The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan

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.

• Sidney GilliatDirector
• Leslie BaileyWriter
• Sidney GilliatWriter

• Robert MorleyWilliam S. Gilbert
• Maurice EvansArthur Sullivan
• Eileen HerlieHelen D'Oyly Carte
• Peter FinchRichard D'Oyly Carte
• Martyn GreenGeorge Grossmith
• Dinah SheridanGrace Marston
• Isabel DeanMrs. Gilbert
• Wilfrid Hyde-WhiteMr. Marston
• Muriel AkedQueen Victoria
• Michael RipperLouis
• Bernadette O'FarrellJessie Bond
• Frank WilliamsSinger Rehearsing