Comments on: Performance Notes From The Past Few Days http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2008/06/18/performance-notes-from-the-past-few-days/ public domain playground. friendly entities welcome. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:22:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: speedbird http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2008/06/18/performance-notes-from-the-past-few-days/comment-page-1/#comment-108121 speedbird Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:50:33 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2008/06/18/performance-notes-from-the-past-few-days/#comment-108121 And then there's the Pirates of Penzance who all turn out to be aristocrats with nothing better to do... hmm, maybe I gotta start paying more attention to this stuff. :-) And then there’s the Pirates of Penzance who all turn out to be aristocrats with nothing better to do… hmm, maybe I gotta start paying more attention to this stuff. :-)

]]> By: speedbird http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2008/06/18/performance-notes-from-the-past-few-days/comment-page-1/#comment-108117 speedbird Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:54:39 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2008/06/18/performance-notes-from-the-past-few-days/#comment-108117 > within a performance frame of mind I'm currently involved with Gilbert & Sulllivan's operetta 'Ruddigore'. The plot gives me food for thought in the context of things I've read here... The Bad Baronet of Ruddigore is cursed. He must commit a crime every day, or be murdered by the ghosts of his ancestors and perish in terrible agony. In the end, he decides consciously to stand up to his oppressors... for that would be tantamount to suicide!... which is, of course, a crime!... thus breaking the curse. > within a performance frame of mind

I’m currently involved with Gilbert & Sulllivan’s operetta ‘Ruddigore’. The plot gives me food for thought in the context of things I’ve read here…

The Bad Baronet of Ruddigore is cursed. He must commit a crime every day, or be murdered by the ghosts of his ancestors and perish in terrible agony. In the end, he decides consciously to stand up to his oppressors… for that would be tantamount to suicide!… which is, of course, a crime!… thus breaking the curse.

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