The Shamrock
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The Shamrock is a 1777 Irish play by John O'Keeffe. It was first staged on 15 April 1777 at Crow Street Theatre in Dublin. Several of the characters and airs
Air (music)
Air , a variant of the musical song form, is the name of various song-like vocal or instrumental compositions.-English lute ayres:...

 were re-used in O'Keefe's more successful 1783 play The Poor Soldier
The Poor Soldier
The Poor Soldier is a 1783 British play 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 which formally ended that year with the Peace of Paris. One of the redcoats must fight for the love of Norah with...

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