"PIRATES OF PENZANCE"
Sir.-Perhaps someone can solve a problem bothering me since I heard Sunday Showcase on June 23, The pro-. gramme was the third of six of a Gilbert and Sullivan series. I will admit that I
was doing The Listener crossword at the same time and probably missed vital information while struggling with a knotty clue. I gathered that G. and §. intended to open The Pirates of Penzance in New York-an American premiére for an English comic opera, and that Sullivan, by working frantically until 5.0 am. on the morning of the opening, was able to complete the music for certain scenes in time for rehearsals that day. He then conducted a triumphant first performence that night. Yet a little later I heard that on the afternoon of the same day (in other worés, a little before the New York opening) The Pirates of Penzance opened in England for one day, in a very makeshift fashion. How did they obtain the music, or did they do without most of it, and what was the purpose of it? Or are my facts completely carbled?
INTERESTED
(Blenheim).
(It was opened in Cornwall with an ine compiete score.-Ed. )
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 37, Issue 937, 26 July 1957, Page 11
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197"PIRATES OF PENZANCE" New Zealand Listener, Volume 37, Issue 937, 26 July 1957, Page 11
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