The McGill Savoy Society Presents "Iolanthe"
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I'm in charge of publicity for the McGill Savoy Society and I'd like to invite you all to attend our 2007 main stage production. It's called Iolanthe (or The Peer and the Peri) and it is an operetta composed by Sir William S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan, famous for works such as H.M.S. Pinafore, The Mikado and The Pirates of Penzance. The performances run February 23rd, 24th, March 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 8th, 9th and 10th at 8pm and March 3rd and 10th at 2:00pm. The performances take place in Moyse Hall, located in the McGill Arts Building at 853 Sherbrooke West. Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for students and seniors.
Reserve your tickets today at mcgillsavoy.ca!
To reserve more than 10 tickets, please call the Savoy office at:
(514) 398-3001, ext. 09632.
Strephon is an Arcadian shepherd who is in love with Phyllis, a Ward in Chancery. Unfortunately, Strephon is also half a fairy, down to the waist. His mother (Iolanthe) had been banished from fairyland by the Fairy Queen for having married a mortal, but she is pardoned at the behest of her fairy sisters at the beginning of act one.
All of the peers in the House of Lords, including the Lord Chancellor himself, have fallen in love with Phyllis. The Chancellor, beset by a conflict of interest as her guardian, waives his claim on her, but forbids her to marry Strephon. Phyllis overhears Strephon being comforted by the young-looking Iolanthe and thinks he is being unfaithful, so she becomes engaged to the two lords Tolloller and Mountararat.
Angered by his treatment, the Fairy Queen turns Strephon into a politician and sends him into parliament with the unique ability to force the house to vote however he pleases.
In act two, Strephon and Phyllis reconcile upon exposure of his half-fairyhood. With this understanding they agree to marry in spite of the Lord Chancellor.
Meanwhile, the Chancellor has argued himself out of his conflict of interest and decided to marry Phyllis. To prevent this, Iolanthe reveals herself as the Chancellor's wife, braving death at the Fairy Queen's hands.
All the other fairies then admit that they too have married the mortal peers, and it is left the the Chancellor to save the day by redrafting the fairy law. Since the Lords are no longer of any use in the newly reformed House of Lords, they all fly off to fairyland.
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I'm in charge of publicity for the McGill Savoy Society and I'd like to invite you all to attend our 2007 main stage production. It's called Iolanthe (or The Peer and the Peri) and it is an operetta composed by Sir William S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan, famous for works such as H.M.S. Pinafore, The Mikado and The Pirates of Penzance. The performances run February 23rd, 24th, March 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 8th, 9th and 10th at 8pm and March 3rd and 10th at 2:00pm. The performances take place in Moyse Hall, located in the McGill Arts Building at 853 Sherbrooke West. Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for students and seniors.
Reserve your tickets today at mcgillsavoy.ca!
To reserve more than 10 tickets, please call the Savoy office at:
(514) 398-3001, ext. 09632.
Strephon is an Arcadian shepherd who is in love with Phyllis, a Ward in Chancery. Unfortunately, Strephon is also half a fairy, down to the waist. His mother (Iolanthe) had been banished from fairyland by the Fairy Queen for having married a mortal, but she is pardoned at the behest of her fairy sisters at the beginning of act one.
All of the peers in the House of Lords, including the Lord Chancellor himself, have fallen in love with Phyllis. The Chancellor, beset by a conflict of interest as her guardian, waives his claim on her, but forbids her to marry Strephon. Phyllis overhears Strephon being comforted by the young-looking Iolanthe and thinks he is being unfaithful, so she becomes engaged to the two lords Tolloller and Mountararat.
Angered by his treatment, the Fairy Queen turns Strephon into a politician and sends him into parliament with the unique ability to force the house to vote however he pleases.
In act two, Strephon and Phyllis reconcile upon exposure of his half-fairyhood. With this understanding they agree to marry in spite of the Lord Chancellor.
Meanwhile, the Chancellor has argued himself out of his conflict of interest and decided to marry Phyllis. To prevent this, Iolanthe reveals herself as the Chancellor's wife, braving death at the Fairy Queen's hands.
All the other fairies then admit that they too have married the mortal peers, and it is left the the Chancellor to save the day by redrafting the fairy law. Since the Lords are no longer of any use in the newly reformed House of Lords, they all fly off to fairyland.
Cross posted to:
montreal
mcgill
mcgill08
mcgill_09
queer_mtl