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 Crisis" | "Or, Love And Fear" | "The Flitch Of Bacon" | "The Cobler Of Castlebury" | "The Device" | "Or, The Deaf Doctor" | "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 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 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" | "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 'William Shield', but also performances of associated titles, including adaptations.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant Or A Sick Ladys Cure

Afterpiece Title: The Farmer

Related Works
Related Work: The Farmer Author(s): William Shield

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Farmer

Related Works
Related Work: The Farmer Author(s): William Shield

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Related Works
Related Work: The Merchant of Venice Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Farmer

Related Works
Related Work: The Farmer Author(s): William Shield

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Farmer

Related Works
Related Work: The Farmer Author(s): William Shield

Afterpiece Title: The Child of Nature

Dance: End 1st piece: Peggy's Love- in which, by permission of the Proprietor of the Opera House, who has generously allowed Principal Dancers and Whole Corps de Ballet to appear, the following Ladies and Gentlemen will exert their well known Abilities:Laborie, Didelot, Mme Laborie, Mme Hilligsberg; End 2nd piece: La Vengeance d'Amour, in which the Pas de Quatre de Panurge-Laborie, Didelot, Mme Laborie, Mme Hilligsberg

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Management

Afterpiece Title: The Farmer

Related Works
Related Work: The Farmer Author(s): William Shield

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every One Has His Fault

Afterpiece Title: The Farmer

Related Works
Related Work: The Farmer Author(s): William Shield

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Bath Or The Western Lass

Related Works
Related Work: The Snuff Box; or, A Trip to Bath Author(s): William Heard

Song: Let the dreadful Engines-Leveridge; Since the Times are so Bad-Leveridge, Mrs Lindsey; Sing Sing All Ye Muses-Laroone, Hughs; A Scotch Song-Leveridge

Dance: Between every Act: Genteel Round-a Devonshire Girl never seen on the Stage before, to the Harp alone; an Irish Humour, The Whip of Dunboyne-Devonshire Girl, her Master; another genteel dance-Devonshire Girl; a Highland Lilt-Devonshire Girl, her Master; A Country Farmer's Daughter-Devonshire Girl all in Natural Habits

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tunbridge Walks

Music: A piece of Instrumental Musick- to be perform'd on the Stage

Song: Mr Laroon, Mrs Hughs; particularly a Two/part Song-Mr Laroon, Mrs Hughs compos'd by the late Mr Henry Purcell

Song: Country Farmer's Daughter, Highland Lilt-the Devonshire Girl; The Whip of Dunbyn-Claxton; a new Entry-Mrs Campion, others; A Scotch Dance-Mrs Bicknell; a new Scaramouch Man and Scaramouch Woman-Laferry, Mrs Lucas

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Song: A gentleman, his first on the stage

Dance: Harlequin Man and Woman-Laforest, Devonshire Girl; Quaker's Dance, Country Farmer's Daughter-Devonshire Girl

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Taming Of The Shrew Or Sawny The Scot

Related Works
Related Work: The Taming of the Shrew Author(s): William Shakespeare

Dance: Country Farmer's Daughter, Highland Lilt-Mrs Mosse; Whip of Dunboyn, an Irish Humour-Claxton, her Master

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Emperor Of The Moon

Dance: Grotesque dances, Punchanello-Cherrier; Country Farmer's Daughter-Mrs Moss; Harlequin-Laforrest, Mrs Bicknell

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The City Politiques

Song: A Two Part Song Compos'd by the late Famous Mr Eccles for Her Majesty's Birthday-Cook

Dance: Imitation of a Country Farmer's Daughter-Mrs Bruce; also a Chacone-Mrs Bruce, taught by Elford

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The City Politiques

Song: Mrs Hodgson, Cook

Dance: Country Farmer's Daughter, Entry, The Wood Nymph-Miss Bruce Mrs Elford's Scholar; rope dancing-Pinkethman's Two famous French Maidens; ...the eldest...Dancing without a Pole and turning her self round, which never could be done by any yet before her (as all the Quality of England are satisfy'd of), and who are desir'd by the said Quality, and most part of the Town to perform; Also vaulting on the manag'd Horse-Evans wherein he performs several surprizing Entertainments, especially his Body lying extended on one Arm, and drinking 9 Glasses of Wine from the other

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Woman Is A Riddle

Dance: Salle, Mlle Salle; A new Italian Mimic Scene between a Scaramouch, Harlequin, Country Farmer, His Wife, and others-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Island Princess

Afterpiece Title: Pyramus and Thisbe

Dance: Moreau, Shaw, Thurmond, Cook, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Schoolding, Miss Smith, Salle, Mlle Salle; Likewise an Italian Mimic Scene never perform'd but once, call'd Harlequin Executed; or, The Farmer Disappointed See17161226-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Dance: As17170110; Harlequin Executed-; or, The Farmer Disappointed-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Song: As17170204

Dance: Moreau, Thurmond Jr, Mrs Schoolding, Miss Smith, Salle, Mlle Salle; Harlequin Executed; or The Farmer Disappointed-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Sebastian King Of Portugal

Dance: As17170110; Harlequin Executed-; or, The Farmer Disappointed

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Dance: Moreau, Mrs Bullock; Grand Comic Wedding Dance-Moreau, Mrs Schoolding, Salle, Mlle Salle; Harlequin Executed; or, The Farmer Disappointed-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Squire Of Alsatia

Afterpiece Title: The School of Folly

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Executed or The Farmer Disappointed

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Half Pay Officers

Afterpiece Title: Hobs Wedding

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Executed or The Farmer Disappointed

Dance: delaGarde's Two Sons , being the first Time of their Appearance on the Stage this Season

Performances

Mainpiece Title: It Should Have Come Sooner

Afterpiece Title: The Walking Statue

Afterpiece Title: The Tricks of Harlequin

Dance: Two Farmers and Their Wives-Boval, Miss Tenoe, others

Song: Smug Upon Tuesday-Mrs Willis; A Dialogue between a Rake and a Country Maid-Miss Tenoe, Miss Lindar

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Duke And No Duke

Afterpiece Title: Acis and Galatea

Music: As17230625

Song: Mrs Boman; Smug Upon Tuesday-Mrs Willis; A Dialogue between Two Ballad Singers called A Satyr on All Trades-Harper, Mrs Willis

Dance: Two Farmers and Their Wives-Boval, Mrs Tenoe, others; Passacaille-Mrs Brett; Drunken Man-Harper

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hunter Or The Beggars Wedding

Song: CChimes of the Times, The Contented Farmer-Mrs Mountfort

Dance: HHarlequin, Pierrot-St.Luce , from Paris; Dusty Miller, French Peasant-Fisher@Tench Charke

Music: A good Band of Instruments-; accompany'd by a Chamber Organ-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The Farmers Son or The Maidens Second Slip

Dance: I: Dutch Skipper-Sandham; III: Scaramouch-Sandham; V: Hornpipe-R. Jones

Song: II: Singing in Italian-