Dave writes:
Hard to believe that in such an unruly town as Tombstone in the 1880s a travelling troupe from out East staged Gilbert and Sullivan's HMS Pinafore.
Just what the drunken cowboys, prospectors and silver miners made of the many ditties is a wonder.
But entertainment of all sorts was highly popular (Les Dawson would have gone down well) and for a time Tombstone must have been the Leeds City of Varieties Music Hall of its day.
As for Pinafore. I suspect G and S would have been delighted.
Hard to believe that in such an unruly town as Tombstone in the 1880s a travelling troupe from out East staged Gilbert and Sullivan's HMS Pinafore.
Just what the drunken cowboys, prospectors and silver miners made of the many ditties is a wonder.
But entertainment of all sorts was highly popular (Les Dawson would have gone down well) and for a time Tombstone must have been the Leeds City of Varieties Music Hall of its day.
As for Pinafore. I suspect G and S would have been delighted.
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