"Joe Roberts" wrote:
> In "The Pirates of Penzance", Frederic will have his 21st birthday on
> February 29, 1940. Mabel agrees to wait faithfully for him.
> (snip the rest)
In the public library today (for a book on genealogy, not music), I happened
to browse the DVD shelves and spotted "The Pirates of Penzance" ... the
Linda Ronstadt version ... and took it home. Just for a lark, because this
past 29 February having been Frederic's 40th birthday was still in mind.
Played it tonight. Ouch.
Slapstick that Gilbert would have shredded, and music arrangements that
Sullivan -- mild-natured as he was -- would have skewered with a baton.
Ugh. Did that travesty ever get any positive reviews? If so, why?
Joe