SULLIVAN: The Pirates of Penzance*

SULLIVAN: The Pirates of Penzance* 30 December. Paignton Text by W. S. Gilbert. Two acts. The production at the Bijou Theatre, Paignton (Devonshire), was a copyright performance ; the next night, 31 December 1879, the work was produced at the New Fifth Avenue Th., New York (as at Paignton with the sub-title, Love and Duty). First given in London, O.C. 3 April 1880 (with the new sub-title, The Slave of Duty; running for 363 nights); Edinburgh 17 January 1881; Cape Town 1881, etc. In English…