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Dates: during 1940-1949
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With "H.M.S. Pinafore" Gilbert and Sullivan gained their first great popular success, and in their next work they bathed themselves in their new-found virtuosity. Gilbert began to write profounder satire and at the same time became more ambitious in his lyrics, while Sullivan indulged in counterpoint and harmony as he grew more adept at tossing off melodies. "The Pirates of Penzance" was almost as successful as its predecessor, although it dealt with such abstractions as "duty," and had no characters to compare with Buttercup or Sir Joseph Porter K.C.B...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Playgoer | 5/4/1948 | See Source »

...sight). Alicia, the best of the younger classical dancers, had seldom done modern dance before. But, right after dancing the queen in Swan Lake, she returned to the stage as Lizzie, to sub for ailing Nora Kaye. Alicia, as much as Agnes, made Fall River Legend an opening-night success...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Murder at the Met | 5/3/1948 | See Source »

...sanguine, though James, with his usual misgivings stayed away opening night. Instead, he went to the Haymarket and saw Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband, which had just opened. James considered Wilde's play crude, bad, clumsy, feeble, vulgar-but it appeared to be a complete success-"and that gave me the most fearful apprehension...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: What Henry James Went Through | 5/3/1948 | See Source »

...success of the Junior Varsity's season new depends on How good the opposition is, since Harper has a far stronger team this year than he had last spring. The Jayvees play almost the same teams they did last season and "the strength of those teams will determine our won and lost record," claims Harper. "I know I have a much better team than I did last year...

Author: By Peter B. Taub, | Title: Things Looking Up as J. V. Nine Seeks Fourth Win Today | 4/28/1948 | See Source »

...announcing the program, Adams explained that the women's colleges have, for several years, considered introducing summer sessions, but with little success...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Summer School Maps Plan To Lure Feminine Students | 4/27/1948 | See Source »

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