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Gallery:Patience First Performed 1881
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or Bunthorne's Bride (April 23, 1881; Opera Comique; 578 performances
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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 and their Ladies
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A Trio of Aesthetics ?
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| Archibald
finds his true station |
Colonel, Duke and Major (with
troops) |
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Patience at Buxton
Weep weep, all weep |
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Bunthorne with Duke, Col and Major --------------
Bunthorne -----------------------------Bunthorne with Grosvenor |
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First Productions of the Savoy Opera
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Opera
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First Night
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Closing
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Theatre
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Thespis
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December 26, 1871
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March 8, 1872
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Gaiety
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Trial by Jury
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March 25, 1875
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December 18, 1875
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Royalty
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The Sorcerer
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November 17, 1877
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May 24, 1878
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Opéra Comique
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H.M.S. Pinafore
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May 25, 1878
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February 20, 1880
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Opéra Comique
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The Pirates of Penzance
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December 30, 1879
December 31, 1879
April 3, 1880
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December 30, 1879
December 31, 1879
April 2, 1881
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Bijou, Paignton
Fifth Avenue Theater, NY
Opéra Comique
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Patience
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April 23, 1881
October 10, 1881
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October 8, 1881
November 22, 1882
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Opéra Comique
Savoy
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Iolanthe
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November 25, 1882
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January 1, 1884
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Savoy
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Princess Ida
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January 5, 1884
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October 9, 1884
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Savoy
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The Mikado
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March 14, 1885
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January 19, 1887
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Savoy
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Ruddygore
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January 22, 1887
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November 5, 1887
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Savoy
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The Yeomen of the Guard
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October 3, 1888
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November 30, 1889
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Savoy
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The Gondoliers
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December 7, 1889
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June 20, 1891
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Savoy
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Utopia, Limited
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October 7, 1893
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June 9, 1894
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Savoy
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The Grand Duke
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March 7, 1896
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July 10, 1896
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Savoy
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Compiled from The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
In Gilbert and Sullivan Operas: A Record of Productions, 1875-1961.
Compiled by Cyril Rollins and R. John Witts. London: Michael Joseph,
1962
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