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Gallery:Patience First Performed 1881 |
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| or Bunthorne's Bride (April 23, 1881; Opera Comique; 578 performances at both Opera Comique and Savoy Theatre) | |
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The county dames are in love with two poets while the poets are both in love with Patience, the village milkmaid. The brigade men don't see the point to aesthetics, but decide they had better give it a try to win the women's love. |
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Dragoons |
A Troop of Aesthetics ? |
Dragoons and their Ladies
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A Trio of Aesthetics ? |
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Archibald finds his true station
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Colonel, Duke and Major (with troops) |
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Patience at Buxton Weep weep, all weep |
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A row of rapturous maidens
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Bunthorne with Duke, Col and Major --------------
Bunthorne -----------------------------Bunthorne with Grosvenor |
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Opera |
First Night |
Closing |
Theatre |
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Thespis |
December 26, 1871 |
March 8, 1872 |
Gaiety |
Trial by Jury |
March 25, 1875 |
December 18, 1875 |
Royalty |
The Sorcerer |
November 17, 1877 |
May 24, 1878 |
Opéra Comique |
H.M.S. Pinafore |
May 25, 1878 |
February 20, 1880 |
Opéra Comique |
The Pirates of Penzance |
December 30, 1879 |
December 30, 1879 |
Bijou, Paignton |
Patience |
April 23, 1881 |
October 8, 1881 |
Opéra Comique |
Iolanthe |
November 25, 1882 |
January 1, 1884 |
Savoy |
Princess Ida |
January 5, 1884 |
October 9, 1884 |
Savoy |
The Mikado |
March 14, 1885 |
January 19, 1887 |
Savoy |
Ruddygore |
January 22, 1887 |
November 5, 1887 |
Savoy |
The Yeomen of the Guard |
October 3, 1888 |
November 30, 1889 |
Savoy |
The Gondoliers |
December 7, 1889 |
June 20, 1891 |
Savoy |
Utopia, Limited |
October 7, 1893 |
June 9, 1894 |
Savoy |
The Grand Duke |
March 7, 1896 |
July 10, 1896 |
Savoy |
Compiled from The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
In Gilbert and Sullivan Operas: A Record of Productions, 1875-1961. |
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