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Gallery: Yeomen of the Guard First Performed 1888
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or The Merryman and his Maid
(October 3, 1888; Savoy Theatre; 423 performances)
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Colonel Fairfax, sentenced to
die in an hour on a false charge of sorcery, marries Elsie
Maynard, a strolling singer. But then he escapes, causing
complications.
At the end Elsie's boyfriend, Jack Point, dies of a broken
heart. Or does he?
The nearest that G&S came to grand opera.
Props
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Full Cast |
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Chalmondley and Elsie Yeoman and Dame Caruthers |
Wilf Shadbolt Phoebe and Shadbolt |
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Chalmondley , Phoebe and Yeoman
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Jack Point |
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Yeomen Three
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Dame Carruthers |
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Jack and Shadbolt
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Elsie
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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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