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...Needless to say, it wasn't particularly austere...
Like most Gilbert and Sullivan plots, that of The Gondoliers is fantastic in the extreme. Shortly after the dual marriage it turns out that one of the brothers (needless to say, no one knows which) is really the King of Barataria, who was stolen away as a baby. Both men are rushed off to the palace by the Machiavellian Grand Inquisitor, who has been hurried into action by the arrival of the Duke and Duchess of Plaza-Toro. It seems that their daughter Casilda was married in infancy to the young King and they now want her to take...
...Needless to say, after a short time I'd been there, I could have kicked myself for doing it," Parker said of his decision to leave his guard post for a supervisor's role...
...cavort on a fantastical playground that comes complete with a swing, a seesaw, a sandbox, a basketball hoop and, of course, an electric train set. The visiting Princess of France and her ladies in waiting find the men's actions, particularly their vow not to see women, highly amusing. Needless to say, the men immediately fall in love with the women and decide to forget their vows and begin wooing. Accompanied by every classic "oldies" love song imaginable, the story proceeds in a light-hearted fashion until disrupted by more serious events...
Earnest concern with peace and quiet only seems to come into play when a tutor has a clutch of toddlers to pacify. Needless to say, this concern does not extend into the dining hall, where the litter of spirited youngsters screeches, cries, and spits up a cacophonous bedlam...