The play tells the story of the famous Gilbert and Sullivan partnership: the meeting, the association with Doyly Carte, the mounting success, the divergences of temperament and conflicting ambitions, Gilberts obsession with his ‘lozenge’ story and the trouble it caused, Sullivans lavish social life and its disruptive consequences, his ill health, the famous tragi-comic quarrel over a new carpet for the theatre – these and many other episodes are covered. LIBRETTO only

Published by Samuel French

68 pages

Condition; VERY GOOD – may have some pencil annotations