Date: Thu, 1 Feb 1996 20:41:28 -0500
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To: Thomas_Banchoff@postoffice.brown.edu From: Frances_Yue@Brown.edu (Frances Yue) Subject: 1884 Theater

Professor Banchoff:

I remembered that Gilbert and Sullivan wrote their works at the end of the nineteeth century. Although I was unable to find any periodical articles on them, I got a copy of their complete works and a book about them. Theater in the nineteenth century was a very important form of entertainment. Gilbert and Sullivan's plays were wildly popular, and I am confident that Abbott must have heard about them, even if he didn't see any production himself. Like Abbott, Gilbert was a great satirist. Rather than bring in an article, I thought I could bring in a brief summary of both "H.M.S. Pinafore" and "The Pirates of Penzance" which I am familiar with, in addition to a summary of "Princess Ida," published in 1884, which I am in the middle of reading. I thought I could also include some notes about what each play satirized. For instance, "Pinafore" was a satire of nautical dramas of the time and also made fun of the different classes in Britain at the time.

Off the topic of the assignment, I wanted to tell you that my dorm, Perkins Hall, is the process of being networked. As a result, my computer situation has been a little confusing lately. Right now, only eudora is working on my computer and not Netscape. I did get to the SciLi, and I read the Flatland questions, but I will be at a disadvantage until everything is straightened out.