Gilbert and Sullivan
AVING heard the last of the Gilbert and Sullivan series I feel secure now in ratifying my first impressions of these programmes. They have been first-class entertainment throughout, and _ there have been few of this "Scale so likely to appeal to that many-headed monster, the listening public. The generous time allotted to each performance-no less than an hour-is a feature one would like to see adopted more often, even at the cost of a headache for the programme organisers. Looking back on these programmes, however, it is not the details of production or even the music that emerges most distinctly. It is-and I think it should be-the personality of Arthur Sullivan himself. Sullivan is treated with very great sympathy throughout, not so much at the expense of Gilbert, but because his greater ambition in the world of fame makes him at the same time the more interesting and the more pathetic figure and pathos is not something one associates with the creators of the Savoy Operas in general. As for Gilbert, he is perfectly capable of speaking for himself: I can teach you with a quip, if I’ve a mind; I can trick you into learning with a laugh; Oh, winnow all my folly, and you'll find A grain or two of truth among ‘the chaff!
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 474, 23 July 1948, Page 9
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219Gilbert and Sullivan New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 474, 23 July 1948, Page 9
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