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The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan (1953)

4 | Feb 14, 1953 (GB) | Drama, Music | 01:49

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.

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Robert Morley
William S. Gilbert
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Maurice Evans
Arthur Sullivan
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Eileen Herlie
Helen D'Oyly Carte
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Peter Finch
Richard D'Oyly Carte
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Martyn Green
George Grossmith
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Dinah Sheridan
Grace Marston
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Isabel Dean
Mrs. Gilbert
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Wilfrid Hyde-White
Mr. Marston
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Muriel Aked
Queen Victoria