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To: nopardons

No it was the post at 13 I was looking at...it sort of looks like how I’d always pictured Iolanthe.

Strephon:”She was my mother.”

Phyllis: “Yesss, a “Young” mother...!!

Strephon: “It’s true...”

Phyllis: “Wellll, she “wears well”...!!


29 posted on 09/28/2018 2:11:51 AM PDT by mdmathis6
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To: mdmathis6
Oh oh...trust me, that is not, not, NOT how Iolanthe, nor ANY of the fairies look in ANY production of Iolanthe.

I take it that you've never seen that operetta, nor any photos, drawings ( dear Gilbert's or anyone else's ), illustrations, or paintings of the show. IIRC there are many such on line and even on YouTube.

I have had the pleasure of seeing Iolanthe and ALL of the G&S operettas, many, many, many times over, except sadly, for the recreation of THESPIS; which I don't know WHY I wasn't taken to see ( the semi-professional troop that my parents belonged to did it ), but I wasn't.

And poor Strephon is only a fairy from the waist up; his bottom 1/2 is human. :-)

35 posted on 09/28/2018 1:10:42 PM PDT by nopardons
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