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From the technical point of view, this year's Leverett production is excellent for a House group. There is a full "orchestra" and a colorful set, a highly competent cast, and well-paced direction. But withal, the Bunnies never quite caught the spirit of a true Savoyard piece...
...remarkable that in the 75 years or so since the team of Gillbert and Sullivan was flourishing, there has been no such musical comedy or operetta which has even remotely approached their brilliant style. And it is perhaps even more surprising that the Savoyard masterpieces have lost little of their appeal in the decades that have intervend...
Heroes and Heroines are never the highlights of a G. & S. piece, but both principals in "Pirates of Penzance" performed well. Neville Griffiths as Frederic, the pirate apprentice whose "sense of duty" is carried to ridiculous extremes, got his line across clearly, which is the basic test of any Savoyard performance. Muriel Harding, who will be chief heroine in several of the plays on this visit, was pleasing as Mabel...
Though Treacher delivered his lines with true Savoyard bounce and archness, his versifying scriptwriters often let him down. Sample...
...Harvard Savoyard Society, an unofficial, rapidly growing local organization (of which I am present sole member) has unanimously voted publicly to express its tremendous appreciation of WHRV for broadcasting the Gilbert & Sullivan Orgy on Sunday thus bringing a large dose of culture to the masses. However, we also have the unpleasant task of informing the announcer who constantly referred to the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company as the "DuhOily Carte Opera Company," that by vote of the Society, he has been placed on The List. May he never be missed. Solemnly, The Harvard Savoyard Society, per Stephen O. Saxe...