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Gilbert and Sullivan Society · Exeter · Devon

Written by Basil Hood

Composed by Edward German

A Comic Opera in Two Acts

First produced at the Savoy Theatre, London on 2nd April 1902

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    1905  —  Bristol Amateur Operatic Society

    1905  —  Leicester Amateur Operatic Society

    1905  —  Peterborough Operatic and Dramatic Society

    1906  —  Rochdale Amateur Operatic Society

    1906  —  Southern Light Opera Company

    1907  —  Brighton and Hove Operatic Society

    1907  —  Lancaster Amateur Dramatic and Operatic Society

    1907  —  Orpheus Club, Glasgow

    1907  —  St Annes Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society

    1908  —  Brighton and Hove Operatic Society

    1910  —  Ashton-under-Lyne Operatic Society

    1910  —  Eastbourne Operatic and Dramatic Society

    1910  —  Nottingham Operatic Society

    1910  —  St Annes Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society

    1910  —  Southern Light Opera Company

    1911  —  Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society

    1911  —  Canterbury Operatic Society

    1911  —  East Surrey Operatic Society

    1911  —  Exeter Amateur Operatic Society

    1911  —  Hamilton Operatic and Dramatic Club

    1911  —  Torquay Operatic Society  —  Photographs

    1911  —  Weston-super-Mare Operatic Society

    1911  —  Worcester Operatic & Dramatic Society

    1913  —  Doncaster Amateur Operatic Society

    1913  —  Grimsby and Cleethorpes Amateur Operatic Society

    1914  —  Frome Amateur Operatic Society

    1914  —  Hanwell Dramatic, Musical and Literary Society

    1914  —  Llangollen & District Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society

    1914  —  Ringwood Musical & Dramatic Society

    1919  —  Bury St Edmunds Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society

    1919  —  Chesterfield Operatic Society

    1919  —  Rathmines and Rathgar Musical Society

    1920  —  Brighton and Hove Operatic Society

    1920  —  Croft House Theatre Company

    1920  —  Gainsborough Amateur Operatic Society

    1920  —  Hanwell and Ealing Operatic Society

    1920  —  Ilford Operatic and Dramatic Society

    1920  —  Kidderminster Operatic and Dramatic Society

    1920  —  Loughborough Amateur Operatic Society

    1920  —  Orpheus Amateur Operatic Society, Ottawa (Canada)

    1920  —  South Shields Amateur Operatic Society

    1921  —  Bath Operatic and Dramatic Society

    1921  —  Bristol Amateur Operatic Society

    1921  —  Coventry Musical Theatre Society

    1921  —  Exmouth Amateur Operatic Society

    1922  —  Maidenhead Operatic and Dramatic Society

    1923  —  Brixham Operatic and Dramatic Society

    1923  —  Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society

    1923  —  Coalville Amateur Operatic Society

    1923  —  Glasgow Light Opera Club

    1923  —  Lytham Amateur Operatic Society

    1923  —  North End Choral Society, Portsmouth

    1923  —  Peterborough Operatic and Dramatic Society

    1923  —  Stock Exchange Dramatic and Operatic Society

    1923  —  Stourbridge Amateur Operatic Society

    1924  —  Bishop Auckland Amateur Operatic Society

    1924  —  Dinnington Operatic Society

    1924  —  Rochdale Amateur Operatic Society

    1925  —  Aberystwyth Operatic Society

    1925  —  Brighouse Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society

    1925  —  Carlton Operatic Society

    1925  —  Chester Operatic Society

    1925  —  Cradley Heath Amateur Operatic Society

    1925  —  Dumfries Musical Theatre Company

    1925  —  Felling Stage Society

    1925  —  Innerleithen and District Amateur Operatic Society

    1925  —  Leicester Amateur Operatic Society

    1925  —  Rathmines and Rathgar Musical Society

    1925  —  Ruislip Operatic Society

    1926  —  Chapletown Amateur Operatic Society

    1926  —  Ilford Operatic and Dramatic Society

    1926  —  Kingsbridge Amateur Operatic Society

    1926  —  Orpheus Amateur Operatic Society, Ottawa (Canada)

    1926  —  Retford Operatic Society

    1926  —  Watford Operatic Society

    1927  —  Bath Operatic and Dramatic Society

    1927  —  Exeter Amateur Operatic Society

    1927  —  Salisbury Amateur Operatic Society

    1928  —  Carlisle Musical Society

    1928  —  Coventry Musical Theatre Society

    1928  —  East Surrey Operatic Society

    1928  —  Paisley Musical and Operatic Society

    1928  —  St Annes Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society

    1928  —  Torquay Operatic Society  —  Photographs

    1928  —  Shrewsbury Amateur Operatic Society

    1929  —  Bristol Amateur Operatic Society

    1929  —  Dundee Operatic Society

    1929  —  Erith Operatic Society

    1929  —  Grimsby and Cleethorpes Amateur Operatic Society

    1929  —  Hanwell and Ealing Operatic Society

    1929  —  Morley Amateur Operatic Society

    1929  —  Redruth Amateur Operatic Society

    1929  —  St Albans Operatic

    1929  —  Winchester Amateur Operatic Society

    1929  —  Yeovil Amateur Operatic Society

    1930  —  Frome Amateur Operatic Society

    1930  —  Gurnsey Amateur Dramatic and Operatic Club

    1930  —  Penarth Operatic & Dramatic Society

    1931  —  Chichester Amateur Operatic Society

    1931  —  Clitheroe Parish Church Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society

    1931  —  St Helens Gilbert and Sullivan Society

    1931  —  Weston-super-Mare Operatic Society

    1932  —  Bangor Operatic Society

    1932  —  Clacton Amateur Operatic Society

    1932  —  Coalville Amateur Operatic Society

    1932  —  Eastbourne Operatic and Dramatic Society

    1932  —  Finchely and Friern Barnet Operatic Society

    1932  —  Marton Operatic Society

    1933  —  Brighton and Hove Operatic Society

    1933  —  Peterborough Operatic and Dramatic Society

    1933  —  Witham Amateur Operatic Society

    1934  —  Ruislip Operatic Society

    1934  —  Watford Operatic Society

    1935  —  Axminster Operatic Society

    1935  —  Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society

    1935  —  Hamilton Operatic and Dramatic Club

    1935  —  Newbury Operatic Society

    1935  —  Paisley Musical and Operatic Society

    1935  —  Selkirk Amateur Operatic Society

    1935  —  Warrington Musical Society  —  Concert Production

    1936  —  Alton Amateur Operatic Society

    1936  —  Crewe Amateur Operatic Society

    1936  —  Exeter Amateur Operatic Society

    1936  —  Hanwell and Ealing Operatic Society

    1936  —  Wimbledon Light Opera Society

    1937  —  Berkhamsted Theatre Company

    1937  —  Finchely and Friern Barnet Operatic Society

    1937  —  Geoids Amateur Operatic Society

    1937  —  St Ives Music and Drama Society  —  Concert Production

    1937  —  Sevenoaks Players

    1937  —  Stourbridge Amateur Operatic Society

    1937  —  Stratford Operatic Society

    1937  —  Torquay Operatic Society  —  Photographs

    1937  —  Sutton Coldfield Musical Theatre Company

    1937  —  Whitehaven Amateur Operatic Society

    1938  —  Banstead and Nork Amateur Operatic Society

    1939  —  Gainsborough Amateur Operatic Society

    1939  —  Norfolk & Norwich Operatic Society

    1939  —  Ripley & Alfreton Musical Theatre Company

    1939  —  St Annes Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society

    1940  —  Dundee Operatic Society  —  Concert Production

    1941  —  Orpheus Amateur Operatic Society, Ottawa (Canada)

    1943  —  Croydon Operatic and Dramatic Association

    1943  —  Ferryhill Amateur Operatic Society

    1945  —  Darlington Operatic Society

    1945  —  Risley Musical Theatre Company

    1946  —  Bury St Edmunds Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society

    1946  —  Crewe Amateur Operatic Society

    1946  —  Exeter Amateur Operatic Society

    1946  —  Ilford Operatic and Dramatic Society

    1946  —  Southern Light Opera Company

    1946  —  Oxford Operatic Society

    1947  —  Chichester Amateur Operatic Society

    1947  —  Hatton Operatic Society

    1947  —  Heaton Church Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society

    1947  —  Sainsbury Singers

    1947  —  St Ives Music and Drama Society

    1947  —  Shrewsbury Amateur Operatic Society

    1947  —  Sydney Gilbert and Sullivan Society

    1947  —  Wimbledon Light Opera Society

    1947  —  Winchester Amateur Operatic Society

    1947  —  Yeovil Amateur Operatic Society

    1948  —  Croydon Operatic and Dramatic Association

    1948  —  Dumfries Musical Theatre Company

    1948  —  Llangollen & District Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society

    1948  —  Newbury Operatic Society

    1948  —  Penzance Amateur Operatic Society

    1948  —  Western Opera Players

    1949  —  Basildon Operatic Society

    1949  —  Brixham Operatic and Dramatic Society

    1949  —  Bognor Regis Operatic Society

    1949  —  Hatton Operatic Society

    1949  —  Harrow Light Opera Company

    1949  —  Hull Savoyards

    1949  —  Kingston Vale Operatic and Dramatic Society

    1949  —  Lytham Amateur Operatic Society

    1949  —  Matlock Operatic Society

    1949  —  Newcastle upon Tyne Amateur Operatic Society

    1949  —  Petts Wood Operatic Society

    1949  —  Ponteland Repertory Society

    1949  —  Ruislip Operatic Society

    1950  —  Astwood Bank Operatic Society

    1950  —  Briton Ferry Musical Theatre Company

    1950  —  Chelmsford Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society

    1950  —  Clevedon Light Opera Club

    1950  —  Coleshill Operatic Society

    1950  —  Eastbourne Operatic and Dramatic Society

    1950  —  Exmouth Amateur Operatic Society

    1950  —  Geoids Amateur Operatic Society

    1950  —  TOADS Stage Musical Company

    1951  —  Ayrshire Philharmonic Opera Society

    1951  —  Banstead and Nork Amateur Operatic Society

    1951  —  Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society

    1951  —  Brierley Hill Musical Theatre Company

    1951  —  Bury St Edmunds Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society  —

    Concert Production

    1951  —  Chelmsford Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society

    1951  —  Ellesmere Port Musical Theatre Company  —  Open Air

    1951  —  Finchely and Friern Barnet Operatic Society

    1951  —  Hereford Gilbert and Sullivan Society

    1951  —  Ilford Operatic and Dramatic Society

    1951  —  Oxford Operatic Society

    1951  —  Risley Musical Theatre Company

    1951  —  Stratford Operatic Society

    1951  —  Urmston Musical Theatre

    1951  —  Western Opera Players

    1952  —  Alton Amateur Operatic Society

    1952  —  Chesterfield Operatic Society

    1952  —  Chichester Amateur Operatic Society

    1952  —  Orpheus Amateur Operatic Society, Ottawa (Canada)

    1952  —  Rugeley Operatic Society

    1952  —  South Moor Musical Theatre Group

    1952  —  Sainsbury Singers

    1953  —  Alton Amateur Operatic Society  —  Concert Production

    1953  —  Basildon Operatic Society

    1953  —  Bohemians Lyric Opera Company (Edinburgh)

    1953  —  Brixham Operatic and Dramatic Society  —  Concert Production

    1953  —  Cairns Choral Society

    1953  —  Carlisle Musical Society

    1953  —  Chester Operatic Society

    1953  —  Crewe Amateur Operatic Society  —  Open Air

    1953  —  East Surrey Operatic Society  —  Photos

    1953  —  Exeter Amateur Operatic Society

    1953  —  Farnham Amateur Operatic Society

    1953  —  Frome Amateur Operatic Society

    1953  —  Hatton Operatic Society

    1953  —  Inverness Opera Company

    1953  —  Kings Langley Light Opera Company

    1953  —  Leicester Operatic Players

    1953  —  Loughborough Amateur Operatic Society

    1953  —  Melton Mowbray Amateur Operatic Society

    1953  —  Nuneaton Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society

    1953  —  Penarth Operatic & Dramatic Society

    1953  —  Rayleigh Operatic and Dramatic Society

    1953  —  Salisbury Amateur Operatic Society

    1953  —  South Moor Musical Theatre Group

    1953  —  Southampton Musical Society

    1953  —  Tiverton Amateur Operatic Society

    1953  —  Walton and Weybridge Amateur Operatic Society

    1953  —  Stirling & Bridge of Allan Operatic Society

    1954  —  Bishop Auckland Amateur Operatic Society

    1954  —  Glasgow Light Opera Club  —  Concert Production

    1954  —  Gosforth Trinity Musical Society

    1954  —  Paisley Musical and Operatic Society

    1954  —  Wimbledon Light Opera Society

    1955  —  St Andrew’s Operatic Society

    1956  —  Finchely and Friern Barnet Operatic Society

    1956  —  Rochdale Amateur Operatic Society

    1956  —  Sydney Gilbert and Sullivan Society

    1957  —  Cromer and Sheringham Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society

    1957  —  Geoids Amateur Operatic Society

    1957  —  Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Victoria, Australia

    1957  —  Horsham Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society

    1957  —  Romiley Operatic Society

    1958  —  CASSIO Operatic Society

    1958  —  Newbury Operatic Society

    1959  —  Dursley Operatic and Dramatic Society

    1959  —  Garforth Musical Society

    1959  —  Rugeley Operatic Society

    1960  —  Abingdon Operatic Society

    1960  —  Banstead and Nork Amateur Operatic Society

    1960  —  Kirkcaldy Gilbert and Sullivan Society

    1960  —  Lyme Regis Operatic Society

    1960  —  Ruislip Operatic Society

    1960  —  Sidcup Operatic Society

    1961  —  Bridgnorth Musical Theatre Company

    1961  —  Redruth Amateur Operatic Society

    1962  —  Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society

    1962  —  CASSIO Operatic Society

    1962  —  New Earswick Musical Society

    1962  —  Paisley Musical and Operatic Society

    1962  —  Selsey Amateur Choral and Operatic Society

    1962  —  Walton and Weybridge Amateur Operatic Society

    1963  —  Bishops Stortford Amateur Operatic Society

    1963  —  East Surrey Operatic Society

    1963  —  Sainsbury Singers

    1963  —  Tiverton Amateur Operatic Society

    1964  —  Exeter Amateur Operatic Society

    1964  —  Tynemouth Amateur Operatic Society

    1964  —  St Ives Music and Drama Society

    1964  —  West Bromwich Operatic Society

    1964  —  Woodford Operatic & Dramatic Society

    1964  —  Winchester Amateur Operatic Society

    1965  —  Ayrshire Philharmonic Opera Society

    1965  —  Coleshill Operatic Society

    1965  —  Durham Amateur Operatic Society

    1965  —  Erith Operatic Society

    1965  —  Leicester Operatic Players

    1965  —  Tenbury Amateur Operatic Society

    1966  —  Birkenhead Operatic Society Trust

    1966  —  Garforth Musical Society

    1966  —  Great Yarmouth Gilbert and Sullivan Society

    1967  —  Banstead and Nork Amateur Operatic Society

    1967  —  Croydon Operatic and Dramatic Association

    1967  —  Kings Langley Light Opera Company

    1967  —  Woodseats Musical Theatre Company

    1968  —  Benfleet Operatic Society

    1968  —  CODY Farnborough Amateur Operatic Society

    1968  —  Wimbledon Light Opera Society

    1969  —  Brighouse Light Opera Society

    1969  —  Bury St Edmunds Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society  —

    Concert Production

    1969  —  Crediton Operatic and Dramatic Society

    1969  —  Hereford Gilbert and Sullivan Society

    1969  —  Lakeshore Light Opera, Montreal, Canada

    1969  —  Ramsgate Operatic Society

    1969  —  Retford Operatic Society

    1969  —  Staines Musical Theatre Group

    1969  —  Whitehaven Amateur Operatic Society

    1970  —  Aberdeen Opera Company

    1970  —  Astwood Bank Operatic Society

    1970  —  Boston Operatic Society

    1970  —  Bournemouth Operatic Society

    1970  —  Cambridge Amateur Operatic Society

    1970  —  Darlington Operatic Society

    1970  —  East Renfrewshire Operatic Society

    1970  —  Enfield Light Operatic and Dramatic Society

    1970  —  Wakefield West Ridings Operatic Society

    1970  —  Manor Light Opera

    1971  —  Basildon Operatic Society

    1971  —  Bristol Gilbert and Sullivan Operatic Society

    1971  —  Herne Bay Operatic Society

    1971  —  Kingsbury Amateur Operatic Society

    1971  —  Largs Amateur Operatic Society

    1971  —  Ringwood Musical & Dramatic Society

    1972  —  Alton Amateur Operatic Society

    1972  —  Devizes Musical Theatre

    1972  —  Risley Musical Theatre Company

    1972  —  Thornbury Musical Theatre Group

    1973  —  Barnstaple Amateur Operatic Society

    1973  —  Beverley Musical Theatre

    1973  —  Erith Operatic Society

    1973  —  Lutterworth Musical Theatre Company

    1973  —  New Rosemere Amateur Operatic Society

    1973  —  Tynemouth Amateur Operatic Society

    1973  —  Ruislip Operatic Society

    1973  —  Western Opera Players

    1973  —  Yeovil Amateur Operatic Society

    1974  —  Bourne End Amateur Operatic Society

    1974  —  Brierley Hill Musical Theatre Company

    1974  —  Chester Operatic Society

    1974  —  Exmouth Amateur Operatic Society

    1974  —  Ingatestone Musical and Operetta Society

    1974  —  Mill Hill Amateur Operatic Society

    1974  —  NEOS Productions, New Eltham

    1974  —  Queensbridge Musical Theatre Society

    1974  —  Southampton University Light Operatic Society

    1975  —  Dursley Operatic and Dramatic Society

    1975  —  Kirkcaldy Gilbert and Sullivan Society

    1976  —  Ashbeian Musical Theatre Group

    1976  —  Guildford Opera

    1976  —  Wycombe Savoy Opera

    1977  —  Basingstoke Amateur Operatic Society

    1977  —  Bury St Edmunds Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society  —

    Concert Production

    1977  —  Chichester Amateur Operatic Society  —  Concert Production

    1977  —  Finchely and Friern Barnet Operatic Society  — Concert Production

    1977  —  Hatton Operatic Society

    1977  —  Haverhill & District Operatic Society  —  Concert Production

    1977  —  St Albans Operatic

    1977  —  Walton and Weybridge Amateur Operatic Society

    1977  —  Windsor & Eton Operatic Society

    1977  —  Woodford Operatic & Dramatic Society

    1978  —  Bath Light Operatic Group  —  Concert Production

    1978  —  Dumfries Musical Theatre Company

    1978  —  Trowbridge Amateur Operatic Society

    1978  —  Oxford Operatic Society

    1979  —  Leicester Operatic Players

    1980  —  Benfleet Operatic Society

    1980  —  Radlett Light Opera

    1980  —  Tenbury Amateur Operatic Society

    1980  —  Tiverton Amateur Operatic Society

    1981  —  Aberdeen Opera Company

    1981  —  Knowle Musical Society

    1982  —  Bourne End Amateur Operatic Society  —  Concert Production

    1982  —  Whitehaven Amateur Operatic Society

    1982  —  Rugby Young Teachers’ Operatic Society

    1983  —  Bromsgrove Operatic Society

    1983  —  Keynsham Light Opera Group

    1983  —  Kings Langley Light Opera Company

    1984  —  Havering Music Makers

    1984  —  Ohio Light Opera  —  Professional

    1985  —  Hull Savoyards

    1985  —  Kidlington Amateur Operatic Society

    1985  —  Loughton Operatic Society

    1985  —  Maidenhead Operatic and Dramatic Society

    1985  —  Southminster Operatic & Choral Society

    1986  —  Brussels Gilbert & Sullivan Society

    1986  —  East Norfolk Operatic Society

    1986  —  Guiseley Amateur Operatic Society

    1987  —  Cranbrook Operatic and Dramatic Society

    1987  —  Farnham Amateur Operatic Society

    1987  —  Kirkcaldy Gilbert and Sullivan Society

    1987  —  Lytham Amateur Operatic Society

    1987  —  Sainsbury Singers

    1987  —  Walton and Weybridge Amateur Operatic Society

    1988  —  Bishops Stortford Amateur Operatic Society

    1988  —  Burnley and Pendle Gilbert and Sullivan Theatre Company

    1988  —  Bury St Edmunds Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society

    1988  —  Manor Light Opera

    1988  —  Worle Operatic & Dramatic Society  —  Concert Production

    1989  —  Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Victoria, Australia

    1989  —  Inverness Opera Company

    1989  —  Waterside Musical Society  —  Concert Production

    1990  —  Great Witley Operatic Society

    1990  —  Lyme Regis Operatic Society

    1990  —  Marlow Amateur Operatic Society

    1990  —  Torquay Operatic Society

    1990  —  Reigate & Redhill Opera Club

    1991  —  Mill Hill Amateur Operatic Society

    1991  —  Rock Ferry Operatic Society

    1991  —  Worthing Musical Theatre Company

    1992  —  Poynton Gilbert and Sullivan Society

    1994  —  Crediton Operatic and Dramatic Society

    1996  —  The Savoy Singers, Camberley

    1996  —  South Australian Light Opera Society

    1997  —  Erith Operatic Society

    1997  —  Zodiac Light Opera Society

    1997  —  Gosforth Trinity Musical Society  —  Concert Production

    (with Tynemouth G & S Soc)

    1997  —  Tiverton Amateur Operatic Society

    1998  —  Guildford Opera

    1998  —  Radlett Light Opera

    1999  —  Astwood Bank Operatic Society

    2000  —  Denmead Operatic Society

    2000  —  Hereford Gilbert and Sullivan Society

    2000  —  Ruislip Operatic Society

    2001  —  Reigate & Redhill Opera Club

    2002  —  Bourne End Amateur Operatic Society

    2002  —  Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Victoria, Australia

    2002  —  Manor Light Opera

    2002  —  Sheringham Savoyards  — Concert Production

    2002  —  Tynemouth Amateur Operatic Society

    2003  —  Lyric Theater of San Jose

    2003  —  Weston-super-Mare Operatic Society

    2004  —  Exmouth Amateur Operatic Society

    2006  —  Chichester Amateur Operatic Society  —  Concert Production

    2006  —  Northampton Gilbert & Sullivan Group  —  Costumed Concert Production

    2006  —  Winchester Amateur Operatic Society

    2007  —  Great Witley Operatic Society

    2009  —  Mill Hill Amateur Operatic Society  —  Concert Production

    2012  —  Finborough Theatre, London  —  Professional

    2012  —  Matlock Gilbert and Sullivan Society (Buxton)

    2012  —  New London Opera Group

    2012  —  Opera South

    2012  —  South Wessex Opera Company

    2012  —  Windsor and Eton Opera

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