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Subject: Re: Hooray! Boo!

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David England

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Date Posted: 09:23:58 28/04/2005
In reply to: Philip Trueman 's message, "Hooray! Boo!" on 10:38:11 27/04/2005

I've always found the specially written narration to be a highlight of light opera Proms. Remember Simon Callow in Die Fledermaus, or the previous G & S presentations of The Gondoliers and Iolanthe?

I agree that it as a mistake for the televised version of a truncated Iolanthe to be fronted by Jo Brand - but it was an even worse mistake in the televised version of The Gondoliers to replace the specially written narration by a deadpan studio rendition of the original libretto.

David

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Subject	Author	Date
Re: Hooray! Boo!	Jules	14:47:19 24/06/2005
Re: Hooray! Boo! -- Philip Trueman, 12:09:02 27/06/2005