0437: WS Gilbert – The Daddy of Directors (Part One) - a podcast by MusicalTalk

from 2015-05-12T17:49:45

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With acclaimed director Mike Leigh’s much anticipated version of the Pirates of Penzance about to open at the ENO, MusicalTalk explores the seminal role played by WS Gilbert in pioneering the role of director on stage in the first place. Think Gilbert was just the wordsmith to Sullivan’s music? Then think again as this rarely told story unfolds over the next two episodes!