The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan (1953)

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The career of W. S. Gilbert, a barrister turned comic librettist, and Arthur Sullivan, a composer turned against his will to light music, who together wrote fifteen comic operas between 1871 and 1896, to great public acclaim.

GENRES:  Drama
DIRECTION:  Sidney Gilliat
CAST:  Robert Morley  •  Maurice Evans  •  Eileen Herlie  •  Peter Finch

Cast & Characters

Robert Morley William S. Gilbert
Maurice Evans Arthur Sullivan
Eileen Herlie Helen D'Oyly Carte
Peter Finch Richard D'Oyly Carte
Martyn Green George Grossmith
Dinah Sheridan Grace Marston
Isabel Dean Mrs. Gilbert
Wilfrid Hyde-White Mr. Marston
Muriel Aked Queen Victoria
Michael Ripper Louis
Bernadette O'Farrell Jessie Bond
Frank Williams Singer Rehearsing

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