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This Spring, the Stanford Savoyards present
Gilbert and Sullivan's
The Yeomen of the Guard
or
The Merryman and His Maid
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Are you in the cast? Would you like
to be?
Rehearsal Information
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April 18, 19, 26, and 27
All performances will be held in Dinkelspiel
Auditorium on the Stanford Campus.
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The Stanford Savoyards Present:Our 35th Anniversary Gala!
Please join the Stanford Savoyards as we celebrate our 35th year of bringing you
unique productions of Gilbert and Sullivan's canon of works. Over the past 35
years we have produced over 70 original productions that have been praised for
their creativity and innovation, and it is time to raise a glass in celebration
and to dedicate ourselves to another 35 years of success. Tickets to the gala
will include an array of hors d'oeuvres, beverages, and a ticket to the opening
night of this spring's production of The Yeomen of the Guard directed by
David Euresti and Kenzi Shelby. To reserve your gala ticket, please contact
Keith Smith at ksmith@stanford.edu.
Where?: Campbell Courtyard in Braun Music Center, Stanford University
When?: Fri. April 18, 2008; 5:30 pm
Tickets: $30/$15
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Show Tickets will be available:
- Online
- By phone at the Stanford Ticket Office, 650-725-2787
- In person inside Tresidder Memorial Union on campus.
- In White Plaza from 12:00pm to 1:00pm until April 25
- At the door the night of every performance.
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Directed by David Euresti and Kenzi Shelby ('10), and
featuring the illustrious Greg Anderson as conductor, the
Savoyards' production of The Yeomen of the Guard takes place
in the Tower of London during the reign of King Henry
VIII. At the start, the gentleman Colonel Fairfax is falsely
accused of sorcery and sentenced to death within the
hour. Fairfax hatches a plan to avoid letting his estate
fall into the hands of his scheming cousin (incidentally,
his accuser) by secretly marrying Elsie Maynard, a strolling
singer. She agrees to be blindfolded during the ceremony and
expects to be a wealthy widow upon Fairfax's imminent
demise, leaving her free to marry her lover, the jester Jack
Point. However, Fairfax miraculously escapes his fate and
throws the Tower -- and his bride -- into confusion. True
love, courtship lessons, mistaken identities, and lots of
singing and dancing (lest you think this was Shakespeare...)
Yeomen is widely recognized as the darkest of Gilbert &
Sullivan's operettas, and many consider the score to be
Sullivan's finest.
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Join us in Fall 2008
for the Stanford Savoyards'
TBA
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Want to help with the next show? Email
this application to
the Savoyards
Board if you want to be on the Production
Staff for Yeoman!
Applications will be accepted
until November 27th, 2007 at noon.
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