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Iolanthe
by Gilbert & Sullivan
November 18, 2005 - 7:30 p.m.
November 19, 2005 - 7:30 p.m.
November 20, 2005 - 4:00 p.m.
at
Leawood United Methodist Church
2915 W. 95th St., Leawood, KS 66206
Auditions for Iolanthe were:
Sunday, September 18, 2005: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Second Presbyterian Church
Friday, September 23, 2005: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
UMKC: Grant Hall - Room 122
Iolanthe (or The Peer and the Peri) is a comic Gilbert &
Sullivan operetta in two acts. The music is by Sir Arthur S. Sullivan and the libretto by Sir William S. Gilbert. It was first
produced in London, November 1882.
By the time Iolanthe was produced, there was a popular myth that Gilbert &
Sullivan's success was in part attributable to the titles of their operettas beginning with the letter P, as they had done
with every operetta since their first success, Pinafore. Gilbert did not want Iolanthe's title leaked to the public,
so he came up with the idea of replacing Iolanthe with Perola everywhere in the operetta. This was consistently
done during production and the name Iolanthe was restored only shortly before the operetta's premiere.
Act I
As a result of the pleading of several of the fairies, the Queen of
the Fairies agrees to pardon the fairy Iolanthe for her past sin - the sin of having married a mortal.
Iolanthe rises from the stream which has been her home in exile
and is surrounded by her former friends. She tells them of her son, the half-fairy, half-mortal Strephon. (He is a fairy down
to the waist.) When her friends depart, Iolanthe meets Strephon and hears from him of his love for the Lord Chancellor's current
ward, Phyllis. Strephon is despondent, as the Lord Chancellor has forbidden them to marry - partly because he himself
wishes to marry Phyllis. Iolanthe promises to help her son, in part by arranging for him to become a Member of Parliament.
Phyllis comes by and she and Strephon share a moment of tenderness.
As they leave, a cadre of the peers of the realm arrive. They are
all, it turns out, in love with Phyllis and appeal to the Lord Chancellor to settle the matter. They send for Phyllis, who
declares she won't marry anyone but Strephon. The Peers immediately separate the two lovers. Strephon calls on Iolanthe for
help; she appears and, in her affection for her son, the Peers see an opportunity. They tell Phyllis Strephon is being affectionate
with an (apparently) young woman and scoff at claims Iolanthe is Strephon's mother. Phyllis is convinced and rejects Strephon
for this "infidelity". Strephon calls for help from the fairies and they appear, but are mistaken by the Peers for a girls'
school on an outing. Enraged, the faries pronounce a curse on the peers: Strephon shall not only join their number, but will
be able to get any bill he proposes passed. He is to be the instrument of fairy vengeance, disrupting Parliament and causing
trouble.
Act II
The fairies have come to Westminster, where the Queen is somewhat smitten
with Private Willis of the Guard there. They meet the peers, who are grumbling about the trouble that Strephon is causing
in their ranks. On top of this, Phyllis can't seem to decide which of two peers she'll marry. The Lord Chancellor proposes
to settle the question by marrying Phyllis himself, a plan that evokes horror from both Strephon and Iolanthe. To save Strephon
from losing his love, Iolanthe reveals to the Lord Chancellor that she, his vanished wife, is still alive and Strephon is
his son.
This revelation triggers a flood of changes of heart. The Lord Chancellor
is delighted to find his beloved wife once again. Phyllis finally believes that Iolanthe is Strephon's mother, and
is reunited with him. The rejected Peers are impelled to look elsewhere for brides. The Fairy Queen, on the other hand, is
not happy and appears to punish Iolanthe with death for betraying the condition of her pardon by returning to her husband.
She is somewhat shocked when the rest of the fairies inform her that they've chosen husbands among the peers themselves.
The Lord Chancellor suggests a solution: change the law so that fairies must marry mortals. The Fairy Queen agrees,
proposes to her beloved Private Willis and presumably they all live happily ever after.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iolanthe
Rehearsal Schedule
* for addresses and directions to locations CLICK HERE
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Men's Chorus
Women's Chorus
Celia
Leila
Fleta
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UMKC - Grant Hall
Room 333
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Women's Chorus
Celia
Leila
Fleta
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UMKC - Grant Hall
Room 333
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Men's Chorus
Women's Chorus
Mountararat
Willis
Strephon
Celia
Leila
Fleta
Queen (P)
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UMKC - Grant Hall
Room 333
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Men's Chorus
Women's Chorus
Chancellor
Mountararat
Willis
Strephon
Tolloller
Queens (both)
Celia
Leila
Fleta
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UMKC - Grant Hall
Room 333
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Chancellor
Mountararat
Tolloller
Willis
Strephon
Phyllis
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11 & 7 first,
then 4a, 5, 22
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UMKC - Grant Hall
Room 333
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Women's Chorus
Queens (both)
Iolanthe
Celia
Leila
Fleta
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2 & 13 first,
then run 1, 2, 3, 4, 13
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UMKC - Grant Hall
Room 333
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3:00 - Willis
3:45 - Chancellor
(Release Willis)
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UMKC - Grant Hall
Room 333
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6:30 - Iolanthe
7:00 - add:
Women's Chorus
Chancellor
Tolloller
Queens
Iolanthe
Celia
Leila
Fleta
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23 first,
then 24, 12, 20, 18
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UMKC - Grant Hall
Room 333
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Men's Chorus
Chancellor
Mountararat
Tolloller
Willis
Phyllis
Celia
Leila
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UMKC - Grant Hall
Room 330
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FULL ENSEMBLE:
Orchestra, Principals & Chorus
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UMKC - Grant Hall
Room 122
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FULL ENSEMBLE:
Orchestra, Principals & Chorus
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Leawood United Methodist Church
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FULL ENSEMBLE:
Orchestra, Principals & Chorus
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UMKC - Grant Hall
Room 122
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FULL ENSEMBLE:
Orchestra, Principals & Chorus
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Leawood United Methodist Church
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FULL DRESS -
RUN ENTIRE SHOW
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LEAWOOD UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH
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METHODIST CHURCH
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METHODIST CHURCH
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METHODIST CHURCH
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