Middle-aged ladies and gentlemen then, it was thought that it would beĪ kind and considerate action to supply them at once with a story of Years must elapse before this happy state of things can come to pass,Īnd as those who are very young ladies and gentlemen now may be very The cost of pro -ix-ducing them), “Her Majesty’s Ship Pinafore” will, noĭoubt, be played once or twice in every fortnight for ever but as some The privilege of paying to see the Plays after they have defrayed Will be produced at the expense of the Public (who will also enjoy When we get a National Theatre, at which all the best plays Without having any opportunity of improving their minds by seeing it Happen that some poor people have to go so long as two or three years It should be, of course, but it is not, and it may very well Is founded is, unhappily, not played in every town every night of the ![]() Good one as the other three) is that the Opera upon which this book Of which is written in language which is better suited to their PapasĪnd Mamas than to themselves. Play, much of which is told in songs set to beautiful music, and all Ladies and gentlemen find it rather difficult to follow the story of a ![]() Their heads, nowadays, whenever they go to a theatre in the daytime.Ī third reason (and perhaps the best of them all) is that very young Or in the front row of the dress circle (which is a long way off), theĮnjoyment of very young ladies and gentle -viii-men is pretty nearly sure toīe interfered with by the gigantic cart-wheel hats, decorated with hugeīunches of wobbling feathers that ill-bred and selfish ladies clap upon The front row of the stalls (where the band is sure to be too loud), Of course, this difficultyĬould be overcome by taking them to Morning Performances, which are soĬalled because they invariably take place in the afternoon but thereĪre drawbacks even to Morning Performances. Half past eleven or twelve o’clock at night. Papas and Mamas that very young ladies and gentlemen should go to bedĪt an early hour, and that it is very bad for them to sit up as late as In the first place, many very young ladies and gentlemen are ![]() Story of a well-known Play, is now placed before you in the form ofĪ Tale. I HAVE been asked to explain to you how it comes to pass that this, the Music notation have been omitted where they are repeated in the mainĬlick on the link to hear or download the music in mp3 format and on the Images of the original pages are available throughĪre to the illustrations, not the pages listed. PINAFORE***Į-text prepared by Linda Cantoni, Charlene Taylor,Īnd the Online Distributed Proofreading Teamįrom page images generously made available by ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE PINAFORE PICTURE BOOK: THE STORY OF H.M.S. Title: The Pinafore Picture Book: the Story of H.M.S. Located in the United States, you'll have to check the laws of theĬountry where you are located before using this ebook. Under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this You may copy it, give it away or re-use it This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United StatesĪnd most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no (William Schwenck) Gilbert, Illustrated by Alice (William Schwenck) Gilbert The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Pinafore Picture Book: the Story of ![]() The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Pinafore Picture Book: the Story of H.M.S.
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