, 1879-07-15
GILBERT AND SULLIVAN,

GILBERT AND SULLIVAN.
Their Manager in New York Preparlng ior
Their GINNING Iii the Fall.
AftD fnrt tnn. Jafv IL.
Mr.. r. D'OyfY Carte, the lessee md manager
OF tho Opera Comiquo Theatre 10 London, who
arrived in New York two wcoks ago, Is stIli In
tie cItY. perfcctlug arrangements ior producing
hero Gilbert Ard Suliyan's new opera. on which
they arc NOW at work. Whilo brcakfastlng tho
othyr morning III tho pleasant rooms OF Mr.
Frederick Clay, the EurtIsl, composer, with
whom he ia staying while In New York, Mr..
Curtc talked Gilbert, Sullivan, Pinaforc" The
pcranual, the new opera, and Ills. sharo In the
work OF the two popular nutlors. lie Is d
u yes1s y aec, .'iausres 81 10 years @ perenes C.
moth fn London and In tho provincial towns of
Great Britain, utd good deal of aroeIsopolitan
snow, in tho llrst place." said Mir Car.c.
at nv ss suEceston ps tat Mcs.rs Gbsrt i and ST.
l!van decided TO Do something in partnership
Aa fur back as l870'7l. when first hal the
Opera Comiuuc Theatre, tried TO get up MI
opera comedy company. i vas when opera
might be comic operns produced by English
authors md composers, with good music a,d
unobjcctfonnblc ltbsetto. talked With my
friends, and we enacavorcd to organize com.
1nary Of my friends subscribed. But, after oil,
thu project fell through. Nothing more was
done, though urged Acssrs. Sullivan and Gil
bert to do something. In 1874 tley. did do
"Ir!al by Jury,..;. and 1t waas written Mt my re-
quest for ail atterp!cvc l was then ut the
Comiuues The play proved q 'grcat success;
though It WIS only live md thirty minutes in
length It rnn ono season alone.
''Alf this only nude ne moro anxious than
ever to havt tlie gentlemen Try something morc
abuut, Then was formed the Comedy Opera
pauy. mind yon. Mcssrs. Gilbert mid Sullivan
were to work together, md the company had
entiro control OF the,r productions both Id Lun-
don aud In tho provincial towns. THEY pro-
ducc1 The soreercr' I. vas 4 marked sue
did not take here. Perhaps beeause It did not
hnys the 'business suggestions Of the author.
ri say here that the Colncdy Opera Company
IL yet In cxlstencc, has lad share IN tbs profits
Of 'pinaforc,' and proved flnuncla s.irccss,
paying littlo over 100 per cent per nnnn1n. It
will soon cease to exist. Then followed Pima
fore.' lind complete control OF tllut, and have
had tllree eonpanies playing Il. It ts now rum
ningits el-and-slxty-somothng night
In London, a,a has bcen played over 30U times
in thu to rus, and the receipts last mouth weIc
10 per eeut more thau they wcso a year ago.
~ aee." continued Mr: D'oyly Caste, "that
work on play called .Thr Burelass,' In which
Bix policemen, ak burglars, six young women
etc., wcro 10 appcar. THIS is hardly correct.
wanted MI afterpicce Tor sPtnatorc,' to put
on xhcn T. began to fall to draw, mid ! spoke
burglary, md showed INC ono aong which he
had written. u WIS very funny. Tint was al
tlmt was ever done. The play wae not wrtttun,
beeauae Pinaiore' s.tll draws ws!!.-and never
While We arc on the pnaiore' subject ]ct ms
tell you OF tue ycenc at tho theatre ia Ports
mouth when We gave Y there. You know the
Bcena of the piuy Ia laid IN the harbor of Ports.
mouth, which Is Greas seaFaring town. The
nayy-yarel is there. you KNOW. We happened
to be there Oh Whit-Monday, which Is q holiday,
and the peopo iuat locked In ulssses to the
theatre. There was such Jam atlout tho build
actors into the theatre, md ile performance
WIS consequently delayed. Al Inst, however,
TIC curtain went up. The audience was largely
sallors aud satlors' families. They took the
whole thing as q n10Bt serious Opera. They
never smiled throughout. except In thu bell trio
IN the second aet, atid then because tfIcY danced
When JostphiHe exclaimed, 'Sucb audartty, and
trou common sailor they htssel her vlRor-
Ra'M was about to blow his brains out, e1cialm-
pluuse was hearty. When Sir .jostph caa.o On
board they tastly hootcd nj him. aHd would
Is an Eugtishman.' they took MS Bobcr per-
the funniest thing lit the tlluatro that evening
w4s the reception Of PinaloEe By TINT audience
Of sAlora.
''And now to como down to my Walt here"
continued the Lonuuu manager. ~ llnve uoil-
truct with Messrs. {itltIrrL ai,d Sullivan, by
which tlIey agteo to tnako over to i,ls tho right
to play t,lctr new piece. both In Eng1and un.i
America, nnd | hare entne uycr to New York to
make arrangcInents FOR producing tho pEeye hero
next fall, What that piece 10 cannot tell you.
Mr. atltcrt expressly stipulated lint nuthIug
should bu said about tho plot ol thr play. Al
on al t,,u Inst momcut. Air. titlhcrt decides
upon the nasncs Of hta plays tho very lust thug.
seFriai By Jury was given to that piece, svou
utter thu advertisement ba4 gone TO ihe t,upcrs
giving it anolhcr na.lIc. Probably we shall dr-
ctdo upon the ,lan,u willie coming over, tor beth
Mr. Gilbert Hnl Sir. Sullivan ate expecting to
come 10 Mem York sanu supervise The pru-
lucttoa OF t'lu nrw psece. Tie fornsr viii gtyo
eu, md ~ M Sullivan H Se vii ISuss. spsrese 1 ,u H.:
musical portion uf the play. liz will
also CONDUCT tho orchestra, on thy opening night
at least. ..All eau toll you Of thu now piece Ia
tls., while It resembles rinaforo IL cot.struc-
Wt shnl1 also Eiva 'Ptnaf0re here, lust to
show low wc think It should b. rendered. !
ntn told that It WIS sung exceiently here. I
dare say silall uot bo able to hsyu It auug 60
tt!c central excellence Of the performance. Miss
Clara Louiso Kellogg WAS at the Con.tgue Just
belorc came aWsy, aua sl'o was delighted with
thu way We guvs Il. Sha said II was sung ny
sanhls, anl tttc mls Gu sce!ia wc!s fat superior.
Then @o have the advantage Of Ms. Gillert's
instruction ~ to ths business OF the piece,
which certainly heloa to bring out all tho
tnE g Mr. sull1an's owtt tdens. Hare you have
not hta oscl,estratUn, uslter is ideas as to the
tGni9t i1sto4, ot r. uss' 1'liuk YOU will 'sko our
Nnrntlrv of tEa trrnat st,nrasa ~ " 1,trnfoen