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Gilbert and Sullivan operettas exist within a world of their own. To begin with, the comedic works are distinctly British and distinctly Victorian. But even beyond their spatial and temporal remoteness, the pieces tend to play themselves out in a bizarre alternate world, where identities are often mistaken and endings rarely make sense.The history of the Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert and Sullivan Players (HRG&SP) has often unfolded in a manner as quirky and topsy-turvy as the comedies themselves. The kings and controversies of Gilbert and Sullivan’s libretti seem to jump from the stage into the group?...
Gilbert and Sullivan: Players Celebrate Golden Anniversary By VICTORIA D. SUNG Thursday, November 30, 2006 1:36 PM Never will the Harvard community see men and women decked out in top hats and hoop skirts around campus these days. Gilbert and Sullivan: 50 Years of Whimsy, Onstage and Off By ALINA VORONOV Thursday, November 30, 2006 1:41 PM Gilbert and Sullivan operettas exist within a world of their own. To begin with, the comedic works are distinctly British and distinctly Victorian...
...goes a popular exchange from “H.M.S. Pinafore.” Indeed, perhaps the only opportunity Harvard students and alums nowadays will have to experience Victorian England will come next weekend, as 200 alumni and family members of the Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert and Sullivan Players (HRG&SP) waltz into Cambridge for the organization’s 50th anniversary celebration.When a few students first conceived of starting such a group, in the spring of 1956, they had few resources other than their love for the works of Gilbert and Sullivan, with the first patron letter requesting a modest five...
...team-high 23 points to tie the game at 70-70. “That play at the end of regulation was tremendous in terms of the patience of the guys with 11 seconds to go, to find the right guy,” said Crimson head coach Frank Sullivan. “Brian’s post-up was as tight to the rim as we see him and he did a nice job finishing.” Anderson led the Wildcats with a season-high 28 points, and also had 9 assists. Harvard led by as many...
...passing knowledge of the Beatles’ history. Their rough early years in Liverpool as the Quarrymen; the band’s evolution as a cohesive musical force in the decrepit red-light district of Hamburg; their subsequent return to Liverpool; the sudden stardom; their appearance on Ed Sullivan and Beatlemania in America; their reinvention amid the “Sergeant Pepper” years; and finally, the break-up, infamously hastened by tensions from Linda Eastman and Yoko...