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Normally closefisted, Louis showered money on her innumerable "projects"-the porcelain factory of Sèvres, paintings, sculptures, villas, rewards and pensions for artists and builders-a grand total, it is said, of 36 million livres. "He doesn't mind signing for a million," she told her maid, "but he hates to part with little sums out of his pocket...
...through such numbers as "If You Want a Receipt," proving himself worthy as Gilbert's "ultra poetical, super aesthetical, out-of-the-way young man." Miss Frothingham, as the imposing spinster, Lady Jane, combines husky voice and long arms in an admirable mimic of the decaying but determined old maid...
Though their parts afford less opportunity for satire, William White as the rival poet, and Sara-Jane Smith, as the milk-maid Patience, add some clever acting to the production. Along with excellent leads, Patience is served by a chorus of British soldiers and love-sick maidens who enthusiastically catch the G & S flavor. Adele Hugo's choreography and the direction of John Benedict keeps this cast moving through well-timed routines. In the past, disappointing performances have made the Winthrop opera a risky luxury for Gilbert and Sullivan fans. This year, Patience is a necessity...
...left--restoring furniture for re-use in the Houses. Below, a maid cleans rooms in Lowell House. This is the last year that Lowell will be cleaned by human hands; the other Houses will also be awarded "mechanized units" soon afterward...
...mostly it is crude, unavailing hackwork-domestic comedy that, when all else fails, drags the comic maid out of the kitchen...