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    Trial By Jury: "Where is the Plaintiff?"
    Trial By Jury: "Where is the Plaintiff?"
    Trial By Jury: "Where is the Plaintiff?"
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    Trial By Jury: "Where is the Plaintiff?"

    By W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan

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    The partnership between William Schwenck Gilbert and Arthur Seymour Sullivan and their canon of Savoy Operas is rightly lauded by all lovers of comic opera the world over. Gilbert’s sharp, funny words and Sullivan’s deliciously lively and hummable tunes create a world that is distinctly British in view but has the world as its audience. Both men were exceptionally talented and gifted in their own right and wrote much, often with other partners, that still stands the test of time. However, together as a team they created Light or Comic Operas of a standard that have had no rivals equal to their standard, before or since. That’s quite an achievement. To be recognised by the critics is one thing but their commercial success was incredible. The profits were astronomical, allowing for the building of their own purpose built theatre – The Savoy Theatre. Beginning with the first of their fourteen collaborations, Thespis in 1871 and travelling through many classics including The Sorcerer (1877), H.M.S. Pinafore (1878), The Pirates of Penzance (1879), The Mikado (1885), The Gondoliers (1889) to their finale in 1896 with The Grand Duke, Gilbert & Sullivan created a legacy that is constantly revived and admired in theatres and other media to this very day.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCopyright Group
    Release dateJun 1, 2016
    ISBN9781785437342
    Trial By Jury: "Where is the Plaintiff?"
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    W. S. Gilbert

    W. S. Gilbert (1836-1911) was an English librettist, dramatist, and poet. Born in London, Gilbert was raised by William, a surgeon and novelist, and Anne Mary, an apothecary’s daughter. As a child he lived with his parents in Italy and France before finally returning to London in 1847. Gilbert graduated from Kind’s College London in 1856 before joining the Civil Service and briefly working as a barrister. In 1861, he began publishing poems, stories, and theatre reviews in Fun, The Cornhill Magazine, and Temple Bar. His first play was Uncle Baby, which ran to moderate acclaim for seven weeks in 1863. He soon became one of London’s most popular writers of opera burlesques, but turned away from the form in 1869 to focus on prose comedies. In 1871, he began working with composer Arthur Sullivan, whose music provided the perfect melody to some of the most popular comic operas of all time, including H. M. S. Pinafore (1878), The Pirates of Penzance (1879), and The Mikado (1885). At London’s Savoy Theatre and around the world, The D’Oyly Carte Opera Company would perform Gilbert and Sullivan’s works for the next century. Gilbert, the author of more than 75 plays and countless more poems, stories, and articles, influenced such writers as Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw, as well as laid the foundation for the success of American musical theatre on Broadway and beyond.

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    Trial By Jury - W. S. Gilbert

    Trial By Jury by Gilbert & Sullivan

    Libretto by W. S. Gilbert

    Music by Arthur Sullivan

    The partnership between William Schwenck Gilbert and Arthur Seymour Sullivan and their canon of Savoy Operas is rightly lauded by all lovers of comic opera the world over. 

    Gilbert’s sharp, funny words and Sullivan’s deliciously lively and hummable tunes create a world that is distinctly British in view but has the world as its audience.

    Both men were exceptionally talented and gifted in their own right and wrote much, often with other partners, that still stands the test of time.  However, together as a team they created Light or Comic Operas of a standard that have had no rivals equal to their standard, before or since. That’s quite an achievement.

    To be recognised by the critics is one thing but their commercial success was incredible.  The profits were astronomical, allowing for the building of their own purpose built theatre – The Savoy Theatre.

    Beginning with the first of their fourteen collaborations, Thespis in 1871 and travelling through many classics including The Sorcerer (1877), H.M.S. Pinafore (1878), The Pirates of Penzance (1879), The Mikado (1885), The Gondoliers (1889) to their finale in 1896 with The Grand Duke, Gilbert & Sullivan created a legacy that is constantly revived and admired in theatres and other media to this very day.

    Index of Contents

    DRAMATIS PERSONAE

    SCENE

    MUSICAL NUMBERS

    TRIAL BY JURY

    GILBERT & SULLIVAN – A SHORT BIOGRAPHY

    GILBERT & SULLIVAN – A CONCISE BIBLIOGRAPHY

    DRAMATIS PERSONAE

    THE LEARNED JUDGE

    THE PLAINTIFF

    THE DEFENDANT

    COUNSEL FOR THE PLAINTIFF

    USHER

    FOREMAN OF THE JURY

    ASSOCIATE

    FIRST BRIDESMAID

    On March 25th 1875 Trial by Jury opened at the Royalty Theatre, and was an immediate hit and played until the Royalty closed on 12th June for the summer. It  was again on the bill when the theatre reopened on 11th October 1875. The conclusion of the season on 18th December 1875 marked the official end of Trial by Jury's opening run and its 131 performances.

    But clearly Trial by Jury was an audience favourite and from 13th January until 5th May 1876, Trial by Jury was on the bill at the Opéra Comique on the Strand for a run of 96 performances and again from 3rd March to 26th May 1877 at the Royal Strand Theatre bringing the total number of performances in its first two years to nearly 300.

    SCENE - A Court of Justice, Barristers, Attorney, and Jurymen discovered.

    MUSICAL NUMBERS

    1. Hark, the hour of ten is sounding (Chorus) and Now, Jurymen, hear my advice (Usher)

    1a. Is this the Court of the Exchequer? (Defendant)

    2. When first my old, old love I knew (Defendant and Chorus) and Silence in Court! (Usher)

    3. All hail great Judge! (Chorus and Judge)

    4. When I, good friends, was call'd to the Bar (Judge and Chorus)

    5. Swear thou the Jury (Counsel, Usher) and Oh will you swear by yonder skies (Usher and Chorus)

    6. Where is the Plaintiff? (Counsel, Usher) and Comes the broken flower (Chorus of Bridesmaids and Plaintiff)

    7. Oh, never, never, never, since I joined the human race (Judge, Foreman, Chorus)

    8. May it please you, my lud! (Counsel for Plaintiff and Chorus)

    9. That she is reeling is plain to see! (Judge, Foreman, Plaintiff, Counsel, and Chorus)

    10. Oh, gentlemen, listen, I pray (Defendant and Chorus of Bridesmaids)

    11. That seems a reasonable proposition (Judge, Counsel, and Chorus)

    12. A nice dilemma we have here (Ensemble)

    13. I love him, I love him, with fervour unceasing (Plaintiff, Defendant and Chorus) and The question, gentlemen, is one of liquor (Judge and Ensemble)

    14. Oh, joy unbounded, with wealth surrounded (Ensemble)

    TRIAL BY JURY

    CHORUS

    Hark, the hour of ten is sounding:

    Hearts with anxious fears are bounding,

    Hall of Justice, crowds surrounding,

    Breathing hope and fear—

    For to-day in this arena,

    Summoned by a stern subpoena,

    Edwin, sued by Angelina,

    Shortly will appear.

    Enter USHER

    SOLO - USHER

    Now, Jurymen, hear my advice—

    All kinds of vulgar prejudice

    I pray you set aside:

    With stern, judicial frame of mind

    From bias free of every kind,

    This trial must be

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