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...might think you could never tire of W.S. Gilbert's witty libretto or Arthur Sullivan's spirited score, but The Harvard Gilbert and Sullivan Players (HGSP) prove that boredom is indeed possible in Constantine Arvanitakis' mediocre production of Trial By Jury and The Sorcerer. After close to three hours of staccato notes, operatic singing and overacting the audience is more inclined to climb the walls than to applaud...
...majority of the problems with this double-feature production stem from the unnecessary length of the show and not from shortcomings on the part of the performers or the director. Perhaps if HGSP had chosen to stage The Sorcerer alone, this production would have been more enjoyable...
...charm of Gilbert and Sullivan is, after all, Sullivan, and the orchestra for this performance bubbles. The members say that it works because they've played together for all the rehearsals and performances. Also because of the direction of John Posner, who's led the HGSP orchestra out of its mid-'70s doldrums. The theater walls are peeling a bit this year, but the Agassiz still drops this orchestra endearingly in the audience's lap. Too bad the players read the Sunday Times or Weber when they're not actually playing...
...Harvard Gilbert and Sullivan Players will appear at 8:30 p.m. Sunday at Winterfest with Martyn Green, "the greatest living G. and S. performer," HGSP president Stephen A. Michaels '68 said last night...
...about the same thing as if the Harvard Dramatic Club were invited to do 'Hamlet' with Olivier," Nina Kleinberg '68, HGSP secretary-treasurer, said last night...