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Strephon is despondent, however, as the Lord Chancellor has forbidden them to marry – partly because he feels that a shepherd is unsuitable for Phyllis, but partly because he wishes to marry Phyllis himself.
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As the Fairy Queen threatened in Act I, Strephon is advancing a bill to open the peerage to competitive examination.
Although Strephon now leads both parties in Parliament, he is miserable at losing Phyllis.
Dismayed, Iolanthe desperately unveils, despite the warnings of the unseen Fairies, revealing that she is his long-lost wife, and that Strephon is his son.
**" With Strephon for your foe, no doubt / Young Strephon is the kind of lout "
Strephon and Lord
Strephon approaches the Lord Chancellor, pleading that Nature bids him marry Phyllis.
But the Lord Chancellor wryly notes that Strephon has not presented sufficient evidence that Nature has interested herself in the matter.
Phyllis angrily rejects Strephon for his supposed infidelity and declares that she will marry either Lord Tolloller or Lord Mountararat ("... and I don't care which !").
Phyllis and Strephon ask Iolanthe to go to the Lord Chancellor and plead for him to allow their marriage, for " none can resist your fairy eloquence.
However, to save Strephon from losing his love, Iolanthe decides to present his case to the Lord Chancellor in disguise.
" My lords, it may not be " ( Phyllis, Lord Tolloller, Lord Mountararat, Strephon, Lord Chancellor, and Chorus of Peers )
The song, preceded by a recitative for Strephon (" My bill has now been read a second time ") appeared shortly after # 21, following the exit of the two Earls and the Lord Chancellor and the entrance of Strephon.
Strephon and has
Iolanthe tells her sisters that she has a son, a half-fairy, half-human named Strephon (" He's a fairy down to the waist, but his legs are mortal ").
Strephon and –
Spying on the two, the peers – led by the brainless and stuffy Earls Tolloller and Mountararat – together with Phyllis, see Iolanthe and Strephon in a warm embrace.
Strephon and shepherd
Strephon, a handsome Arcadian shepherd, arrives and meets his aunts.
Strephon and for
Disappointed, Strephon calls on Iolanthe for help.
Strephon at last calls for help from the fairies.
Thirty one years later, he was asked by a Savoy lead playing the role of Strephon in 1958 for Eddy's thoughts and recommendations on how to play the role.
He waxed lyrical about the village, declaring it to be " the most charming village in these Western backwoods " and that it was " the village of the pastoral poem and of the rural lyric, dainty enough for the feet of Amaryllis and attuned to the love songs of Strephon.
Strephon and Phyllis
Soon Phyllis arrives, and she and Strephon share a moment of tenderness as they plan their future and possible elopement.
He refuses his consent to the marriage between Strephon and Phyllis.
" Good-morrow, good lover " ( Phyllis and Strephon )
" None shall part us from each other " ( Phyllis and Strephon )
" If we're weak enough to tarry " ( Phyllis and Strephon )
Two characters in Iolanthe, Strephon and Phyllis, are described as Arcadian shepherds.
Strephon and himself
The number appeared soon after Mountararat's Act II entrance, after Phyllis's comment about Strephon going about " with a mother considerably younger than himself ".
Strephon and .
Offended, the Fairy Queen pronounces a magical " sentence " upon the peers: Strephon shall not only become a Member of Parliament, but will have the power to pass any bill he proposes, including throwing the peerage open to competitive examination.
The fairies have come to Westminster and tease the unhappy peers with the success and pronouncements of MP Strephon.
Although the fairies say that they cannot stop Strephon, they have become very much attracted to the peers, whom they find handsome and delightful.
" Fold your flapping wings " ( Strephon ) was sung on the first night and cut soon afterwards.
These were limited to one randomly inserted card per hobby-exclusive box ( available only from specialty retailers ) and featured original artwork by series regulars John Pound, Tom Bunk, and Jay Lynch, as well as guest artists Strephon Taylor, John Czop, Don Perlin, and Justin Green.
The ANS sets have been very successful with the return of original 1970s Wacky Packages cartoonist Jay Lynch plus newcomers David Gross, Strephon Taylor, Neil Camera, Fred Wheaton, Smokin ' Joe McWilliams, Mark Parisi, Brent Engstrom and Joe Simko.
Rumors ascribe the assassination of the Third Imperium's Emperor Strephon to a Hiver manipulation based on psychohistorical data indicating the eventual fall of the Third Imperium.
With Savoy, Eddy sang the leading role of Strephon in " Iolanthe " at the Broad Street Theatre in Philadelphia in 1922.
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