Word: gilberts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...spectacle of eight mustachioed Beefeaters singing through their mutton-chops ought to be enough to warm the cockles of anybody's heart. The Winthrop House production of Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Yeomen of the Guard" has that and more. It has principals who act and sing with gusto. It may not be the D'Oyly Carte company in the Junior Common Room, but it is a thoroughly delightful group...
...writing the book for "The Yeomen of the Guard" Gilbert was faced with the problem of appeasing Sullivan, who thought he was too good a composer to bother with light opera. As a result this tale of Bloody tower and the romances that take place in its shadow comes closer to being "grand opera" than anything else the two men wrote together. For a change, the ending is not entirely happy...
Although "The Yeomen of the Guard" has many excellent songs and scenes, it is Jack Point, the unhappy Jester, who distinguishes the work. W. Barry Pennington plays the role with as complete a mastery as anyone could hope for in such a production. He projects Gilbert's conceits admirably, and at the same time is able to make the fool a genuinely pitiable character. There is more of the grumpily clever W. S. Gilbert in Point's lines than in those of any other part in the operas...
...notice that two parts are still available in its original production; an outdoor production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" was announced; rehearsal was called for "Darkness at Noon"--one of the most technically complicated of modern scripts, to be produced in Sanders "Theatre"; Winthrop House announced its annual Gilbert & Sullivan production. The Poets' Theatre is planning its second production of the year, with rehearsals in the basement of a local bookstore and production in the Christ Church Parish House, and the Classics Club is announcing its annual play, to be produced in Radcliffe's tiny Agassiz Theatre...
P.B.H. expects to fill its 1,000 pint goal according to Gilbert M. Eisner '53, chairman of the drive. More efficient scheduling of donation appointments and increased facilities in Memorial Hall this spring should insure a high percentage of those who signed up actually giving blood, Eisner said...