! A work of and for a lifetime.
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[Illustration: THINGS ONE WOULD RATHER HAVE LEFT UNSAID.
_Small Stranger_ (_to Master of the house_). "OW MY! THE GENTLEMAN AS
OPENS THE DOOR _WILL_ GIVE IT YER, IF YER RING _THAT_ BELL!"]
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OPERATIC GOSSIP.
During the preparation of Sir ARTHUR SULLIVAN's new Opera, _Ivanhoe_,
a grave objection to the subject occurred to him, which was, that
one of the chief personages in the _dramatis personae_ must be
"Gilbert"--i.e., _Sir Brian de Bois-Guilbert_. True, that _Sir Brian_
is the villain of the piece, but this, to Sir ARTHUR's generous
disposition, only made matters worse. It was evident that he couldn't
change the character's name to _Sir Brian de Bois-Sullivan_, and Mr.
D'OYLEY CARTE refused to allow his name to appear in the bill except
as Lessee. "I can't put him in simply as _Sir Brian_," said the
puzzled Composer, "unless I make him an Irishman, and I don't think my
librettist will consent to take this liberty with SCOTT's novel.
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