Waiting For the End Thomas Fleming - SEPTEMBER 01, 1985 PRINT PAGE | SEND TO FRIEND In the Gilbert and Sullivan series running currently on PBS, many American television viewers were treated for the first time to a performance of Patience, a masterful satire on the pretensions of aesthetes-the crowd George I described as "boets and bainters." PLEASE SUBSCRIBE OR LOGIN WITH YOUR SUBSCRIPTION CREDENTIALS TO SEE THE FULL ARTICLE