Thomas Clark (actor)
Appearance
Thomas Clark was an English stage actor of the seventeenth century. He was a long-standing member of the King's Company, based at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London, from 1670 onwards.[1] He was part of the group of actors who briefly left for Edinburgh in 1679 after a dispute with the management of the company.
Selected roles
[edit]- Drusillus in Nero by Nathaniel Lee (1674)
- Massina in Sophonisba by Nathaniel Lee (1675)
- Novell in The Plain Dealer by William Wycherley (1675)
- Woossat in Psyche Debauched by Thomas Duffett (1675)
- Ovid in Gloriana by Nathaniel Lee (1676)
- Hephestion in The Rival Queens by Nathaniel Lee (1677)
- Dollabella in All for Love by John Dryden (1677)
- Aldernold in King Edgar and Alfreda by Edward Ravenscroft (1677)
- Swiftspur in The Man of Newmarket by Edward Howard (1678)
- Franck in Trick for Trick by Thomas D'Urfey (1678)
- Aquilius in Mithridates, King of Pontus by Nathaniel Lee (1678)
- Wilding in Sir Barnaby Whigg by Thomas D'Urfey (1681)
- Earl of Essex in The Unhappy Favourite by John Banks (1681)
- Gayland in The Heir of Morocco by Elkanah Settle (1682)
- Tachmas in The Loyal Brother by Thomas Southerne (1682)
References
[edit]- ^ Highfill, Burnim & Langhans p.299-300
Bibliography
[edit]- Highfill, Philip H, Burnim, Kalman A. & Langhans, Edward A. A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers & Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660–1800:Cabanel to Cory. SIU Press, 1973.
- Van Lennep, W. The London Stage, 1660–1800: Volume One, 1660–1700. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960.
- Wilson, John Harold. Mr. Goodman the Player. University of Pittsburgh Press, 1964.