:07:00
"Everybody connected with it will have
a good time for at least twelve months."
:07:04
"So mote it be."
:07:06
- How splendid, Willie!
- Sugared words, Lucy.
:07:10
Listen.
:07:11
"The opera is above the level of all
other entertainments before the public."
:07:16
"Still, I cannot pronounce it
to be in any way...
:07:19
...an improvement upon its predecessors."
:07:22
"To me, words and music alike reveal...
:07:25
...symptoms of fatigue in their
respective composer and author."
:07:29
"Arthur Sullivan cannot write
other than in pleasing manner...
:07:33
...but several numbers in 'Princess Ida'
lack the freshness and spontaneity...
:07:37
...of 'The Pirates of Penzance',
'Patience, lolanthe'...
:07:40
...or 'The Sorcerer', his best operatic work."
:07:42
Oh! Is it?
:07:44
"Or 'HMS Pinafore', the most popular."
:07:47
"WS Gilbert abundantly proves
he is still the legitimate monarch...
:07:52
...of the realm of Topsy-Turvydom."
:07:55
Thank you very much(!)
:07:58
"But his incongruities are more
elaborately worked up than of yore...
:08:02
...and therefore less funny."
:08:05
"Moreover, the story is a dull one!"
:08:09
- Burn it, Pidgeon!
- Sir.
:08:11
Willie...!
:08:13
Your kidneys are getting cold!
:08:20
The show's doing splendidly.
Full houses and a healthy advance.
:08:23
- Capital.
- Three tours on the road.
:08:25
Pirates, Patience and lolanthe.
:08:28
- And four in rehearsal.
- Merveilleux.
:08:30
New York can't wait for "Ida".
:08:32
Ah, New York. How splendid.
:08:35
- Helen has us booked up to year's end.
- Tireless as ever.
:08:38
All part of my day's work.
:08:39
- Tea, Miss Lenoir?
- No, thank you, Louis.
:08:42
Very well.
:08:44
I hope your confinement
hasn't made you restless.
:08:47
How have you been passing the time?
:08:50
I've made some resolutions, Helen.
:08:53
- A little late in the new year, perhaps.
- Better late than never.
:08:59
May we know what they are, Arthur?