Word: gilbert
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Plymouth W 45th Pirates of Penzance and Iolanthe. For those who know Gilbert and Sullivan no more need be said. For those who don't George Gershwin should be quoted. When asked what he thought of the "Pirates", during the intermission on the opening night all he could say was, "Gee". Gilbert and Sullivan, like Yellow Taxi drivers, are "always reliable...
...repay; 2) Germany has virtually complete commercial autonomy within the framework of the Plan. The Dawes Plan safeguards the Allies against German default by creating a virtual mortgage on German wealth (especially railways) in favor of the Allies. The Agent General of Reparations, at present Mr. Seymour Parker Gilbert, resides in Berlin as a sort of super-trustee. Under him is a comprehensive system of boards to adjust constantly outcropping problems, such as those of transfer...
...Gilbert Keith Chesterton, lover of paradox: "'Of all lies,' said I last week to the American Club In Oxford, 'the worst lie is that the American worships money. An American never talks of money in the hushed and awe-struck tone that an Englishman employs in referring to financial matters...
...Pirates of Penzance. It is not sacrilege to speak of this as a Gilbert, Sullivan and Ames operetta. The Faithful who have attended all the Savoyard productions since the beginning, relate that always the chorus and principals behaved with a stolid propriety that left vivacity entirely to the impish lines and nimble melodies?until Winthrop Ames took hold. He stages Gilbert and Sullivan in the spirit of its verses and music. His characters skip, bounce, flit, dance. They put the show in motion, bring it to life. It is no longer the sly satire of Gilbert peeking through a tricky...
...above all he is that. The power greater than that of instilling knowledge, that of stimulating the imagination, is his. Gilbert Murray is soon to leave Harvard, but he will leave behind him things intangible yet real--personal inspiration, and a realization that it is a mistake ever "to lose...