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Gilbert:
Every theatrical performance is a contrivance by its very nature. Sullivan:
Yes, but this piece consists entirely of an artificial and implausible situation. Gilbert:
If you wish to write a Grand Opera about a prostitute, dying of consumption in a garret, I suggest you contact Mr Ibsen in Oslo. I am sure he will be able to furnish you with something suitably dull
Every theatrical performance is a contrivance by its very nature. Sullivan:
Yes, but this piece consists entirely of an artificial and implausible situation. Gilbert:
If you wish to write a Grand Opera about a prostitute, dying of consumption in a garret, I suggest you contact Mr Ibsen in Oslo. I am sure he will be able to furnish you with something suitably dull
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Every theatricaI performance is a contrivance by its very nature
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Yes but this piece consists entireIy of an artificial and implausibIe situation
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If you wish to write a grand opera about a prostitute
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dying of consumption in a garret
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I suggest you contact Mr Ibsen in OsIo
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I am sure he wiII be able to furnish you with something suitabIy duIl
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Movie Summary
Set in the 1880s, the story of how, during a creative dry spell, the partnership of the legendary musical/theatrical writers Gilbert and Sullivan almost dissolves, before they turn it all around and write the Mikado.
Actors
William Schwenck Gilbert
