The poor soldier
Subtitle: a comic opera in two acts
Contributors: Shield, William, 1748-1829
Series: Three centuries of drama; Three centuries of English and American plays, 1500-1830
Publisher: Printed for the booksellers
Published: 1786
Place of publication: Dublin
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 24
Subjects: Operas -- Librettos
Other titles: The shamrock, or, St. Patrick's day; The shamrock; St. Patrick's day; The shamrock, or, Saint Patrick's day; Saint Patrick's day
Notes: Libretto only, by John O'Keeffe; cf. Nicoll, A.  A hist. of Eng. drama, 1660-1900, 1952: v. 3, p. 293

Includes untitled airs composed by William Shield; cf. Nicoll, v. 3, p. 293

Alteration of O'Keeffe's: The shamrock, or, St. Patrick's day

"As it is acted at the theatre, Smock-Alley, Dublin."

Imperfect: p. 24 partially illegible

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