''The Shamrock'' is a 1777

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play or

pasticcio In music, a ''pasticcio'' or ''pastiche'' is an opera or other musical work composed of works by different composers who may or may not have been working together, or an adaptation or localization of an existing work that is loose, unauthorized, o ...

opera by John O'Keeffe. It was first staged on 15 April 1777 at

Crow Street Theatre Crow Street Theatre was a theatre in Dublin, Ireland, originally opened in 1758 by the actor Spranger Barry. From 1788 until 1818 it was a patent theatre. History Spranger Barry and Henry Woodward The actor Spranger Barry (1719–1777), born i ...

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. According to White (1983), it is unsure whether the work was performed as a straight play or as a pasticcio opera to music by

William Shield William Shield (5 March 1748 – 25 January 1829) was an English composer, violinist and violist. His music earned the respect of Haydn and Beethoven. Life and musical career Shield was born in Swalwell near Gateshead, County Durham, the so ...

, as in its altered version as an afterpiece for the London stage, ''

The Poor Soldier ''The Poor Soldier'' is a 1783 British pasticcio opera with music by William Shield and a text by John O'Keeffe. It was a comedy set around Irish soldiers returning home after fighting in the British army in the American War of Independence, wh ...

'' (1783).Brasmer p. vii.

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* Brasmer, William & Osborne, William (eds.): ''The Poor Soldier (1783)'' (Madison, Wisconsin: A-R Editions, 1978) 1777 operas English comic operas Operas set in the British Isles Plays by John O'Keeffe {{18thC-play-stub