{"id":11361,"date":"2010-05-13T16:00:55","date_gmt":"2010-05-13T20:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fryeblog.blog.lib.mcmaster.ca\/?p=11361"},"modified":"2010-05-13T16:00:55","modified_gmt":"2010-05-13T20:00:55","slug":"sir-arthur-sullivan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/2010\/05\/13\/sir-arthur-sullivan\/","title":{"rendered":"Sir Arthur Sullivan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2010\/05\/Arthur_Sullivan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11365\" src=\"http:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2010\/05\/Arthur_Sullivan.jpg\" alt=\"Arthur_Sullivan\" width=\"240\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2010\/05\/Arthur_Sullivan.jpg 300w, https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2010\/05\/Arthur_Sullivan-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today is <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arthur_Sullivan\" target=\"_blank\">Sir Arthur Sullivan<\/a>&#8216;s birthday (1842 &#8211; 1900).<\/p>\n<p>Here is an excerpt from Frye&#8217;s student review for <em>Acta Victoriana <\/em>of the Music Club&#8217;s April 1933 production of Gilbert and Sullivan&#8217;s <em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/H.M.S._Pinafore\" target=\"_blank\">H.M.S. Pinafore<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>But here, in the calm hush and cloister-quiet of Gate House, the artistic conscience of the Music Club rises to defend itself.\u00a0 If there ever was a time when <em>Pinafore<\/em> could be well done, it argues, that time has long since passed.\u00a0 Considered as a whole the farce is clumsy and ill-conceived, besides being unendurably hackneyed, and it simply cannot be sustained on its own momentum.\u00a0 No human power can prevent that unspeakable finale from dragging painfully to a limping and inept close.\u00a0 All the standard actors of the Music Club are good for lots of entertainment, says the conscience, but they could do nothing with their parts; they had to kick them off the stage and substitute themselves.\u00a0 The cast of characters in <em>Pinafore<\/em> are all stuffed shirts and artificially bulged chemises, O critic, but those who took their places are wholesome happy youngsters who are all friends of yours, and you for one know that the fairy changelings are infinitely more attractive. (<em>CW<\/em>, 17. 233-4)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Frye&#8217;s doubts about the contemporary appeal of Gilbert and Sullivan notwithstanding, after the jump there&#8217;s a delightful version of &#8220;The Sun, Whose Rays Are All Ablaze&#8221; from Mike Leigh&#8217;s <em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Topsy_Turvy\" target=\"_blank\">Topsy-Turvy<\/a>,<\/em> a wonderful film about the creation of <em>The Mikado<\/em>.\u00a0 Yes, and okay, there&#8217;s a performance of &#8220;Three Little Maids From School&#8221; from the same film too.\u00a0 (If you haven&#8217;t already seen this movie, put it on top of your list.)<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9a2jfDTYwUw<\/p>\n<p>httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mXWkIZUPmDY<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is Sir Arthur Sullivan&#8216;s birthday (1842 &#8211; 1900). 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