GILBERT AND SULLIVAN.
Sir,-Top marks to the Leslie Bailey production of the partnership which produced the Savoy Operas. I have hitherto regarded Sullivan as the major partner, with Gilbert as an_irascible. pig-headed, conceited fellow; with whom anyone would have found it difficult to work amicably. The recent series provides a new slant. Assuming that the story unfolded over the air is true in its essentials, Gilbert emerges as the man of bigger stature. He is in every production the -initiator, the research student, the planner, the careful overseer directing the company thoroughly through its rehearsals, the patient older brother constantly ,cajoling his laggard, pleasureseeking Arthur to’ get on with his job. He is the enthusiast. but for whose unflagging energy most of the Savoy operas would never have been born. , Such was my impression, anyway, and Gilbert goes up and Sullivan correspondingly down in my revised opinion of these two great artists. ;
PRIVATE
WILLIS
(Blenheim).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 478, 20 August 1948, Page 32
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155GILBERT AND SULLIVAN. New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 478, 20 August 1948, Page 32
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