tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post8200572316147171720..comments2024-02-21T08:52:55.878+00:00Comments on Your Freedom and Ours: On another noteHelenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13799545178433498944noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-7179654356734570192013-01-26T00:20:49.612+00:002013-01-26T00:20:49.612+00:00Yes, very dodgy. And in our school production Ralp...Yes, very dodgy. And in our school production Ralph Rackstraw (40-odd) got off with Josephine (15), and not just on stage.Ian Hillshttp://britain-today.blogspot.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-43361055364225531472013-01-25T10:50:36.153+00:002013-01-25T10:50:36.153+00:00I remember going to some of the D'Oyly Carte p...I remember going to some of the D'Oyly Carte productions and quite enjoying them but they did get a little samey after a while. Long copyrights are not particularly good things. The various ages in that play are a little iffy, anyway. Don't the captain and Little Buttercup, who was his wet nurse, marry at the end?Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13799545178433498944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-7012686707964942262013-01-25T02:39:08.493+00:002013-01-25T02:39:08.493+00:00Ah, memories...I was first on stage in the school ...Ah, memories...I was first on stage in the school production. As the Bosun I had a thing about Little Buttercup - pity she was twice my age. We were better than D'Oyly Carte - honest. 100 years of the sole right of professional production made them stale. Now that the copyright's expired, the Yanks are showing them how it SHOULD be done. Ian Hillshttp://britain-today.blogspot.co.uknoreply@blogger.com