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.
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 |