Alphabet associations - I

[Nick Armstrong]

Them's the three

In fact there was an easier link to Versailles - all three were at various times the holders of senior music posts at Versailles.

Want to waft us to pastures new?

[Resurrection Man]

I'd be delighted to.

A W to link Kismet, a Grecian story and a river.

[Resurrection Man]

An English river.

[mercia]

Wensum

[Resurrection Man]

Sorry no. It's in the South East. (Mind you the Wensum might be, for all I know ! )

[Resurrection Man]

The Greek tale is probably one of the best known.

[Nick Armstrong]

Sorry no. It's in the South East. (Mind you the Wensum might be, for all I know ! )

The Wey is the one I've kept thinking about but several go's have failed to find a link with Kismet...

But maybe the river doesn't start with a W...

[mercia]

The Greek tale is probably one of the best known.

woedipus ?

[Resurrection Man]

You are right. The river begins with a T. No-one is on a roll at the moment

[mercia]

Thames, Teise, Tillingbourne, Tillingham - never been sure what constitutes "sout-east"

so is this the 1953 musical called Kismet, the village in Kansas, or something else ?

[mercia]

is W a person ?
is W a composer ?

[Resurrection Man]

Thames, Teise, Tillingbourne, Tillingham - never been sure what constitutes "sout-east"

so is this the 1953 musical called Kismet, the village in Kansas, or something else ?

Good sleuthing...you are right...it is indeed Kismet the musical......and you're well on your way, I'd say, to solving it.

It is the Thames

[Nick Armstrong]

it is indeed Kismet the musical......and you're well on your way, I'd say, to solving it.

It is the Thames

I started with delighted surprise to find the following "Borodin bought Park Place, Britain's most expensive house, near Henley-on-Thames"...

Wrong Borodin...

However, are we concerned with the right Borodin, whose tunes were appropriated for Kismet the musical ?

[Resurrection Man]

I started with delighted surprise to find the following "Borodin bought Park Place, Britain's most expensive house, near Henley-on-Thames"...

Wrong Borodin...

However, are we concerned with the right Borodin, whose tunes were appropriated for Kismet the musical ?

No I am afraid that we are not ....if it helps the Greek link refers to a wooden opera.

[mercia]

is W a person ?
is W a composer ?

is a wooden opera one that uses puppets ?