Thomas Clark (actor) explained

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

• 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)

Bibliography

• 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.

Notes and References

1. Highfill, Burnim & Langhans p.299-300