Word: sullivans
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Winthrop Ames '95, who is the producer of the two Gilbert and Sullivan revivals, "Iolanthe" and "The Pirates of Penzance," which open at the Plymouth Theatre Saturday, emphatically upheld the need of stage censorship in its present form in New York. Mr. Ames, whose first production was "Persepina", the Hasty Pudding show of 1895, is chairman of the New York censorship Committee which is made up of nine playwrights and producers...
Those golden twins, Gilbert and Sullivan, are about to file auspiciously into Boston with the resounding accompaniment of "I am the Lord High Chancellor" and a crew of genteel pirates. No matter who is the producer, these Victorian gentlemen are guaranteed to amuse: and when the leader in their resurrection is Winthrop Ames even more may be anticipated--if more than amusement is desired in light opera...
...York, intent on nursing its own sophistication, weakened before the advance of Mr. Ames and his company. Flappers, or whatever such creatures are being called this season, were heard to company Mr. Sullivan not unfavorably with Mr. Gershwin, Gilbert was hailed in certain quarters as a second Anne Caldwell. Up and down Broadway the question ran--how about signing these boys up for a new show...
These boys, to the great misfortune of their admirers, have been signed up permanently for some time. But their delicious pieces have not lessened in appeal. To those students whose lot it is to remain in Cambridge for the vacation Gilbert and Sullivan will be welcomed as saving graces. To those who are leaving they may be regarded as something in which to return...
...whole profession has changed a great deal since my days. When I took the crown from Sullivan the whole purse went to the winner, and as it was Sullivan didn't get a cent, not even for, his training expenses. In Dempsey's last fight he got $300,000 regardless of whether he won or not. Fight like that takes all the incentive away. It made very little difference to him whether he won or lost. Believe me when I got into the ring with Sullivan I fought like a fool because it either would make or break...