SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(perftitleclean,performancetitle) "The Soldier\'s Festival" | "The Soldier\'s Festival" | "or, The Night before the B" | "The Follies of a Day" | "Friar Bacon" | "or, Harlequin\'s Adventures in Lilliput, Brobdignag, &c" | "Friar Bacon" | "or, Harlequin\'s Adventures in Lillipu" | "The Magic Cavern" | "Virtue\'s Triumph" | "The Prophet" | "The Lad of the Hills" | "or, The Wicklow Gold Mine" | "The Lad Of The Hills" | "The Crisis" | "or, Love and Fear" | "The Flitch of Bacon" | "The Cobler of Castlebury" | "The Device" | "or, The Deaf Doctor" | "The Device" | "The Deaf Lover" | "The Siege of Gibraltar" | "The Divorce" | "Lord Mayor’s Day" | "or, A Flight from Lapland" | "The Shamrock" | "or, The Anniversary of St. Patrick" | "The Shamrock" | "The Poor Soldier" | "The Magic Picture" | "Harlequin Junior" | "or, The Magic Cestus" | "Harlequin Junior" | "Harlequin Rambler" | "or, The Convent in an Uproar" | "Robin Hood" | "or, Sherwood Forest" | "Robin Hood" | "The Noble Peasant" | "Fontainbleau" | "or, Our Way in France" | "Fontainbleau" | "The Follies of a Day" | "or, The Marriage of Figaro" | "The Campaign" | "or, Love in the East Indies" | "The Campaign" | "The Choleric Fathers" | "Omai" | "or, A Trip round the World" | "Love in a Camp" | "or, Patrick in Prussia" | "Small Talk" | "or, The Westminster Boy" | "Richard Coeur de Lion" | "The Enchanted Castle" | "Lingo’s Opinions on Men and Manners (A Comical, Whimsical, Operatical, Farcical Rhapsody)" | "Lingo’s Opinions on Men and Manners" | "Nina" | "The Farmer" | "Marian" | "The Highland Reel" | "Aladdin" | "or, The Wonderful Lamp" | "The Czar" | "The Crusade" | "The Fugitive" | "The Picture of Paris" | "The Woodman" | "Oscar and Malvina" | "or, The Hall of Fingal" | "The Midnight Wanderers" | "Sprigs of Laurel" | "Harlequin and Faustus" | "or, The Devil will have His Own" | "The Travellers in Switzerland" | "Netley Abbey" | "Arrived at Portsmouth" | "Hercules and Omphale" | "Mago and Dago" | "or, Harlequin the Hero" | "The Mysteries of the Castle" | "The Irish Mimick" | "or, Blunders at Brighton" | "Lock and Key" | "The Point at Herqui" | "or, British Bravery Triumphant" | "The Wicklow Mountains" | "Abroad and at Home" | "Italian Villagers" | "The Village Fete" | "Srings of Laurel")') GROUP BY eventid ORDER BY weight() desc, eventdate asc OPTION

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Results not only include performances of plays known to be by 'Shield', but also performances of associated titles, including adaptations.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rivals

Afterpiece Title: The Soldier's Festival

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Related Work: The Soldier's Festival Author(s): William Shield

Afterpiece Title: Rosina

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Afterpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Dance: End I afterpiece: Highland Reel-Mills, the Miss Stageldoirs. [This was danced, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.

Song: II: song (in character)-Mrs Crouch. [This was sung, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Fontainbleau

Related Works
Related Work: Fontainbleau; or, Our Way in France Author(s): William Shield

Afterpiece Title: The Soldier's Festival; or, The Night before the Battle

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Related Work: The Soldier's Festival Author(s): William Shield

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wild Oats

Afterpiece Title: The Soldier's Festival

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Related Work: The Soldier's Festival Author(s): William Shield

Afterpiece Title: Rose and Colin

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Child Of Nature

Afterpiece Title: The Soldier's Festival; or, The Night before the Battle

Related Works
Related Work: The Soldier's Festival Author(s): William Shield

Afterpiece Title: The Intrigues of a Morning; or, An Hour in Paris

Afterpiece Title: The Wives Revenged

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Such Things Are

Afterpiece Title: The Soldier's Festival; or, The Night before the Battle

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Related Work: The Soldier's Festival Author(s): William Shield

Afterpiece Title: The Reprisal; or, The Tars of Old England

Song: In the course of 3rd piece: The Mid Watch, Rule Britannia-Incledon; and to conclude with God save the King in Full Chorus-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Inkle And Yarico

Afterpiece Title: The Child of Nature

Afterpiece Title: The Soldier's Festival; or, The Night before the Battle

Related Works
Related Work: The Soldier's Festival Author(s): William Shield

Dance: In II: Negro Dance-Bologna, King, Platt, Blurton

Song: End: The Tight Little Island-Townsend

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wild Oats

Afterpiece Title: The Soldier's Festival

Related Works
Related Work: The Soldier's Festival Author(s): William Shield

Afterpiece Title: The Wives Revenged

Performances

Mainpiece Title: May Day; Or, The Little Gipsey

Afterpiece Title: Fashionable Levities

Afterpiece Title: The Soldier's Festival

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Related Work: The Soldier's Festival Author(s): William Shield

Afterpiece Title: Hartford Bridge

Dance: As17921116

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Wives

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Thieves

Afterpiece Title: The Soldier's Festival

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Related Work: The Soldier's Festival Author(s): William Shield

Entertainment: Vaudeville. End 1st piece: Black Ey'd Susan-Incledon; Whims & Fancies[; or, +Patches from Harlequin's Jacket (an Entertainment, both Serious and Comic, selected from the best Authors)-Betterton; The Bull and Boat[; or, +Law! Law! Law!-; The Snug [i.e. Tight] Little Island-Townsend

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline, King Of Britain

Afterpiece Title: The Child of Nature

Afterpiece Title: The Soldier's Festival

Related Works
Related Work: The Soldier's Festival Author(s): William Shield

Song: In II 1st piece: Hark! the Lark-Hill, Linton, Miss Wheatley, Mrs Atkins; Young William was a Seaman True (composed by himself), Sally in our Alley-Incledon

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Speculation

Afterpiece Title: Marian

Related Works
Related Work: Marian Author(s): William Shield

Afterpiece Title: The Soldier's Festival

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Related Work: The Soldier's Festival Author(s): William Shield

Song: End II 1st piece: a Musical Address Mark when beneath the western main (Dramatic Censor, II, 197), Written expressly for the occasion by T. Dutton, A. M., and composed by Mazzinghi-Miss Waters; End III: O Strike the Harp-Incledon, Linton, Miss Waters; accompanied on the Harp-Weippert; End IV: Happy were the Days-Miss Waters; End 1st piece: Sigh no more Ladies-Incledon, Townsend, Linton, Master Slape, Miss Waters

Performances

Mainpiece Title: He Northern Heroes; Or, The Bloody Contest Between Charles The Twelfth, King Of Sweden, And Peter The Great, Czar Of Muscovy

Afterpiece Title: The Volunteers; or, The Adventures of Roderick Random and His Friend Strap

Dance: Particularly a Hornpipe-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Czar

Related Works
Related Work: The Fugitive Author(s): William Shield
Related Work: The Czar Author(s): William Shield

Afterpiece Title: Three Weeks after Marriage

Song: III: The Prince unable to conceal his Pain, from Alexander's Feast-Mrs Billington. [This was included, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: George Barnwell

Afterpiece Title: Omai [and see17851220]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Czar

Related Works
Related Work: The Fugitive Author(s): William Shield
Related Work: The Czar Author(s): William Shield

Afterpiece Title: The Miser

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Czar

Related Works
Related Work: The Fugitive Author(s): William Shield
Related Work: The Czar Author(s): William Shield

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Czar

Related Works
Related Work: The Fugitive Author(s): William Shield
Related Work: The Czar Author(s): William Shield

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Chaplet

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lucio Vero

Dance: I: Ballet-Mariottini, Nina Favier; II: Pastoral Ballet, parts-Nina Favier, Mariottini, Master Holland, Miss Armstrong (Scholars of Daigville, late Ballet Master of Drury Lane, who will dance a Minuet and Allemande); End Opera: The Adventures of the Haram of Ispahan-Pitrot, Mimi Favier, Nina Favier, Sga Mazzoni, Mariottini, Bocchini

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserved

Afterpiece Title: King Pepin's Campaign

Song: I: Gentle Shepherd-Mrs Arne

Dance: II: Muilment

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander The Great

Afterpiece Title: The Device; or, The Marriage-Office

Related Works
Related Work: The Device; or, The Deaf Doctor Author(s): William Shield
Related Work: The Deaf Lover Author(s): William Shield

Dance: End: The Humours of New@Market with the Pony Races, as17770428

Song: End I: A Welcome to the Spring (composed by Dr Arne)-Mrs Farrell

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Afterpiece Title: The Device

Related Works
Related Work: The Device; or, The Deaf Doctor Author(s): William Shield
Related Work: The Deaf Lover Author(s): William Shield

Dance: End: The Dockyard, as17790924

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Fontainbleau

Related Works
Related Work: Fontainbleau; or, Our Way in France Author(s): William Shield

Afterpiece Title: Nina

Related Works
Related Work: Nina Author(s): William Shield

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Song: Between acts 1st piece: an entire new song, The Nymph's Refusal-Mrs Martyr

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Nina

Related Works
Related Work: Nina Author(s): William Shield

Dance: As18000322

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Song: Concluding with theModern Free@Masons Song-in the Character of Robin Hooda Brother

Dance: HHornpipe, Drunken Peasant-Phillips