HUMOUR AND MORALE
In response to the ovation given the new Gilbert and Sullivan Company after the performance of "The ‘Gondoliers” at the Grand Opera House. Wellington, last evening, Mr. Ivan Menzies thanked the audience for its warm welcome.
Speaking of the responsiveness of the audience to the humour of Gilbert. Mr. Menzies said the English sense of humour was the buttress of their morale during the present war. People who loved rhe type of humour that made play with their own little faults and fancies could not be kept down. Great was the success of the song. ‘‘There'll Always Be An England,” ami. as long as there's an England, there would be Gilbert and Sullivan operas and audiences to laugh and enjoy them.
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Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 119, 13 February 1941, Page 10
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124HUMOUR AND MORALE Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 119, 13 February 1941, Page 10
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