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UNINA9910163281203321 |
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Gilbert W.S |
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Utopia Limited : or The Flowers of Progress |
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London : , : Copyright Group, , 2016 |
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©2016 |
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1 online resource (88 pages) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Operas--Librettos |
Librettos |
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Monografia |
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The partnership between William Schwenck Gilbert and Arthur Seymour Sullivan and their canon of Savoy Operas is rightly lauded by all lovers of comic opera the world over. Gilbert's sharp, funny words and Sullivan's deliciously lively and hummable tunes create a world that is distinctly British in view but has the world as its audience. Both men were exceptionally talented and gifted in their own right and wrote much, often with other partners, that still stands the test of time. However, together as a team they created Light or Comic Operas of a standard that have had no rivals equal to their standard, before or since. That's quite an achievement. To be recognised by the critics is one thing but their commercial success was incredible. The profits were astronomical, allowing for the building of their own purpose built theatre - The Savoy Theatre. Beginning with the first of their fourteen collaborations, Thespis in 1871 and travelling through many classics including The Sorcerer (1877), H.M.S. Pinafore (1878), The Pirates of Penzance (1879), The Mikado (1885), The Gondoliers (1889) to their finale in 1896 with The Grand Duke, Gilbert & Sullivan created a legacy that is constantly revived and admired in theatres and other media to this very day. |
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UNINA9910786834903321 |
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Stewart Roderick |
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Bethune in Spain / / Roderick Stewart and Jesús Majada |
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Montréal [Québec] ; ; Ithaca [New York] : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , [2014] |
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Beaconsfield, Quebec : , : Canadian Electronic Library, , 2014 |
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1 online resource (180 p.) |
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Physicians - Canada |
Philanthropists - Canada |
Communists - Canada |
General Surgery - Canada |
Spain History Civil War, 1936-1939 Participation, Canadian |
Spain History Civil War, 1936-1939 Medical care |
Spain Description and travel |
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Includes newspaper articles, printed interviews, personal letters, and reports. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-160), filmography and index. |
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Preface -- The Roots -- Spain -- The Canadian Service -- The Voice of Protest -- The Servicio Canadiense Expands -- The Ma'laga-Almeri'a Road -- New Projects -- Unravelling -- The Return -- Other Horizons -- Appendix A: Bethune and Dura'n i Jordà -- Appendix B: Foreign Members of the Instituto -- Bibliography -- Filmography -- Index. |
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Norman Bethune (1890-1939) was a man who had everything, and yet had nothing. Although he had achieved international prominence as a surgeon, he was unhappy in his personal life and deeply frustrated by a failed attempt to introduce medicare to Canada. An uncompromising humanitarian in search of a cause, Bethune became immersed in the Spanish Civil War. In Bethune in Spain, Roderick Stewart and Jesús Majada recount Bethune's achievements in Spain and the events that led to his decision to assist the Loyalist forces. The narrative contains Bethune's letters and reports, some of them reproduced here for the |
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first time, as well as newspaper articles, and interviews with him. It covers his creation and operation of a mobile blood transfusion unit, his rescue of fleeing Loyalist civilians during the Malaga-Almeria road tragedy, and his efforts to aid children orphaned by the War. It also deals with the gruelling public-speaking tour Bethune undertook on his return to Canada in 1937 to plead for intervention in support of democracy in Spain and to raise awareness of atrocities committed against civilians by the fascist-backed Spanish Nationalists. Illustrated with photographs from Bethune's seven months in Spain, Bethune in Spain is a poignant portrait of an early advocate for universal health care, an unwavering communist, and a crusader for the Spanish Republican cause. |
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