MIT Gilbert and Sullivan Players Present "The Grand Duke"

Time for another Gilbert and Sullivan production! The MIT G&S players are putting on the comic opera The Grand Duke this spring.

"In The Grand Duke, Gilbert and Sullivan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_and_Sullivan) come full circle, back to the theme of their first collaboration, Thespis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thespis_(opera)): a troupe of actors taking political power. The plot hinges on the mis-interpretation of a 100 year-old law regarding statutory duels (decided by drawing cards). The baffled central character, Ludwig, becomes engaged to four different women before the plot is resolved. The frugality and phoniness of the wealthy classes and the nobility is lampooned — once again, as in Princess Ida (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Ida), The Mikado (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mikado), The Gondoliers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gondoliers), and Utopia, Limited (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia,_Limited), the foreign setting emboldened Gilbert to use some particularly pointed satire (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satire) here." (Wikapedia)

Time: The show starts at 8:00, but since it's general admission please be there by 7:15 so that we can purchase tickets/get in line.

Tickets are $15 ($5 MIT students; $10 for MIT community, other students, seniors and children). They can be purchased at the door, but you can reserve tickets in advance at http://web.mit.edu/gsp/www/reserve.html . Seating is general admission.

Dinner before show: I'll be grabbing a bite to eat at Anna's Taqueria located on the first floor of the MIT student center. Come join me at 6:30 before we head up to the theater.