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...died before this project could be carried out, at 75, of a heart attack, while swimming in a pool on his country estate. The last verse he wrote was an encore for Ko-Ko's song about those people who "never would be missed...
...Oyly Carte productions are still impeccably starched and smooth. The D'Oyly Carters are roguish, but they are expertly roguish. There were rumbles once over Martyn Green's unbridled, wall-climbing Ko-Ko; today, roars of sanctified laughter greet his agile footwork and fanwork...
...Ko-Ko: Well, a nice mess you've got us into, with your nodding head...
...Oyly Carte cast is masterful in "Iolanthe." The most important factor in the evening's work remains Martyn Green, who is offered by the opera precisely the proper balance of singing and "business." Instead of the constant mugging of Ko-Ko or the small opportunities of the part of Major General Stanley, Green as the Lord Chancellor in "Iolanthe" has "When you're Lying Awake," "Faint Heart Never Won," and "I said to Myself, Said I" to sing as well as some of his most entertaining business...
Only conceivable democrat among them was the Ko-Ko, Martyn Green. Green's plebeian shenanigans evoked, as of yore, the loudest applause, the greatest lifting of eyebrows. His adroitness, especially his scissors-like legwork, was beyond dispute. But whether all his mugging, prancing and capering was entirely seemly-or entirely successful-continued to be disputed...