Which Gilbert & Sullivan operetta is subtitled The Merryman and his Maid?
The Gilbert and Sullivan Light Opera Company of Long Island a desire to try new projects and convinced that it had been depending too much upon “the Big Three,” the Company undertook a complete cycle of the works of Gilbert & Sullivan, beginning with Princess Ida in 1992 and concluding in 2004 with The Mikado. The Project, which has been an overwhelming success, has featured the Long Island premieres of four operas—Princess Ida, The Yeomen of the Guard, Utopia, Limited and The Grand Duke, as well as of the Sullivan/Stephenson operetta The Zoo. In 1995 the Company presented the world premiere of Gayden Wren’s A Gilbert & Sullivan Christmas Carol.
Cultural influence of Gilbert and Sullivan Tread" ("Pirates"), "The Soldiers of Our Queen" ("Patience"), and "There Lived a King" ("The Gondoliers"). In "The Girl Said No" (1937), which uses songs from the operas, a dance hall girl is forced to join a Gilbert and Sullivan troupe. In "The Naughty Victorians", an X-rated film subtitled "A Man with a Maid", the entire score is G&S music, and many musical puns are made, with the G&S music underlining the dialogue appropriately for those familiar with G&S. In "The White Countess" (2005), the overture to "H.M.S. Pinafore" is used in the soundtrack. In other films, characters sing songs from