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The Mikado was adapted as a children's book by W. S. Gilbert titled The Story of The Mikado, which was Gilbert's last literary work. [134] It is a retelling of The Mikado with various changes to simplify language or make it more suitable for children. For example, in the "little list" song, the phrase "society offenders" is changed to ...
The Hot Mikado was a musical theatre adaptation of Gilbert and Sullivan's 1885 comic opera The Mikado with an African-American cast. It was first produced by Mike Todd on Broadway in 1939. It starred Bill "Bojangles" Robinson in the title role, with musical arrangements by Charles L. Cooke and direction by Hassard Short .
Mikado biscuits, a European marketing name for Pocky; Jacob's Mikado biscuits, jam and mallow-topped, and sold in Ireland; Mikado (locomotive), any steam locomotive using the 2-8-2 wheel arrangement. Mikado yellow, a color; Operation Mikado, a military plan by the United Kingdom in the Falklands War; Michel Warschawski or Mikado (born 1949 ...
The Mikado is a 1939 British musical comedy film based on Gilbert and Sullivan's 1885 comic opera The Mikado. Shot in Technicolor , the film stars Martyn Green as Ko-Ko, Sydney Granville as Pooh-Bah, the American singer Kenny Baker as Nanki-Poo and Jean Colin as Yum-Yum.
1901 - Publishes In the Mikado's Service: A Story of Two Battle Summers in China. 1902 - Publishes A Maker of the New Orient: Samuel Robbins Brown, Pioneer Educator in China, America, and Japan, the Story of his Life and Work, and Mighty England - Our Old Home. 1903 - Resigns pastorate to write and lecture full-time.
My Object All Sublime is a science fiction short story written by Robert A. Heinlein, originally printed under the pen name Lyle Monroe, in the February 1942 issue of Future magazine. [1] Its plot follows an invisible man through his adventures. The title is taken from Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado: "My object all sublime I shall achieve in ...
Alice B. Woodward is a major children's artist, The Story of the Mikado is W. S. Gilbert's last literary work, and it's based on Gilbert and Sullivan's most successful opera, The Mikado. Combined, this makes for a lot of encyclopedic value. This image is taken from a scan of the first edition, and, yes, there is half-toning.
Illustration of Thespis by D. H. Friston from The Illustrated London News, 1872, shows Apollo, Mars, Jupiter, Thespis and Mercury (right). Thespis, or The Gods Grown Old, is an operatic extravaganza that was the first collaboration between dramatist W. S. Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan.