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*** The ''Pirates'' add a lot. Basically, the way it works is this: G&S got some fame with ''The Sorcerer'' and then hit the monumental big-time with ''Pinafore''. Riding high on their fame (and frustrated with the lack of royalties they were receiving from "pirated" productions of ''Pinafore'', they wrote ''Pirates'' on a wave of creativity to gently satirize the situation, and then simultaneously premiered it in New York and London to avoid a similar issue with copyright. ''Pirates'' then became a smash hit of about the same degree as ''Pinafore''. Then came a period of lesser successes, until ''Princess Ida'' flopped, being too long (during a London heat-wave) and being seen as repetitive. After some squabbling, some pressure from D'Oyly Carte (and his wife, Helen, who doesn't get the credit she deserves) and Gilbert putting aside a libretto draft Sullivan deemed unacceptable, they put together ''The Mikado'', which is actually their biggest and most-performed hit. Their next collaboration, ''Ruddigore'', received mixed reviews and deterioration followed. So we're left with the "Big Three," of which ''Pirates'' is simply the most fun. ''Pinafore'' and ''Mikado'' are solved through legal machinations, while ''Pirates'' is bald-facedly ludicrous and rollicking. And also contains numbers like "Hail Poetry" and "The Major-General's Song." Really, the only G&S operetta to gain significant ground in popularity along the way has been ''Ruddigore'', though that is still not nearly as often reprised as the Big Three.
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*** The ''Pirates'' add a lot. Basically, the way it works is this: G&S got some fame with ''The Sorcerer'' and then hit the monumental big-time with ''Pinafore''. ''Pinafore.'' Riding high on their fame (and frustrated with the lack of royalties they were receiving from "pirated" productions of ''Pinafore'', they wrote ''Pirates'' on a wave of creativity to gently satirize the situation, and then simultaneously premiered it in New York and London to avoid a similar issue with copyright. ''Pirates'' then became a smash hit of about the same degree as ''Pinafore''. Then came a period of lesser successes, until ''Princess Ida'' flopped, being too long (during a London heat-wave) and being seen as repetitive. After some squabbling, some pressure from D'Oyly Carte (and his wife, Helen, who doesn't get the credit she deserves) and Gilbert putting aside a libretto draft Sullivan deemed unacceptable, they put together ''The Mikado'', which is actually their biggest and most-performed hit. Their next collaboration, ''Ruddigore'', received mixed reviews and deterioration followed. So we're left with the "Big Three," of which ''Pirates'' is simply the most fun. ''Pinafore'' and ''Mikado'' are solved through legal machinations, while ''Pirates'' is bald-facedly ludicrous and rollicking. And also contains numbers like "Hail Poetry" and "The Major-General's Song." Really, the only G&S operetta to gain significant ground in popularity along the way has been ''Ruddigore'', though that is still not nearly as often reprised as the Big Three.
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** From a technical aspect, at least, this is one of the best examples of Sullivan's skill in setting English text to music. That, and his brilliant use of counterpoint, twice, in "How Beautifully Blue the Sky" and "When the Foeman Bears His Steel", which is [[UpToEleven triple counterpoint]], two solos and a three-part chorus. Even more impressive is that in both cases, the two tunes set against one another are in different time signatures. There is a very good reason he is called Sir Arthur.
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** From a technical aspect, at least, this is one of the best examples of Sullivan's skill in setting English text to music. That, and his brilliant use of counterpoint, twice, in "How Beautifully Blue the Sky" and "When the Foeman Bears His Steel", which is [[UpToEleven triple counterpoint]], counterpoint, two solos and a three-part chorus. Even more impressive is that in both cases, the two tunes set against one another are in different time signatures. There is a very good reason he is called Sir Arthur.
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*** This troper is from the general area where the show takes place and (although admittedly things have probably changed climate-wise from the time the operetta was written to nowadays), it's not at all uncommon to see people in the sea (even going swimming rather than just paddling) in the depths of winter, especially if they live in the area. As it is, the temperature would actually likely be getting more mild by the time the 1st of March rolls around especially since Penzance, while technically being on the northern coast of Cornwall, has its coastline actually facing south and thus would be a little more protected from the northern winds than, say, a cove somewhere in Newquay which faces north. Since the girls are all at least heavily implied to be local to the general area, it's highly likely they've just grown up acclimatised to the brisk sea air. As to the "rocky mountains" issue above, while the coastline of Penzance isn't nearly as rugged as others in Cornwall, there's still a substantial line of (heavily eroded) cliffs surrounding a few of the beaches and it's quite easy to imagine (even if not necessarily accurate) that it was even moreso when the show is supposed to be set.
