but I can say the first version of The Mikado I ever saw was the taped production from 1982, Richard McMillan as Pooh-Bah.
That was my very first formal exposure to G&S! I saw it on television with my parents when I was seven. Probably CBC or TV Ontario.
I went to Stratford to see Romeo and Juliette when I was nine or so, with my mother, and back again to see A Midsummer Night's Dream when I was twelve, which left me more theaterstruck and spellbound than I already was (which was some feat, given that I had grown up reading and rereading Ballet Shoes and wanting to be Pauline. I thus adore Slings and Arrows and have been showing it to various people over time.
I love the Macdonald Hall books, particularly Go Jump In the Pool and The War With Mr. Wizzle. I also imprinted heavily on Our Man Westing, No Coins Please, Don't Care High, Son of Interflux and A Semester in the Life of a Garbage Bag, to say nothing of the Bugs Potter duology. :)
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That was my very first formal exposure to G&S! I saw it on television with my parents when I was seven. Probably CBC or TV Ontario.
I went to Stratford to see Romeo and Juliette when I was nine or so, with my mother, and back again to see A Midsummer Night's Dream when I was twelve, which left me more theaterstruck and spellbound than I already was (which was some feat, given that I had grown up reading and rereading Ballet Shoes and wanting to be Pauline. I thus adore Slings and Arrows and have been showing it to various people over time.
I love the Macdonald Hall books, particularly Go Jump In the Pool and The War With Mr. Wizzle. I also imprinted heavily on Our Man Westing, No Coins Please, Don't Care High, Son of Interflux and A Semester in the Life of a Garbage Bag, to say nothing of the Bugs Potter duology. :)