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Not quite a Creator/GilbertAndSullivan opera -- Gilbert was not involved -- this is Sullivan's first major comic opera, working with lyricist F. C. Burnand, and its success led him to work on more comic operas.
SmallNameBigEgo F. C. Burnand was not actually a very good playwright, but he was a half-decent lyricist, and as most of the dialogue was taken more-or-less directly from its source, John Maddison Morton's play ''Box and Cox'', this is one of Sullivan's most successful collaborations outside of his work with Gilbert, and often performed alongside one of the shorter Gilbert and Sullivan works.
SmallNameBigEgo F. C. Burnand was not actually a very good playwright, but he was a half-decent lyricist, and as most of the dialogue was taken more-or-less directly from its source, John Maddison Morton's play ''Box and Cox'', this is one of Sullivan's most successful collaborations outside of his work with Gilbert, and often performed alongside one of the shorter Gilbert and Sullivan works.
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Not quite a Creator/GilbertAndSullivan opera -- Gilbert was not involved -- this is Sullivan's first major comic opera, working with lyricist F. C.Burnand, and its success led him to work on more comic operas.
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works. Its success had led him to work on more comic operas.
Not quite a Creator/GilbertAndSullivan opera -- Gilbert was not involved -- this is Sullivan's first major comic opera, working with lyricist F. C.
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* VolleyingInsults: Cox and Box exchange them during ''Who Are You, Sir?''
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* VolleyingInsults: Cox and Box exchange them during ''Who Are You, Sir?''Sir?''
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* BirthmarkOfDestiny: Parodied. Box realises Cox is his long-lost brother because said brother didn't have a birthmark on his arm and nor does Cox!
* GenderFlip: Mr. Bouncer was originally ''Mrs.'' Bouncer in ''Box and Cox''.
* VolleyingInsults: Cox and Box exchange them during ''Who Are You, Sir?''
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Not quite a Creator/GilbertAndSullivan opera -- Gilbert was not involved -- this is Sullivan's first major comic opera, working with lyricist F. C. Barnard, and its success led him to work on more comic operas.
SmallNameBigEgo F. C. Barnard was not actually a very good playwright, but he was a half-decent lyricist, and as most of the dialogue was taken more-or-less directly from its source, John Maddison Morton's play ''Box and Cox'', this is one of Sullivan's most successful collaborations outside of his work with Gilbert, and often performed alongside one of the shorter Gilbert and Sullivan works.
SmallNameBigEgo F. C. Barnard was not actually a very good playwright, but he was a half-decent lyricist, and as most of the dialogue was taken more-or-less directly from its source, John Maddison Morton's play ''Box and Cox'', this is one of Sullivan's most successful collaborations outside of his work with Gilbert, and often performed alongside one of the shorter Gilbert and Sullivan works.
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Not quite a Creator/GilbertAndSullivan opera -- Gilbert was not involved -- this is Sullivan's first major comic opera, working with lyricist F. C. Barnard, Burnand, and its success led him to work on more comic operas.
SmallNameBigEgo F. C.Barnard Burnand was not actually a very good playwright, but he was a half-decent lyricist, and as most of the dialogue was taken more-or-less directly from its source, John Maddison Morton's play ''Box and Cox'', this is one of Sullivan's most successful collaborations outside of his work with Gilbert, and often performed alongside one of the shorter Gilbert and Sullivan works.
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The plot, such as it is, involves two lower-class men, Cox and Box, one who works nights and one who works days, being rented the same room by their ex-military landlord, Bouncer. When one of them gets a day off, the secret comes out, they discover that both of them are fleeing the affections of a rather over-eager woman, and, after trying to convince the other to take her, the plot is resolved when Bouncer hands over a note revealing that she has married a Mr. Knox, and Cox and Box are "discovered" to be long-lost brothers, due to the complete lack of a mysterious birthmark - just like the missing brother!
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The plot, such as it is, involves two lower-class men, Cox and Box, one who works nights and one who works days, being rented the same room by their ex-military landlord, Bouncer. When one of them gets a day off, the secret comes out, out; they discover that both of them are fleeing the affections of a rather over-eager woman, and, after trying to convince the other to take her, the plot is resolved when Bouncer hands over a note revealing that she has married a Mr. Knox, and Cox and Box are "discovered" to be long-lost brothers, due to the complete lack of a mysterious birthmark - just like the missing brother!
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SmallNameBigEgo F. C. Barnard was not actually a very good playwright, but he was a half-decent lyricist, and as most of the dialogue was taken more-or-less directly from its source, John Maddison Morton's play ''Box and Cox'', this is one of Sullivan's most successful collaborations outside of his work with Gilbert, and often performed alongside one of the shorter GilbertAndSullivan works.
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SmallNameBigEgo F. C. Barnard was not actually a very good playwright, but he was a half-decent lyricist, and as most of the dialogue was taken more-or-less directly from its source, John Maddison Morton's play ''Box and Cox'', this is one of Sullivan's most successful collaborations outside of his work with Gilbert, and often performed alongside one of the shorter GilbertAndSullivan Gilbert and Sullivan works.
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Not quite a Creator/GilbertAndSullivan opera, as Gilbert was not involved, this is Sullivan's first major comic opera, working with lyricist F. C. Barnard, and its success led him to work on more comic operas.
SmallNameBigEgo F. C. Barnard was not actually a very good playwright, but he was a half-decent lyricist, and as most of the dialogue was taken more-or-less directly from its source, John Maddison Morton's play ''Box and Cox'', this is one of Sullivan's most successful collaborations outside of his work with Gilbert, and often performed alongside one of the shorter GilbertAndSullivan works.
The plot, such as it is, involves two lower-class men, Cox and Box, one who works nights and one who works days, being rented the same room by their ex-military landlord, Bouncer. When one of them gets a day off, the secret comes out, they discover that both of them are fleeing the affections of a rather over-eager woman, and, after trying to convince the other to take her, the plot is resolved when Bouncer hands over a note revealing that she has married a Mr. Knox, and Cox and Box are "discovered" to be long-lost brothers, due to the complete lack of a mysterious birthmark - just like the missing brother!
However, along the way, we get some of the best and most infectious music from Sullivan's early works, many laughs, clever and witty dialogue, and enough misunderstandings and people just barely missing each other's presence to make a fine hour of theatre.
Usually performed with a few cuts of dialogue and longer verses if not performed on its own. Some of these are a bit poorly chosen in the "standard" cuts, though, and better productions often keep in the first verse of Bouncer's first song, and some of the ending (which ends '''''very''''' suddenly otherwise).
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SmallNameBigEgo F. C. Barnard was not actually a very good playwright, but he was a half-decent lyricist, and as most of the dialogue was taken more-or-less directly from its source, John Maddison Morton's play ''Box and Cox'', this is one of Sullivan's most successful collaborations outside of his work with Gilbert, and often performed alongside one of the shorter GilbertAndSullivan works.
The plot, such as it is, involves two lower-class men, Cox and Box, one who works nights and one who works days, being rented the same room by their ex-military landlord, Bouncer. When one of them gets a day off, the secret comes out, they discover that both of them are fleeing the affections of a rather over-eager woman, and, after trying to convince the other to take her, the plot is resolved when Bouncer hands over a note revealing that she has married a Mr. Knox, and Cox and Box are "discovered" to be long-lost brothers, due to the complete lack of a mysterious birthmark - just like the missing brother!
However, along the way, we get some of the best and most infectious music from Sullivan's early works, many laughs, clever and witty dialogue, and enough misunderstandings and people just barely missing each other's presence to make a fine hour of theatre.
Usually performed with a few cuts of dialogue and longer verses if not performed on its own. Some of these are a bit poorly chosen in the "standard" cuts, though, and better productions often keep in the first verse of Bouncer's first song, and some of the ending (which ends '''''very''''' suddenly otherwise).
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