The Bartered Bride Bride" is strictly accurate, but the more euphonious "Bartered Bride" has been adopted throughout the English-speaking world. Sabina evidently did not fully appreciate Smetana's intention to write a full-length opera, later commenting: "If I had suspected what Smetana would make of my operetta, I should have taken more pains and written him a better and more solid libretto." The Czech music specialist John Tyrrell has observed that, despite the casual way in which "The Bartered Bride's" libretto was put together, it has an intrinsic "Czechness", being one of the few in the Czech language written in trochees (a stressed syllable
Reluctant Bride Reluctant Bride Reluctant Bride (released in the U.S. as Two Grooms for a Bride) is a 1955 British comedy film. Jeff Longstreet and Laura Weeks are paired together to take care of a group of wild children whose parents are lost on an African safari. The children make attempts to press Jeff and Laura into a romantic relationship while breaking them away from their fiancees. The "Radio Times" called it a "Far-fetched comedy" and rated it two out of five stars; while "Sky Cinema" wrote "Hollywood stars Virginia Bruce and John Carroll help to give a top coating of sophistication