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“…not yours!”

Sir Arthur Sullivan (“Punch”, 1880)

  One night when a new actress was to take the leading part in one of Sir Arthur Sullivan's comic operas, the composer strolled into the back of the dress circle at about the time of her first entrance, and, as he was anxiously watching her, unconsciously hummed her part aloud. One or two indignant glances were cast around, without, however, having any effect on the absent-minded composer. At last a gentleman sitting near, angrily cried, “I have paid my money, sir, to hear Sir Arthur Sullivan's music, not yours!”

From “Stage-iana”, by William Sapte; 1892.

  «Сэр, я платил деньги свои, чтобы слушать здесь сэра Артура Салливана, сэр, — а не вас, сэр!» — прошипел некий джентльмен, обернувшись и бросив негодующий взгляд на сидящего сзади сэра Артура Салливана, который, забывшись, принялся напевать себе под нос партию примадонны из представляемой на сцене его комической оперы.

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“I'm Called Little Buttercup” — From Sir Arthur Sullivan's comic opera “H.M.S. Pinafore”.