The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan
14/02/1953
2h

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.
Cast


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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