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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
REPORTED PRODUCTIONS
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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
RESOURCES