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Home My WebLink About1947 The Mikado .,... '~'C I;, t crhe '1\ggie Playevs and TILe Singing Cadets tL'~ \ I present 'The Mikado A Comic Opera by Gilbert' and Sullivan :Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas " :Assembly Hall 8:15 ." #'" . ~. Jt:> ~r;-~_ JuLy 14 and 15, 1947 ~>. ,- r I I .. I,~ I PRODUCTION STAFF Dramatic Director ............................................................___......... Arnold Biella Musical Director .............................................................................. Bill Turner Assistant Director .........................................___...................... Leonard Perkins Scene Designer ......___.___................___.............___..___............... Mrs. Arnold Biella Stage Manager .___...........___......___.......................___.Milt Frenkel and Ed Soper Make- Up Director ......___........___..........______.___....................______...... Carl Stevens Lighting .___................................................................................ Clifford Hodges Property Mistress ...........................______..................................... Bernyce Jensen Costume Mistress .............:........................___........................... Teeny Anderson Box Office and Programs .................... Frank Camp and Oran Kirkpatrick Publicity __..........................................__................................ Arthur W. Angrist Rehearsal Accompanist .........................__......................... Jimmy Rosborough Art Work ...............___...................................................................... Spencer Ellis Prompter ........................__........................................___............... John A. Smith The Aggie Players President .................................__............................... ...................... Milt Frenkel Secretary-Treasurer ...................................................................... Frank Camp Faculty Sponsor ..............................______...............................__... Arthur Angrist The Singing Cadets President .......................................__........................... ........................ John Smith Secretary....................... ........... ___...............___........................... Bob Leatherwood Sponsor and Director ............,......................................................... Bill Turner We wish to thank The Bryan Daily Eagle, The Bryan News, and Radio Stations WTA Wand KAMT for their cooperatioin. j< Dramatic Personnel Yum Yum Billie Jean Barron Pitti Sing ...................................................__................................... V onda Ervin Peep Bo ...............__...........................__.___.....___.................... Catherine de Montel Katisha ....................................................................___......__....... Pat Kirkpatrick Nanki Poo .............__......................:___...........................___............... Harry Doran Ko Ko .........................................................................................'" Marcus Mahan Pish Tush ........................................__.___............................___........... Buddy Boyd Pooh Bah ....................................................__...................................... Burl Ervin The Mikado ........__............................__......___m........_____................... T. D. Carroll The Chorus Teeny Anderson, Florese Moore, Bernyce Jensen, Mrs. E. H. Un- ruh, Elizabeth Brush, Doris Turek, Eileen Baker, Tidge Rattan, James M. Jones, Tommy Gould, John Helm, George Rice, Jr., S. P. Ellis, J. R. Wilkinson, Marvin Brown, Jr., Arch Baker, Jr., W. L. Alexander, Keith Haines. Orchestra Directed by Bill Turner ~ Piano--Jimmy Rosborough; Violins-Mary Leland, Mrs. George Borton Adams, Virgil Faires, Gene Brock, George Morgan, Ernest Nitch, Mary Bonnen; Viola-Louis Hauer; Cello-George Summey; Flute- Johnny Holick; Clarinets-Joe Holick, Mrs. T. H. Thomas, C. B. Harri- son; Trumpets-Troy Prater, Eddy Reyna; Trombones-Bill Langley, John Lauderdale; Horns-Doug Regenbrecht, John Blann; Drums- Felix Goodrum; Bass-Paul Allen, Roland Johnson. There will be an intermission of six minutes between acts. This play is presented by special permission of Theodore Presser Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ~ i ,J ..~ ......., l ~ PROGRAM NOTES By /\ ~thur William Angrist ;r Of all the Gillx,. ,."" ',.', 'an productions, the light opera "The Mikado" has provNl · ." .t' , P the most consistently popular. This acclaim stems prh;\i< '-"1' "'~ 'profusion of such popular songs as "Tit-Willow," "A T,l! ',~ ,'mg Ml~istrel I," :'The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring," and ' f'hree Little' Maids .~. 'J .,school Are We," songs which still have a zest and freshness '" I, {:epetition has not, and seemingly cannot, destroy. Those of you who are not conscientious students of Gilbert and Sullivan might find it interesting to know the reason Ko Ko sings "The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring" while lying on the floor is that on the opening night ,~f this opera, the original Ko Ko stumbled and fell just as he ~ "(I",,, " cue for this number and "saved the show" by singing thl' ,.l!\t> 1(!: ;. "'Iolt position-or at least that is the story that has come through t1 (!ars 'with this opera. By following the words of the songs closely, Gilbert and Sullivan fans might be shocked to discover that some of the words are unfamiliar to them. Antidote for such shock: remember that Gilbert changed the words of "I've Got a Little List" and "A More Humane Mikado" to fit the times. And so have we changed the words in these songs, where ever it was most expedient, to bring them in harmony with our times. Had it not been for the insistence .j,' " . 'van that Gilbert change the kind of librettoes he had been writ ' and subsequent Gilbert and Sullivan operas may never have h" , >1-.' ~ l!n. Heretofore Gilbert had been writing fantasies, fairy tales 'd\"". even when set to Sulli- van's music, were not successes. Sullivan insisted that for once Gilbert write about something which was probable, about something which could actually happen. Thus we have "The Mikado," I'ullivan's superb music combined with Gilbert's conception of something "real", an opera which cannot but continue to bring entertainment and happiness into the lives of endless numbers of people for the years to come. : ... ) ,i' I I I I i - "