Pinafore ran in London for 571 performances, the second longest run of any musical theatre piece in history up to that time ( after the operetta Les cloches de Corneville ).

Pinafore, 1878, m Arthur Sullivan, lb W. S. Gilbert ( 571 in London ) ( first G & S smash hit and second longest-running piece of musical theatre in history until it was edged out by Gilbert and Sullivan's Patience in 1881.

Pinafore, and the second longest run of any work of musical theatre up to that time, after the operetta Les Cloches de Corneville.

They made a special effort to claim American rights for their next work after Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance, by giving the official premiere in New York.

The structure and style of these operas, particularly Pinafore, were much copied and contributed significantly to the development of modern musical theatre.

Carte put the matter beyond doubt by taking a six-month personal lease of the theatre beginning on 1 February 1879, the date of its re-opening, when Pinafore resumed.

He arranged to rent a theatre and auditioned chorus members for the American production of Pinafore and a new Gilbert and Sullivan opera to be premiered in New York, and for tours.

In return, the Comedy Opera Company gave notice that they intended to play Pinafore at another theatre and brought a legal action against Carte and company.

Carte travelled to New York in the summer of 1879 and made arrangements with theatre manager John T. Ford to present, at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, the first authorised American production of Pinafore.

Pinafore at the theatre.

Over Christmas 1878, during the run of Pinafore, the theatre was renovated and redecorated by E. W. Bradwell, reopening on 1 February 1879.

During the run of Pinafore, Richard D ' Oyly Carte split up with his former investors.

Approximately 150 unauthorised productions of Pinafore sprang up in the United States in 1878 and 1879, and none of these paid royalties to the authors.

As well as musicals, season's in the late 2000's usually saw a Shakespeare play in conjunction with the Watermill based Propeller company, directed by Edward Hall, often in a reinterpreted format, and a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, again a re-arranged version which may only superficially resemble the original, sometimes even the title was altered ( such as ' Pinafore Swing '; an actor musician version of HMS Pinafore with music arranged by Sarah Travis, and the more recent Hot Mikado ; a condensed actor musician version of the already existing Hot Mikado, which in turn is a jazzed up version of the Gilbert and Sullivan comedy opera The Mikado !).

Pinafore, Major-General Stanley in The Pirates of Penzance ( a role that he gave up in 1969 ), Bunthorne in Patience, the Lord Chancellor in Iolanthe, King Gama in Princess Ida, Ko-Ko in The Mikado, Robin Oakapple / Sir Ruthven in Ruddigore, Jack Point in The Yeomen of the Guard, the Duke of Plaza-Toro in The Gondoliers, and John Wellington Wells in The Sorcerer ( beginning with the 1971 revival ).

The bright and cheerful music of Pinafore was composed during a time when Sullivan suffered from excruciating pain from a kidney stone.

Pinafore to stall for time as the houseboat floats to Springfield.

It produced full scale productions of popular musicals and operettas including Oklahoma !, Carousel, The Mikado, Guys and Dolls, The Pirates of Penzance, Me and My Girl, My Fair Lady, The Yeoman of the Guard, Gigi, Fiddler on the Roof, The Gondoliers, Anything Goes, The Merry Widow, Iolanthe, The Producers and HMS Pinafore.

Among the notable roles that Abbott sang with the company are Juliette in Gounod's Roméo et Juliette, Virginia in Paul et Virginie, Josephine in H. M. S. Pinafore, the title role in Flotow's Martha, Amina in Bellini's La Sonnambula, and Violetta in La Traviata, a role which she apparently no longer objected to, however, instead of singing Addio del passato, she made Violeta expire with Nearer, my God, to Thee.

Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado are among the best known.

Hundreds of unauthorised, or " pirated ", productions of Pinafore appeared in America.

Pinafore, the D ' Oyly Carte repertory and production system was cemented, and each opera would make use of these stock character types.

Pinafore, then join the army as Major-General Stanley in The Pirates of Penzance, and so on.

Similarly, Mrs. Partlet in The Sorcerer transformed into Little Buttercup in Pinafore, then into Ruth, the piratical maid-of-all-work in Pirates.

Gilbert had referred to the new technology in Pinafore in 1878, only two years after the device was invented and before London even had telephone service.

Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.

Pinafore opened in Philadelphia in 1879, bakeries produced a long loaf called the pinafore.

Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado, continue to enjoy regular performances throughout the English-speaking world.

Pinafore and played the first violin on the American tour of Jacques Offenbach.

Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado.

Pinafore in 1878. Business for the new opera was slow at first.

After promotional efforts by Carte and Sullivan, who included some of the Pinafore music in several promenade concerts at Covent Garden, Pinafore became a hit.

On 31 July 1879, the last day of their agreement with Carte, the directors of the Comedy Opera Company attempted to repossess the Pinafore set by force during a performance, causing a celebrated fracas.

Pinafore in London, but it was not as popular as the D ' Oyly Carte production and soon closed.

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