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Gallery: Thespis First Performed 1871
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or The Gods Grown Old (December
26, 1871; Gaiety Theatre; 64 performances)
The Gods on Mount Olympus are old
and tired, so decide to take a vacation to earth while a group
of travelling actors take their place. Most of the music for this
opera has been lost, so it is played today only in reconstructions
using either other Sullivan music, or original music.
The general theme was used again in Grand Duke.
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have never been asked to costume any of the reconstructions but
await commissions. |
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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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