Gilbert and Sullivan Archive

GRAND DUKE DISCUSSION


ALSO OCCURRED IN 1896

DAVID DUFFEY: Other things were occurring in 1896:

ROBERT JONES: Rontgen discovers X-rays

ANDREW CROWTHER: The premiere of Jarry's Ubu Roi, the first real Absurdist drama. Strange to think that in the same year as The Grand Duke the French were rioting over the shocking first word of Ubu ("Merdre!")



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