The People - William Shield

Gender
Man
Start
1748 (bap.)
End
25 Jan 1829 (d.)
Country of Birth
England
Locality
Whickham, co. Durham
Bio
BD Vol. 13: 361-63
Links

Works (85 Results)

Title Year Type Role
The Shamrock; or, The Anniversary of St Patrick 1777 Afterpiece Author
The Crisis; or Love and Fear 1778 Afterpiece Composer
The Flitch of Bacon 1778 Afterpiece Composer
The Cobbler of Castlebury 1779 Afterpiece Composer
The Device; or, The Deaf Doctor 1779 Afterpiece Composer
The Deaf Lover 1780 Afterpiece Composer
The Siege of Gibraltar 1780 Afterpiece Composer
The Divorce 1781 Afterpiece Composer
Lord Mayor’s Day; or A Flight from Lapland 1782 Afterpiece Composer
The Positive Man 1782 Afterpiece Composer
Rosina 1782 Afterpiece Composer
Friar Bacon; or, Harlequin's Adventures in Lilliput, Brobdignag, &c 1783 Afterpiece Composer
The Poor Soldier 1783 Afterpiece Composer
The Magic Picture 1783 Mainpiece Composer
The Follies of a Day; or, The Marriage of Figaro 1784 Mainpiece Composer
The Magic Cavern; or, Virtue's Triumph 1784 Afterpiece Composer
Harlequin Junior; or, The Magic Cestus 1784 Afterpiece Composer
Harlequin Rambler; or, The Convent in an Uproar 1784 Afterpiece Composer
Robin Hood; or, Sherwood Forest (1784) 1784 Mainpiece Composer
Fontainbleau; or Our Way in France 1784 Mainpiece Composer
The Campaign; or Love in the East Indies 1784 Mainpiece Composer
The Choleric Fathers 1785 Mainpiece Composer
Omai; or, A Trip round the World 1785 Afterpiece Composer
The Nunnery 1785 Afterpiece Composer
Love in a Camp; or, Patrick in Prussia 1786 Afterpiece Composer
Small Talk; or, The Westminster Boy 1786 Afterpiece Composer
Richard Coeur de Lion [Macnally] 1786 Mainpiece Composer
The Enchanted Castle 1786 Afterpiece Composer
Lingo’s Opinions on Men and Manners (A Comical, Whimsical, Operatical, Farcical, Rhapsody) 1787 Afterpiece Composer
Nina 1787 Afterpiece Composer
The Farmer 1787 Afterpiece Composer
The Prophet 1788 Afterpiece Composer
Marian 1788 Afterpiece Composer
Aladdin; or, The Wonderful Lamp 1788 Afterpiece Composer
The Highland Reel 1788 Mainpiece Composer
The Czar 1790 Mainpiece Composer
The Crusade 1790 Mainpiece Composer
The Fugitive 1790 Afterpiece Author
The Picture of Paris 1790 Afterpiece Composer
The Provocation 1790 Afterpiece Composer
The Woodman 1791 Mainpiece Composer
Oscar and Malvina; or, The Hall of Fingal 1791 Afterpiece Composer
Hartford Bridge; or, The Skirts of the Camp 1792 Afterpiece Composer
Harlequin's Museum; or, Mother Shipton Triumphant 1792 Afterpiece Composer
The Midnight Wanderers 1793 Afterpiece Composer
Sprigs of Laurel 1793 Afterpiece Composer
Harlequin and Faustus; or, The Devil will have His Own 1793 Afterpiece Composer
To Arms; or, The British Recruit 1793 Afterpiece Composer
The Travellers in Switzerland 1794 Mainpiece Composer
Netley Abbey 1794 Afterpiece Composer
Arrived at Portsmouth 1794 Afterpiece Composer
Hercules and Omphale 1794 Afterpiece Author
Mago and Dago; or, Harlequin the Hero 1794 Afterpiece Composer
The Mysteries of the Castle 1795 Mainpiece Composer
The Irish Mimick; or Blunders at Brighton 1795 Afterpiece Composer
The Death of Captain Faulknor; or British Heroism 1795 Afterpiece Composer
The Lad of the Hills; or, The Wicklow Gold Mine 1796 Mainpiece Composer
Lock and Key 1796 Afterpiece Composer
The Point at Herqui; or British Bravery Triumphant 1796 Afterpiece Composer
The Wicklow Mountains 1796 Afterpiece Composer
Abroad and at Home 1796 Mainpiece Composer
Harlequin's Treasure; or, Jewels New Set 1796 Afterpiece Composer
Italian Villagers 1797 Mainpiece Composer
The Rival Soldiers 1797 Afterpiece Composer
The Village Fete 1797 Afterpiece Composer
England's Glory; or, The Defeat of the Dutch Fleet by the Gallant Admiral Duncan on the Memorable Eleventh of October 1797 Afterpiece Composer
Negro Song N/A N/A Composer
Shakespeare's Loadsters N/A N/A Composer
Overture N/A N/A Composer
Scotch Overture N/A N/A Composer
O Why to be Happy N/A N/A Composer
Our Laws, Constitutions, and King N/A N/A Composer
Tho' Bacchus May Boast N/A N/A Composer
Tho' Hurricanes Rattle N/A N/A Composer
Tippetywitchet N/A N/A Composer
My Mother Had a Maid Called Barbara N/A N/A Composer
As Burns the Charger N/A N/A Composer
The Death of Tom Moody N/A N/A Composer
'Tis Only No Harm to Know It, You Know N/A N/A Composer
The Ups and Downs of Life N/A N/A Composer
The Song of Robin Hood N/A N/A Composer
The Post Captain N/A N/A Composer
The Heaving of The Lead N/A N/A Composer
My Heart With Love is Beating N/A N/A Composer
Great Britain Still Her Charter Boasts N/A N/A Composer

Activities (2 Results)

Theatre Activity
Covent Garden Musician
Drury Lane Musician

Benefits (Author) (1 Results)

Date Theatre Title Mainpiece Title After Piece(s) Door receipts Tickets Total Charges Ticket Count Type
19 May 1785 Covent Garden The Campaign; or Love in the East Indies Barataria; or, Sancho Turned Governor Unknown Unknown Unknown N/A Unknown