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New ‘Epilogue’ Recalls Comic Opera Performances That Swept Rockbridge

New ‘Epilogue’ Recalls Comic Opera Performances That Swept Rockbridge
GILBERT and SULLIVAN’s “Trial By Jury” was presented in Lexington twice in the 1940s, both times in the Rockbridge County Courthouse and directed by Mary Monroe Penick, the well-remembered musical doyenne of the Lexington Presbyterian Church and the town schools. This photo, from the 1947 production, shows the entire cast. Courtesy of Gillie Campbell.

The 19th-century British musical team of William S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan collaborated on perhaps the most popular comic operas in the world, and in the 20th century, Rockbridge County was no exception.

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