewis; Queen Eleanor-Mrs Booth; Lady Faulconbridge-Mrs Poussin; Lady Blanch-Miss Dayes; Constance-Mrs Barry; in IV, will be introduced the Procession at the Coronation of King John-.
Cast
Role: King of France Actor: Clarke

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

792
02 December 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Afterpiece Title: The Romance of an Hour

Performance Comment: Sir Hector-Wilson; Brownlow-Wroughton; first time for both actors; Ormsby-Clarke; Buffora-Lee Lewes; Orson-Quick; Pillage-Dunstall; Lady Strangeways-Mrs Green; Zelida-Mrs Bulkley (playbill).
Cast
Role: Ormsby Actor: Clarke

Dance: End Opera: A New Spanish Dance, as17751121

793
08 December 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Roman Father (with Alterations)

Performance Comment: Horatius-Sheridan, first time; Publius-Lewis; Valerius-Wroughton; Hostilius-Clarke; Valeria-Mrs Hunter; first time; Horatia-Mrs Barry; first time. In V the Triumphal Entry of Publius-.
Cast
Role: Hostilius Actor: Clarke

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

794
16 December 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Afterpiece Title: The Guardian

Performance Comment: Guardian-Clarke; Sir Charles-Dunstall; Young Clackit-Lee Lewes; Lucy-Mrs Lessingham; Harriet-Mrs Bulkley.
Cast
Role: Guardian Actor: Clarke

Dance: End Opera: La Soiree A@la@mode, as17751207

795
29 December 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet (as Written By shakespeare)

Performance Comment: Hamlet-Sheridan; King-Clarke; Ghost-Aickin; Horatio-Hull; Laertes-Wroughton; Ostrick-Booth; Polonius-Quick; Gravediggers-Dunstall, Jones; Ophelia-Mrs Mattocks; Queen-Mrs Hunter.
Cast
Role: King Actor: Clarke

Afterpiece Title: Prometheus

796
01 January 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Performance Comment: Richard-Sheridan; King Henry-Clarke; Richmond-Clinch; Buckingham-Hull; Stanley-Fearon; Tressel-Young; Prince Edward-Miss Besford; Duke of York-Mas. Jones; Norfolk-Booth; Lieut.-L'Estrange; Duchess of York-Mrs Booth; Lady Ann-Miss Macklin; Queen-Mrs Hunter, first time.
Cast
Role: King Henry Actor: Clarke

Afterpiece Title: Prometheus

797
05 January 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: Young Bevil-Lewis; Myrtle-Wroughton; Sealand-Clarke; Cimberton-Quick; Sir John Bevil-Fearon; Tom-Woodward; Humphrey-Thompson; Daniel-Wewitzer; Phillis-Mrs Mattocks; Mrs Sealand-Mrs Pitt; Isabella-Mrs Booth; Indiana-Mrs Jackson; first time. In II, a Song-DuBellamy.
Cast
Role: Sealand Actor: Clarke

Afterpiece Title: Prometheus

798
22 February 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Performance Comment: Lear-Barry; Gloster-Hull; Bastard-Aickin, first time; Kent-Clarke; Albany-L'Estrange; Cornwall-Thompson; Gentleman Usher-Quick; Burgundy-Young; Edgar-Webster[, his sixth appearance on any stage; [See five performances of Douglas this season.] Goneril-Mrs Hunter; Regan-Miss Ambrose; Arante-Miss Dayes; Cordelia-Mrs Barry.
Cast
Role: Kent Actor: Clarke

Afterpiece Title: The Deuce Is in Him

Dance: End: The Frolick, as17760217

799
27 February 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Douglas

Performance Comment: As17760115, but Douglas-Webster; Old Norval-Clarke.
Cast
Role: Old Norval Actor: Clarke.

Afterpiece Title: The Syrens

800
05 March 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Performance Comment: Maskwell-Sheridan; Sir Paul Plyant-Quick; Careless-Lewis; Mellefont-Wroughton; Brisk-Lee Lewes; Lord Touchwood-Clarke; Lord Froth-Booth; Lady Plyant-Mrs Mattocks; Lady Froth-Mrs Green; Cynthia-Mrs Jackson; Lady Touchwood-A Gentlewoman (first appearance on the stage).
Cast
Role: Lord Touchwood Actor: Clarke

Afterpiece Title: The Syrens

Dance: End: The Italian Gamesters-the Zuchellis. [Query: Gardeners or the dance called simply The Gamesters? See17751011.