SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(perftitleclean,performancetitle) "The Soldiers Festival" | "The Soldiers Festival" | "The Night before the B" | "The Follies of a Day" | "The Follies Of A Day" | "Friar Bacon" | "Harlequins Adventures in Lilliput Brobdignag c" | "Friar Bacon" | "Harlequins Adventures in Lillipu" | "Friar Bacon or Harlequins Adventures in Lilliput Brobdignag c" | "The Magic Cavern" | "Virtues Triumph" | "The Prophet" | "The Lad of the Hills" | "The Wicklow Gold Mine" | "The Lad Of The Hills Or The Wicklow Gold Mine" | "The Crisis" | "Love and Fear" | "The Crisis or Love and Fear" | "The Flitch of Bacon" | "The Cobler of Castlebury" | "The Device" | "The Deaf Doctor" | "The Device or The Deaf Doctor" | "The Deaf Lover" | "The Siege of Gibraltar" | "The Siege Of Gibraltar" | "The Divorce" | "Lord Mayor’s Day" | "A Flight from Lapland" | "The Shamrock" | "The Anniversary of St Patrick" | "The Poor Soldier" | "The Magic Picture" | "Harlequin Junior" | "The Magic Cestus" | "Harlequin Junior" | "Harlequin Rambler" | "The Convent in an Uproar" | "Harlequin Rambler or The Convent in an Uproar" | "Robin Hood" | "Sherwood Forest" | "Robin Hood" | "Robin Hood Or Sherwood Forest" | "The Noble Peasant" | "Fontainbleau" | "Our Way in France" | "Fontainbleau" | "Fontainbleau Or Our Way In France" | "The Follies of a Day" | "The Marriage of Figaro" | "The Follies Of A Day Or The Marriage Of Figaro" | "The Campaign" | "Love in the East Indies" | "The Campaign Or Love In The East Indies" | "The Choleric Fathers" | "Omai" | "A Trip round the World" | "Omai or A Trip round the World" | "Love in a Camp" | "Patrick in Prussia" | "Love in a Camp or Patrick in Prussia" | "Small Talk" | "The Westminster Boy" | "Small Talk or The Westminster Boy" | "Richard Coeur de Lion" | "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" | "The Wonderful Lamp" | "The Czar" | "The Crusade" | "The Fugitive" | "The Picture of Paris" | "The Woodman" | "Oscar and Malvina" | "The Hall of Fingal" | "Oscar and Malvina or The Hall of Fingal" | "The Midnight Wanderers" | "Sprigs of Laurel" | "The Travellers in Switzerland" | "The Travellers In Switzerland" | "Netley Abbey" | "NETLEY ABBEY" | "Arrived at Portsmouth" | "Hercules and Omphale" | "Mago and Dago" | "Harlequin the Hero" | "Mago and Dago or Harlequin the Hero" | "The Mysteries of the Castle" | "The Mysteries Of The Castle" | "The Irish Mimick" | "Blunders at Brighton" | "The Irish Mimick or Blunders at Brighton" | "Lock and Key" | "The Point at Herqui" | "British Bravery Triumphant" | "The Point at Herqui or British Bravery Triumphant" | "The Wicklow Mountains" | "Abroad and at Home" | "Abroad And At Home" | "Italian Villagers" | "The Rival Soldiers" | "The Village Fete" | "Srings of Laurel" | "Harlequin and Faustus" | "The Devil will have His Own" | "HARLEQUIN AND FAUSTUS or The Devil will have his Own")') 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: Cymbeline

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance: II: Minuet-Fishar, Mrs Bulkley; End: The Highland Reel, as17680307

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love; Or, The World Well Lost

Afterpiece Title: The Country Wife

Dance: End: The Highland Reel, as17680307

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Dance: II: The Highland Reel, as17680307 IV: The Merry Sailors, as17671009

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Afterpiece Title: Amelia

Dance: End: The Highland Reel, as17680307

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Dance: End: The Highland Reel, as17680307

Performances

Mainpiece Title: George Barnwell

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus

Dance: I: The Highland Reel, as17680307

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Dance: II: The Highland Reel, as17680307

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: Duke and no Duke

Dance: II: By Particular Desire, a Minuet-Dumai, a Young Lady his scholar; End: The Highland Reel, as17680307

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Dance: III: The Highland Reel, as17680307

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycombe

Dance: I: A New Dance-Langrish, Miss Besford, as17730426 III: A Highland Reel-Aldridge, Sga Manesiere, Miss Besford [see17680307]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Dance: III: The Highland Reel-Aldridge, Miss Valois, Miss Besford. [See17730519.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Dance: III: The Highland Reel, as17731112

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: Love a-la-Mode

Dance: III: The Merry Sailors, as17731007; IV: The Highland Reel, as17731112

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Dance: End: The Highland Reel, as17731112

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Dance: End: The Highland Reel, as17731112

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus

Dance: III: The Highland Reel, as17731112

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Dance: The Highland Reel, as17731112, after the Epilogue

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Ii

Afterpiece Title: The Deuce Is in Him

Dance: End: The Highland Reel, as17731112

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Business

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: End: The Highland Reel, as17731112

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Dance: II: The Corsican Sailors, as17731013; End Opera: The Highland Reel, as17731112

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Dance: II: The Corsican Sailors, as17731013; End Opera: The Highland Reel, as17731112

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral; Or, Grief A-la-mode

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance: End: The Highland Reel, as17731112

Monologue: Before: By Particular Desire, the Occasional Prelude. Manager-Wroughton; Author-Kniveton; Carpenter-Davies; Young Actress-Miss Barsanti. [See 10 May 1773.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamesters

Afterpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Dance: End of Act I of afterpiece a Highland Reel by Blurton and the two Miss Stageldoirs. [This was danced, as here assigned, at all subsequent performances.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tender Husband; Or, The Accomplish'd Fools

Afterpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Dance: End of Act I of afterpiece a Highland Reel by Williamson, the Miss Stageldoirs, &c. [This was danced, as here assigned, at all subsequent performances.]

Related Works
Related Work: Friar Bacon; or, Harlequin's Adventures in Lilliput, Brobdignag, &c Author(s): William Shield

Song: In Act iv of mainpiece song by Williames

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Afterpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Dance: End of Act I of afterpiece a Highland Reel by Williamson, the Miss Stageldoirs, &c. [This was danced, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.]

Related Works
Related Work: Friar Bacon; or, Harlequin's Adventures in Lilliput, Brobdignag, &c Author(s): William Shield

Song: In Act III of mainpiece a song by Williames. [This was included, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.]