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  • I've seen The Mikado performed by the D'Oyly Carte Company and enjoyed Jonathan Miller's interpretation created for the English National Opera which placed the action in a British seaside resort.

    George Heymont: The Mikado Project (Trouble In Titipu) George Heymont 2011

  • I've seen The Mikado performed by the D'Oyly Carte Company and enjoyed Jonathan Miller's interpretation created for the English National Opera which placed the action in a British seaside resort.

    George Heymont: The Mikado Project (Trouble In Titipu) George Heymont 2011

  • The Criterion Collection has just released meticulously remastered versions of "Topsy-Turvy," Mike Leigh's universally admired 1999 movie about the creation of "The Mikado," and the studio film of "The Mikado" made in 1939 by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, the legendary London ensemble for which the work was originally written.

    They Are the Very Model of Major Gilbert & Sullivan DVDs Terry Teachout 2011

  • The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, which closed its doors in 1982 after a century of continuous activity, prided itself on performing the operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan in a manner consistent with the intentions of Gilbert himself, who staged all of their premieres.

    They Are the Very Model of Major Gilbert & Sullivan DVDs Terry Teachout 2011

  • Then you can turn to the 1939 movie The Mikado which features members of D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, the troupe G&S founded to showcase their work.

    Michael Giltz: DVDs: Treme Frustrating, Fun; Tangled; the Real Arthur and More! Michael Giltz 2011

  • We visit the office of Richard D'Oyly Carte and notice with surprise that he has a phone on his desk; we dine in Victorian restaurants, sit in Victorian parlors, go backstage at the Savoy Theatre and watch a prop man shake a piece of sheet metal to simulate the sound of thunder.

    They Are the Very Model of Major Gilbert & Sullivan DVDs Terry Teachout 2011

  • Kenny Baker sang Nanki - Poo in a movie version of The Mikado and was cut to ribbons by all the D'Oyly Carte types that supported him.

    Banquets of the Black Widowers Asimov, Isaac, 1920-1992- 1984

  • It looked exactly as though the D'Oyly Carte chorus had got itself mixed up with the cast of Hair.

    Nixon—Humphrey—Wallace! How One Was Chosen 1968

  • Mr. Green injected a note of humour by telling a couple of good stories and closed by thanking Toronto for the wonderful reception always given the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company.

    Men—Materials—Money for Canada's Defence 1951

  • We have as a special guest this afternoon Mr. Martyn Green, of the D'Oyly Carte Company, and with the Hon.

    Men—Materials—Money for Canada's Defence 1951

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