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The Yeomen of the Guard by WS Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan 22-23 October
The Yeomen of the Guard was written at a time when Arthur Sullivan was ever more determined to pursue his desire to compose serious works and Gilbert had to court him with a libretto that offered a different angle; perhaps for that reason this operetta, the 11th of the 14 G&S collaborations, is unusually dark.
Set in the Tower of London in the 16th Century, the story centres on a Colonel condemned to be executed for sorcery. There are increasingly complicated attempts to spare his life and to avoid his estate falling into the hands of a scurrilous relative. As with many Gilbert plots the plans involve marriages and a healthy smattering of humour but unusually the show also closes with the unrequited love of one of the principal characters.
Sullivan’s score drew much admiration when first heard in 1888 and more than 120 years on you’ll recognise many of the tunes when Mostly G&S present The Yeomen of the Guard in concert at The Oakwood Centre, Woodley, Reading on 22-23 October 2010 at 7.45pm.
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