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The Mikado or The Town of Titipu

W.S. Gilbert

The partnership between William Schwenck Gilbert and Arthur Seymour Sullivan and their canon of Savoy Operas is rightly lauded by all lovers of comic opera the world over. Gilbert’s sharp, funny words and Sullivan’s deliciously lively and hummable tunes create a world that is distinctly British in v...

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My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark

It was mentioned that the Zodiac killer referenced and quoted the Mikado, a comic opera that deals with themes of death and cruelty, in several of his letters to newspapers.

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And he keeps screaming, I'm the Zodiac. Which wastes so much time when you're trying to make a newspaper about violence.

— Episode: 223 - Live at the Paramount Theatre in O...

Episode: 223 - Live at the Paramount Theatre in Oakland (20...

It was mentioned that the Zodiac killer referenced and quoted the Mikado, a comic opera that deals with themes of death and cruelty, in several of his letters to newspapers.

"

And he keeps screaming, I'm the Zodiac. Which wastes so much time when you're trying to make a newspaper about violence.

Also, so here's some things that tie him to the case. So Wednesdays was production day for Good Times, which is a weekly newspaper. I'm sorry, but now that it's sitting with me, I kind of love the title, Good Times.

And there's in a lot of the Zodiac letters, they reference and quote that same play.

I believe it might be Gilbert and Sullivan, the Mikado.

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