Amazon sale:

[jrittenhouse]

No, this isn’t an advertisement as such.  Both the US and UK versions of Amazon are running DVD sales, and I’m listing out my ooh-that-would-be-interesting list for my purposes (and your edification, in case you have similar interests).

Note that I have multi-region / NTSC and PAL reading DVD players in the house, and that the UK PAL stuff won’t be

Comments

[mabfan]

I do hope they release the complete Gilbert & Sullivan in the States. The PBS shows were one of my introductions to G&S, and I never bought the VHS version because they left out things. (Cox and Box is valuable even if it's Sullivan without GIlbert.)

[jrittenhouse]

yeah - saw Cox and Box years ago at Ohio Light Opera in Wooster, courtesy of Mr. Erichsen.

[shsilver]

They did release the "Complete" G&S on DVD in the States. I have a copy of it. It does not include Utopia, Ltd. or the Grand Duke. And although they filmed Cox and Box and Trial by Jury, I don't believe either of those are included in the released set, either.

[jrittenhouse]

Here's what's in the US Amazon set; compare it up to the UK one.

[shsilver]

British set includes the Trial by Jury and Cox and Box that are missing from the US set. Otherwise, they look to have the same contents.

[jrittenhouse]

...and there you are.

[mabfan]

As you say, it's not really "Complete."

I want my Cox and Box!

The inCompleat G&S

[kurt_erichsen]

Quite correct. The PBS "complete" version did indeed leave out the last two Savoy operas (and Thespis of course). Also right that they broadcast _Cox and Box_ and _Trial by Jury_. I have the same DVD set, which I've luckily been able to augment with Cox/Trial dubbed from a 20+ year old VHS recording off the air.

I thought those two short operettas were about the best overall performances of the whole series.

Re: The inCompleat G&S

[jrittenhouse]

I don't know...separated twins with similar names - sounds too unlikely!

Re: The inCompleat G&S

[kurt_erichsen]

Allow me to put _Cox and Box_ into perspective