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	Poetry is all the rage in: Patience, at Rice - Printer Friendly Page - Recently Closed - TheatrePort
		Poetry is all the rage in: Patience, at Rice
		The operetta tells the story of a superficial and flamboyant poet who has won the hearts of all the young ladies with his madly romantic behavior.
		The operetta satirizes the period's "aesthetic" movement and its key figures, such as painter James Whistler and writer Oscar Wilde.
	www.theatreport.com /modules/news/print.php?storyid=373 (353 words)

	Patience (operetta) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Patience, or Bunthorne's Bride, is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W.
		Patience herself appears, and, when asked about Bunthorne, confesses that she has never loved him – or anyone else – and is thankful that love has not turned her miserable as it has them ("I cannot tell what this love may be").
		Patience goes forth, only to encounter Bunthorne in the act of raffling himself off among his lady followers ("Let the merry cymbal sound"), and proposes to unselfishly sacrifice herself by loving him.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Patience_(operetta) (1775 words)

	Patience
		Patience is the ability and willingness to wait a long time or to carry out a task that takes a long time, especially one that is by itself not heavy, but boring.
		Patience, or "Bunthorne's Bride," is a comic Gilbert and Sullivan operetta in two acts, with music by composer Arthur S. Sullivan and libretto by William S. Gilbert.
		This operetta is a satire upon the aesthetic movement of the nineteenth century in England.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/pa/Patience.html (647 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - 'Patience' - the Comic Opera
		Therefore Patience, who comes to believe that love must be a duty and not a pleasure, refuses to marry any man who appears to be perfect as it might make her happy, and thus be untrue to the nature of love.
		Patience herself does not know what it is to love a man, and is happy to escape the misery it appears to cause the other girls.
		Patience is also amazed at the maidens, and goes on to reject Bunthorne's love (even though he admits to her that he is an aesthetic sham), because she believes she can never love anyone.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A635960 (1975 words)

	The Oberlin Review \\ Arts Article
		Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta Patience is possibly the operetta the dynamic duo wrote specifically to be played here at Oberlin College: the entire cast, and the show itself, is filled with angst.
		Patience is the perfect OGASP presentation; it mixes the good old Oberlin angst with the wonderful ridiculousness of Gilbert and Sullivan, and director and college sophomore Alison Gent and her talented cast excel at the absurdity of it all.
		Patience is the innocent young milkmaid who despairs at the fact that she has never loved anyone; the fact that she does not swoon for the exquisite Bunthorne is cause enough for the rapturous maidens to find her "most deplorable." "But it is not indigestion!
	www.oberlin.edu /stupub/ocreview/archives/1998.04.17/arts/patience.html (463 words)

	www.TIX.com - It's the Ticket!
		The sixth G&S collaboration was "Patience,” or "Bunthorne's Bride".
		Patience satirizes the "aesthetic craze" of the 1870's and '80s, when the output of poets, composers, painters and designers of all kinds was indeed prolific--but, some argued, empty and self-indulgent.
		The operetta was first performed at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna on December 30 1905.
	www.tix.com /Event.asp?Event=62939 (300 words)

	PATIENCE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		“Patience” is the fourth of the major comic operas written by the partnership of W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (I have discounted 'Thespis' and 'Trial By Jury' from this reckoning).
		“Patience” also welcomed into existence the dedicated theatre (the Savoy in the Strand, London) which coined the name Savoyard and which is now ever associated with the writers and their works.
		He is in love with Patience, the village milk maid — a rather naive rustic girl who has never been in love with anyone except with a playmate when she was a baby.
	www.craxford-family.co.uk /gspat.php (1817 words)

	The history of the operetta
		His first operetta was the hit Ba-ta-clan, an entertaining mix that caught on wildly with the waltzing crowd in Europe at the time.
		His first operetta was Die Fledermaus, a comic story of a lovesick married man. One can see in this work the theme of romantic misdemeanors made popular since the time of Mozart.
		The British were the next to pick up the operetta tradition, and their most famous contributors were the team of Gilbert and Sullivan.
	okok.essortment.com /historyoperetta_rfpn.htm (533 words)

	Sleeve Notes - Sullivan: The Golden Legend
		From humble beginnings in Lambeth, the son of an Irish clarinettist and military bandmaster, he rose to become the friend of princes, a fêted social celebrity, and the country’s most famous composer.
		Sullivan owed much to the hugely successful series of operettas written in collaboration with the author W S Gilbert.
		Patience, Iolanthe, The Mikado and The Yeomen of the Guard were all produced in the decade that culminated with The Gondoliers.
	www.hyperion-records.co.uk /notes/67280.html (2195 words)

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		Gilbert and Sullivan wrote the operetta in 1881 and were believed to be poking fun at Oscar Wilde and Algernon Swinburne, as well as the aesthetic movement”; as it was called in Britain.
		All but one that is. Patience, the dairy maid, sees little reason to fall in love.
		The orchestra of four professional musicians are strategically placed on a balcony and remain visible throughout this highly entertaining operetta.
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	Patience
		Patience is the ability and willingness to wait a long time or to carry out a task that takes a long time, especially one that is by itself not heavy, but boring.
		This operetta is a satire upon the aesthetic movement of the nineteenth century in England.
		Patience is one of four poems by the same author, referred to as the Pearl poet, written in Middle English and found in one manuscript together: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, Patience, and Purity.
	www.websters-online-dictionary.com /pa/patience.html (3347 words)

	Scene Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Originally performed in London, England in 1881, Patience satirizes the beauty-obsessed Â“aesthetic crazeÂ” of the late 19th century, typified by Oscar Wilde.
		While Patience cares not for their poetry, she is able to learn the true meaning of love.
		Patience herself is played by Jacqueline Nelson, a third-year vocal student in the Faculty of Music at the UWO.
	www.scenemagazine.com /content/story_detail.lasso?record=SN-00344 (472 words)

	History of modern literature Summary
		Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta The Pirates of Penzance, or, The Slave of Duty was staged.
		In 1882 Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta Iolanthe, or, The Peer and the Peri was staged.
		Gilbert and Sullivan's operettas Princess Ida, or, Castle Adamant (1884) and The Mikado, or, The Town of Titipu (1885) arrive on the London stage.
	www.bookrags.com /History_of_modern_literature (4914 words)

	The Ohio Light Opera - 2004 Season - Wooster, Ohio
		We invite you to witness Patience as we "let the merry cymbals sound!" It is one of Gilbert and Sullivan's most hilarious shows.
		Patience, though clearly fond of Grosvenor, admits her unselfish love for Bunthorne out of mere duty.
		Patience can finally love him unselfishly because he is no longer perfect.
	www.wooster.edu /ohiolightopera/seasons/2004/patience.php (314 words)

	The Harvard Crimson :: Arts :: The Rewards of 'Patience'
		Patience, in turn, falls for the superlatively self-assured and well-primped Grosvenor.
		But, complicating matters, Patience believes love equates with self-sacrifice and thus does not marry Grosvenor, because wedding such a perfect specimen seems selfish and the happiness derived from it grotesque.
		Though Patience does not contain particularly nuanced characterization, the substantial dialogue and songs with wide vocal ranges demand considerable acting and singing know-how from the performers.
	www.thecrimson.com /article.aspx?ref=205192 (855 words)

	The University of Portland
		Patience was a big hit when it opened in 1881, running for 578 days.
		However, when Patience is told that love must be unselfish, she rejects her childhood sweetheart, the "perfect" Grosvenor, and elects to marry the "unperfect" Bunthorne.
		John Vergin as Reginald Bunthorne; Anne Reed as Patience; Alexis Crump Hamilton as Lady Jane; Craig Cantley as Archibald Grosvenor; James Diamond and Brian Swisher as Dragoon Guards; Ben Van Diepen as the Duke of Dunstable; Lavinia Sheets, Jane Stebbins, and Katie Johnson as Rapturous Maidens.
	www.up.edu /up_sub.asp?ctnt=1311&mnu=220&chl=200&lvl=2 (318 words)

	PROGRAM NOTES FOR GILBERT AND SULLIVAN SHOW
		In the first of these, Patience, the village milkmaid, is loved by the poet Reginald Bunthorne, who is in turn loved by twenty lovesick maidens.
		Its target was the aesthetic movement which flourished in Britain between 1870 and the mid-1880's, and introduced the new religion of beauty as a reaction against the ugliness of the Victorian age.
		Patience had its premiere on April 23, 1881, and was an instant success.
	www.pzweifel.com /music/g_and_s_notes.htm (598 words)

	Gilbert & Sullivan's Patience - D'Oyly Carte Opera Company : Read reviews and compare prices at Ciao.co.uk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Patience was the first Gilbert and Sullivan operetta I had any experience of.
		By the time this operetta opened in London in 1881, they had reached the pinnacle of their popularity.
		“Patience” also welcomed into existence the dedicated theatre (the Savoy in the Strand, London) which coined the name Savoyard and which is now ever associated with the writers...
	www.ciao.co.uk /Gilbert_Sullivan_s_Patience_D_Oyly_Carte_Opera_Company__5332589 (991 words)

	patience - OneLook Dictionary Search
		PATIENCE : 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica [home, info]
		Phrases that include patience: patience dock, german patience, olivier patience, patience agbabi, patience aitken, more...
		Words similar to patience: forbearance, longanimity, solitaire, more...
	www.onelook.com /?w=patience&ls=a (288 words)

	Gilbert and Sullivan Players' Patience is worth the wait (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Gilbert and Sullivan's 1881 comic operetta opens with a sort of Oscar Wildean nightmare -- (somewhat less than) twenty lovesick maidens glide onto an Ionian stage, draped in neo-classical gowns of lilac and chartreuse.
		Lisa Kummerow's agile voice lent great musicality to Patience's sung lines, and her spoken delivery was precise, but when combined the results were so operatic that I couldn't hear all of Gilbert's words.
		This article may be freely distributed electronically, provided it is distributed in its entirety and includes this notice, but may not be reprinted without the express written permission of The Tech.
	web.mit.edu /gsp/www/Archive/1989spring_patience/review.html (556 words)

	Part 5: American Wildes
		The main character in the play, Bunthorne, is a ridiculous young aesthete probably modeled on Wilde, and apparently the first entrance of Bunthorne on this particular night caused a theater-wide double-take as eyes moved from the stage to Wilde's box.
		In the scene to which the text is opened, Bunthorne, in a soliloquy, diagnoses himself as an aesthetical huckster and reveals that his aestheticism is only a pose through which to gain fame.
		Harper's response to Wilde's visit with its January 28, 1882, cover requires little explanation in the context of "Patience" and the publicity photographs; however, it does give a good sense of the typical reaction to Wilde's visit.
	www.nyu.edu /library/bobst/research/fales/exhibits/wilde/4america.htm (811 words)

	Patience @ EzyDVD
		Regina Bunthorne is a poet, adored by all the ladies, except one - Patience, the village millk maid.
		Patience cannot understand why all the ladies adore him whilst Bunthorne wants to marry her.
		However, it all becomes complicated when another poet Archibald Grosvenor arrives and also falls in love with her and proposes.Patience is a comic Gilbert and Sullivan operetta in two acts set in the 20th Century.
	www.ezydvd.com.au /item.zml/783627 (157 words)

	Gilbert and Sullivan Opening Songs quiz -- free game
		This operetta opens with a group of dainty fairies singing 'Tripping hither, tripping thither'.
		This operetta opens with a group of Japanese noblemen singing 'If you want to know who we are'.
		Which Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, the only one to begin with a solo singer rather than a chorus, begins with the song 'When maiden loves she sits and sighs'?
	www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=194548 (215 words)

	HarpWeek: Cartoon of the Day
		Carte was the London producer of Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta, Patience (1881), which spoofed Wilde and his aesthetic movement that espoused the ideal of beauty and art for art's sake.
		Carte realized that the best way to generate interest in the American premiere of Patience would be to have Wilde promote aestheticism, since the musical parodied both the man and his cause.
		As sketched in this cartoon, his chosen attire (which he did not wear in England) visually communicated his aesthetic principles and public persona as a dandy: fl velvet coat and knee breeches, frilly lace collar and shirt, silk stockings, and patent leather pumps, along with a flower (sunflower or lily) that he carried or wore.
	www.harpweek.com /09Cartoon/BrowseByDateCartoon.asp?Month=September&Date=9 (652 words)

	The 1921 HMV Patience
		Oldham was therefore included in the third and fourth recordings of the series, while all the other roles were cast from HMV's own stable of singers.
		Patience however, was not an opera Oldham ever performed with D'Oyly Carte, so HMV simply reverted to the policy of using their own soloists exclusively (the last time they would do so).
		Violet Essex has something of a cult following, but I find her Patience a bit forced, particularly in Act I. Nellie Walker's Angela is undistinguished.
	www.cris.com /~oakapple/gasdisc/pat1921.htm (1808 words)

	DVS 1994 - Patience
		The orchestra expressed reluctance to repeat shows in future years, so it seemed certain that the Diamond Valley Singers would be moving to other musical idioms in the future.
		Patience was finally ready for public viewing, with the Charity Performance running smoothly.
		Opening night drew a reasonably sized audience, who responded with interest to the updated approach, especially to the substitution of parts of the dialogue with contemporary references.
	home.vicnet.net.au /~dvsinger/1994pat.html (1552 words)

	BOOM!:Mall for Baby Boomers-freebies & sales (Gilbert & Sullivan - Books, CDs, Movie Videos)
		Gilbert and Sullivan's comic operetta of love and mischief in the gentry of old Japan is given a lively treatment by composer/director Victor Schertzinger.
		The setting for Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta is altered from 1880s Japan to 1930s England, in a seaside resort where bellhops tap-dance and art deco is all the range, in this unusual and hilarious staging.
		Gilbert and Sullivan's comic operetta of love and mischief among the gentry of old Japan is given a lively treatment by composer/director Victor Schertzinger.
	www.boommalls.com /GandS.html (1239 words)

	Patience (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Patience opened April 23, 1881 at the Opera Comique and ran for 578 performances, first at the Opera Comique and transferring to the new Savoy Theatre on October 10, 1881.
		Patience opened on April 23, 1881 at the Opera Comique and ran for 578 performances, moving on October 10, 1881 to D'Oyly Carte's new theatre, the Savoy, the first theatre in the world to be lit entirely by electric lights.
		American Patience Poster Collection — A collection of high resolution scans of American Patience posters from the 19th and early 20th centuries.
	diamond.boisestate.edu /gas/patience/html/index.html (533 words)

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