Talk:Trial by Jury
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[edit] Jury Trial-Disaggregation or something?
If you search Wikipedia for trial by jury, you do not get here, you get redirected to the jury trial page. Can some Wiki-savvy person fix it so that people looking for Trial by Jury can find this page regardless of capitalization used in the search? --Ssilvers 14:11, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Operetta or Comic Opera
An earlier version of the page said, "Since the work contains no spoken dialogue, some do not consider Trial by Jury to be an operetta but rather a comic opera." These are weasel words — who are the "some" who say that? Gilbert and Sullivan considered all of their joint works to be comic operas. Marc Shepherd 15:57, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Number of Performances
An earlier version of this page put the original run at 300 performances. The correct figure is 131 (see Rollins & Witts, and others). The confusion may arise because Trial was later mounted at other theatres, but if one confines the discussion to the original production at the Royalty, it 131.
It would probably be useful on this and the other G&S pages to set out the history of the original runs and major revivals. Marc Shepherd 16:33, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] George Grossmith "Jr" (1902 Benefit Performance)?
I changed the 1902 Benefit performance link to go to George Grossmith, Jr. instead of his father, George Grossmith. It is more likely that the son would have played the Usher in this benefit performance with C. Hayden Coffin and Barrington, who were appearing with him in West End Shows at the time. Plus, the son was always credited as "Jr." Finally, the elder Grossmith's bio says he retired in 1900 (and hardly performed after 1897). Any references to the contrary? -- Ssilvers 02:02, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
