Cups and Saucers is a one-act "satirical musical sketch" written and composed by George Grossmith. It was first produced in 1876 on tour as a vehicle for Grossmith and Florence Marryat, as part of Entre Nous, their series of piano sketches. The piece pokes fun at the china collecting craze of the later Victorian era, which was part of the Aesthetic movement later satirised in Patience and The Colonel.
Cups and Saucers was performed by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company from August 1878 to February 1880 at the Opera Comique as a curtain raiser to H.M.S. Pinafore. It was also toured in 1883 (with Iolanthe) and in 1884 and was revived in 1890 at the Globe Theatre (from 6 to 12 December for 6 performances, as the curtain raiser to Temple's production of Gounod's The Mock Doctor). The piece runs about 25 minutes. The fashion in the late Victorian era was to present long evenings in the theatre, and so producer Richard D'Oyly Carte preceded his Savoy operas with curtain raisers such as Cups and Saucers.W. J. MacQueen-Pope commented, concerning such curtain raisers:
'...nine, ten, eleven, twelve...'. Daniel said ... 'I am sorry to have to tell you...' ... After everyone had resolved the peculiarly English challenge of managing side plates, cake forks, cups and saucers and teaspoons while sitting on a sofa, Neil began ... .
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“She carried the cup and saucer to the kitchen, left them in the sink and went to the hall.” Yet the unrelenting realism of these sentences builds up gradually, layer by layer, to produce an astonishing depth and tenderness.
... dessert cups and small bite desserts,” said Barry ... Additional selections include pie-making tools, stainless steel food mills and olive oil cans, tea towels, china teapots and cup/saucer sets.
Kaja Veilleux has hunted New England attic treasures for more than 50 years ...Robert F. Bukaty, Associated Press ... The ornately detailed collection includes a serving tray, three pots, a sugar bowl, a cream jug, a cup and saucer, a candlestick, and more ... .
Clear away the wine glasses and cups and saucers and use that coffee table for gorgeous gift books. This year’s New Orleans offerings include some real treasures — and some heavyweights! ... .
Traditionally, Italian espresso is served in a thick ceramic vessel atop a saucer, but the best espresso cups also come in unbreakable stainless steel, bone china, vacuum-insulated glass, and more.
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Photo-illustrations by Sarah Palmer...Suddenly, Ellen slammed through the kitchen door and pounded upstairs to our father’s study ... The first lesson was the next day, and I began my session with tea in a cup and saucer—very civilized—and biscuits ... Source.
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“All I can make is cold cereal and maybe toast," Charlie Brown laments ... Funny thing ... He could have, though ... And like fighter planes on a carrier deck, matching plates, silverware, napkins, glasses, coffee cups and saucers covered the table top.
This story was originally published in November 2022 ... “There’s a real span,” Navicky said ... Eva A ... In a humorous stroke, she also noted right alongside the menu that one apparently clumsy or boisterous eater named Charles broke his plate, cup and saucer.
“Each mushroom was a button, each a flowering, some glow in the dark The dead man has seen them take the shapes of cups and saucers, of sponges, logs and bird nests.”.
“Each mushroom was a button, each a flowering, some glow in the dark … The dead man has seen them take the shapes of cups and saucers, of sponges, logs and bird nests.”.
The Advocate
12 Dec 2024
The Advocate
12 Dec 2024