After All!

After All!

" from May to June 1897. It was also performed on tour on numerous occasions through at least 1909.

The piece contains only 4 songs, all of which were separately published (by Metzler) and are in the British Library.

The fashion in the late Victorian era was to present long evenings in the theatre, and so producer Richard D'Oyly Carte preceded the savoy operas with curtain raisers. [Lee Bernard. [http://www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk/classical/Swashbuckling-Savoy-curtainraiser-.4348391.jp "Swash-buckling Savoy curtain-raiser",] "Sheffield Telegraph", 1 August 2008]

ynopsis

Selworthy returns from many years in the Americas to seek his youthful sweetheart Perdita, and calls upon his old pal Pennyfather only to discover that Perdita is now Mrs. Pennyfather. He is heartbroken, but on learning from his friend what a henpecking, overbearing and overweight woman his sweetheart has now become, realises that he has had a lucky escape and that he really can forgive Pennyfather "After All!"

ong list

*No. 1. True, True Love!
*No. 2. The Solicitor's Song — Up A Little Early
*No. 3. It's Missus
*No. 4. Strictly Proper

Original cast

The offstage voice was originally played by Jennie Sullivan (under the name J. Hervey), who was the composer's cousin. The role is not mentioned after the first few weeks or months of the run. Jessie Bond in her autobiography mentions her spoonerism "The missus is having such a cow with the rabman", which comes from this piece.

After Bond left for America in 1879, Julia Gwynne took over the role of Maria. [ [http://math.boisestate.edu/gas/whowaswho/G/GwynneJulia.htm Gwynne at the Whowaswho website] ] C. H. Workman played Pennyfeather in the 1895-97 revivals. Emmie Owen played Maria in the 1895-96 revivals.

Notes

References

* [http://math.boisestate.edu/gas/companions/after_all/index.html "After All!" at the Gilbert and Sullivan Archive]
* [http://math.boisestate.edu/gas/companions/index.html List of Savoy opera curtain raisers]

External links

* [http://math.boisestate.edu/gas/companions/gas2.html Article on Savoy curtain raisers]


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