Word: sullivans
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...First National Pictures' canvass for college men is a good move," said W. A. Williams '15 who is playing the leading roles in the Gilbert and Sullivan Operas now being given at the Plymouth Theatre...
...come out from behind the cloud with such vernal splendor as mid-April has brought in its train. And Boston's Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays will be only less happy for some time to come than its Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Winthrop Ames is producing Gilbert and Sullivan's "Iolanthe" at the Plymouth on the odd days of each week and "The Pirates of Penzance" on the even days...
...endowment, by which the Eastman school of music is supported, in association with the University. As a result, young singers are trained, presented in English Grand Opera in a repertory that includes Mozart's Abduction From the Harem, The Marriage of Figaro; Puccini's Madame Butterfly; Gilbert & Sullivan's lolanthe and Pirates of Penzance; and Pagliacci, Cavalleria Rusticana. In Manhattan, the first three were presented. From a financial point of view, the second two did better than the first. On the whole, the venture into professional entertainment met with fair success, enough to establish the practicability...
...Iolanthe" or "The Pirates of Penzance" without having to change a line to make it absolutely up-to-date. It appears to have the quality of universality. The jokes, gags, everything are just as good now as the day Gilbert and Sullivan wrote them...
...Ames expressed the highest opinion of the work of Gilbert and Sullivan...