Defer, Defer
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT from 2ZB recently interviewed the producer of the current Gilbert and Sullivan season. Mr Walker was worried about the imminent expiry of Gilbert’s copyright. After us the deluge, seemed to be his belief, and he pinned his hopes on the petition which’ some G. and S. enthusiasts are bringing before Parliament to have the copyright "protected." This is an odd commentary on the odour of sanctity which has arisen about the Savoy operas. There is only one Gilbert-and-Sullivan, and D’Oyly Carte is his
prophet, world without end. Imagine the plays of Sheridan and Wilde being the monopoly of one company apiece, or the symphonies of Beethoven of one orchestra. The D’Oyly Cartes have faithfully preserved Gilbert’s routines for 70 years (though I don’t know what Gilbert would have said to the "Three Little Meeds" and "Were Oi Thoi Broide" in the latest recordings), but these routines are now dying on their feet. It’s certainly time to let new talent have a go, as free of old ideas as possible. The result might often enough be dreadful, but an occasional production might achieve a distinction which is now be-
yond the monopolists.
R.D.
McE.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 37, Issue 936, 19 July 1957, Page 8
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