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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?...
...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...
...around campus these days. “What, never?” “Well, hardly ever!” as 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...
...operative Society, better known as the Co-op, was originally established in 1958 as low-cost alternative housing for the male students of Harvard. Although it is now populated by thirty-one students of all sexes, the Co-op has remained true to its inexpensive roots. Within two Victorian houses, students do all their own cooking, cleaning, and decision-making. The Co-op is set up on a points system, so that residents must fulfill a certain amount of points every two weeks by signing up to do chores like preparing soup and salad for the night?...
...With the Victorian Coffee Urn finished after one day, the women headed over to MIT to catch some of the co-ed regatta...