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Gilbert and Sullivan Society · Exeter · Devon
Written by Mark Ambient and Alexander M Thompson
Lyrics by Arthur Wimperis
Composed by Lionel Monckton and Howard Talbot
A Fantastic Musical Play in Three Acts
First produced at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London on 29th April 1909
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1924 — Barnstaple Musical Comedy and Dramatic Society
1924 — Huddersfield Light Opera Company
1924 — Lancaster Amateur Dramatic and Operatic Society
1925 — Loughborough Amateur Operatic Society
1927 — Doncaster Amateur Operatic Society
1927 — Rotherham Teachers Operatic Society
1927 — Stockport Operatic Society
1928 — Croft House Theatre Company
1928 — Kirkcaldy Amateur Operatic Society
1929 — Henley Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society
1929 — Melyncrythan Amateur Operatic Society
1929 — Southend Operatic and Dramatic Society
1930 — Cradley Heath Amateur Operatic Society
1930 — Lincoln Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society
1930 — Lyme Regis Operatic Society
1930 — Retford Operatic Society
1930 — Rochdale Amateur Operatic Society
1930 — Whitley Bay Operatic Society
1931 — Bath Operatic and Dramatic Society
1931 — Hawick Amateur Opera Society
1931 — Kidderminster Operatic and Dramatic Society
1931 — Rathmines and Rathgar Musical Society
1931 — Southern Light Opera Company
1931 — Worcester Operatic & Dramatic Society
1932 — Beaconsfield Operatic Society
1932 — Bognor Regis Operatic Society
1932 — Brighouse Light Opera Society
1932 — Bury St Edmunds Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society
1932 — Chester Operatic Society
1932 — Hanwell and Ealing Operatic Society
1933 — Barnstaple Musical Comedy and Dramatic Society
1933 — Carluke Amateur Operatic Society
1933 — Coventry Musical Theatre Society
1933 — Derby Opera Company
1933 — Dundee Operatic Society
1933 — Nuneaton Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society
1933 — York Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society
1934 — Chapletown Amateur Operatic Society
1934 — Grimsby and Cleethorpes Amateur Operatic Society
1934 — Innerleithen and District Amateur Operatic Society
1934 — Longwood Amateur Operatic Society
1934 — North Manchester Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society
1934 — Taunton Amateur Operatic Society
1934 — Walmesley Church Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society
1935 — Ilford Operatic and Dramatic Society
1935 — Ruislip Operatic Society
1935 — St Austell Amateur Operatic Society
1936 — Acton Amateur Operatic Society (Cheshire)
1936 — Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society
1936 — Chelmsford Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society
1936 — Finchely and Friern Barnet Operatic Society
1936 — Heywood Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society
1936 — Kilmarnock Amateur Operatic Society
1936 — Margate Operatic Society
1936 — Richmond Operatic Society
1936 — Settle Amateur Operatic Society
1936 — Spalding Amateur Dramatic and Operatic Society
1936 — Wisbech Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society
1937 — Cromer and Sheringham Am Operatic and Dramatic Society
1937 — Dumfries Musical and Operatic Society
1938 — Carlton Operatic Society
1938 — Eastbourne Operatic and Dramatic Society
1938 — Falkirk Operatic Society
1938 — Farnham Amateur Operatic Society
1938 — Hamilton Operatic and Dramatic Club
1938 — Lytham Amateur Operatic Society
1938 — Matlock Operatic Society
1938 — Redcar Operatic Society
1938 — Selkirk Amateur Operatic Society
1938 — Sutton Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society
1938 — Weston-super-Mare Operatic Society
1938 — Willenhall Operatic Society
1938 — Yeadon Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society
1938 — Yeovil Amateur Operatic Society
1939 — Coalvisse Amateur Operatic Society
1939 — Frome Amateur Operatic Society
1939 — Henley Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society
1939 — Petts Wood Operatic Society
1939 — TOADS Stage Musical Company
1940 — Carlinghow Theatre Company
1943 — Bilston Operatic Company
1945 — Coventry Musical Theatre Society
1946 — North Manchester Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society
1946 — Ruislip Operatic Society
1946 — TOADS Stage Musical Company
1947 — Barnstaple Musical Comedy and Dramatic Society
1947 — Birkenhead Operatic Society Trust
1947 — Bishop Auckland Amateur Operatic Society
1947 — Bohemians Lyric Opera Company (Edinburgh)
1947 — Colchester Operatic Society
1947 — Dinnington Operatic Society
1947 — Hanwell and Ealing Operatic Society
1947 — Kirkcaldy Amateur Operatic Society
1947 — Lincoln Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society
1947 — Loughborough Amateur Operatic Society
1947 — Ripon Amateur Operatic Society
1947 — South Moor Musical Theatre Group
1947 — Southend Operatic and Dramatic Society
1948 — Arbroath Amateur Musical Society
1948 — Brierley Hill Musical Theatre Company
1948 — Brixham Operatic and Dramatic Society
1948 — Huddersfield Light Opera Company
1948 — The Sainsbury Singers
1948 — Urmston Musical Theatre
1949 — Carluke Amateur Operatic Society
1949 — Clacton Amateur Operatic Society
1949 — Finchely and Friern Barnet Operatic Society
1949 — Largs Amateur Operatic Society
1949 — Llangollen & District Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society
1949 — Maidstone Operatic Society
1949 — Southampton Musical Society
1949 — St Ives Music and Drama Society
1949 — Twickenham Amateur Operatic Society
1949 — Walton and Weybridge Amateur Operatic Society
1949 — Westwood Works Musical Society
1949 — Workington Amateur Operatic Society
1950 — Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society
1950 — Ellesmere Operatic Society
1950 — Salisbury Amateur Operatic Society
1951 — Brighouse Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society
1951 — CODY Farnborough Amateur Operatic Society
1951 — Derby Opera Company
1951 — Gainsborough Amateur Operatic Society
1951 — Melton Musical Theatre Company
1951 — Newport Operatic Society
1951 — Northampton Operatic Society
1951 — Rochdale Amateur Operatic Society
1952 — Downfield Musical Society
1952 — Ellesmere Port Musical Theatre Company
1952 — Grimsby and Cleethorpes Amateur Operatic Society
1952 — Kelso Amateur Operatic Society
1952 — LAMPS
1952 — Leamington and Warwick Operatic Society
1952 — Lytham Amateur Operatic Society
1952 — Rayleigh Operatic and Dramatic Society
1952 — Ripley and Alfreton Musical Theatre Company
1952 — Swindon Amateur Light Operatic Society
1952 — Tynemouth Amateur Operatic Society
1953 — Hulviz Amateur Musical Theatre
1953 — Innerleithen and District Amateur Operatic Society
1953 — Kingston Vale Operatic and Dramatic Society
1953 — Musselburgh Amateur Musical Association
1953 — Taunton Amateur Operatic Society
1954 — Coleshill Operatic Society
1954 — Shrewsbury Amateur Operatic Society
1954 — South Staffs Musical Theatre Company
1954 — Southport Amateur Operatic Society
1954 — Wembley Operatic Society
1954 — Wisbech Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society
1954 — Worcester Operatic & Dramatic Society
1955 — Circle Light Opera Company
1955 — Ponteland Repertory Society
1955 — Settle Amateur Operatic Society
1955 — York Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society
1956 — Acton Amateur Operatic Society (Cheshire)
1956 — Bridgnorth Musical Theatre Company
1956 — Geoids Amateur Operatic Society
1956 — Hanwell and Ealing Operatic Society
1956 — Newton Abbot Operatic Society
1956 — Nuneaton Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society
1956 — Ringwood Musical and Dramatic Society
1956 — Risley Musical Theatre Company
1957 — Hatton Operatic Society
1957 — Herne Bay Operatic Society
1957 — The Sainsbury Singers
1957 — Uxbridge Musical Theatre
1957 — Wakefield West Ridings Operatic Society
1958 — Carlinghow Theatre Company
1958 — Hereford Gilbert and Sullivan Society
1958 — South Moor Musical Theatre Group
1958 — Thurles Musical Society
1959 — Tiverton Amateur Operatic Society
1959 — Windsor Light Music Theatre (Ontario)
1960 — Reading Operatic Society
1960 — Redditch Operatic Society
1961 — Carlton Operatic Society
1961 — Penarth Operatic & Dramatic Society
1961 — Ripley and Alfreton Musical Theatre Company
1962 — Llangollen & District Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society
1963 — Durham Amateur Operatic Society
1963 — Ennis Musical Society
1963 — Heywood Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society
1963 — Kings Langley Light Opera Company
1964 — Clevedon Light Opera Club
1964 — Newcastle Glees Musical Society
1964 — Port Talbot & District Amateur Operatic Society
1965 — Farnham Amateur Operatic Society
1965 — Matlock Operatic Society
1965 — St Agnes’ Choral Society (Northern Ireland)
1966 — New Earswick Musical Society
1966 — Walsall Operatic Society
1967 — Hulviz Amateur Musical Theatre
1968 — East Renfrewshire Operatic Society
1968 — Longwood Amateur Operatic Society
1969 — Coleshill Operatic Society
1969 — Milton Musical Society
1969 — Newport Operatic Society
1969 — Walton and Weybridge Amateur Operatic Society
1970 — Carpet Trades Operatic Society
1970 — Sidcup Operatic Society
1971 — Grimsby and Cleethorpes Amateur Operatic Society
1971 — Huddersfield Light Opera Company
1971 — St Annes on Sea Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society
1972 — Brynmawr Amateur Operatic Society
1973 — Festival Players, Cambridge
1974 — Knowle Musical Society
1975 — Llangollen & District Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society
1975 — Ringwood Musical and Dramatic Society
1975 — Western Opera Players
1976 — Oswestry Musical Theatre Company
1976 — Woolwich Polytechnic Operatic Society
1977 — Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society
1977 — East Herts Operatic Society
1977 — Wimborne Musical Theatre Society
1978 — Leigh Operatic and Dramatic Society
1978 — Lutterworth Musical Theatre Company
1978 — St Agnes’ Choral Society (Northern Ireland)
1979 — Aldridge Musical Comedy Society
1979 — Crewe Amateur Operatic Society
1979 — Cupar Amateur Musical Society
1979 — Eastleigh Operatic and Musical Society
1979 — Enfield Light Operatic and Dramatic Society
1979 — Lytham Amateur Operatic Society
1979 — Newcastle-upon-Tyne Musical Theatre Company
1979 — Tullamore Musical Society
1980 — Erdington Operatic Society
1980 — Leamington and Warwick Operatic Society
1980 — York Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society
1981 — Glossop Operatic and Dramatic Society
1981 — Rock Ferry Amateur Operatic Society
1982 — Enniscorthy Musical Society
1982 — Guildford Opera Company
1982 — Innerleithen and District Amateur Operatic Society
1982 — Wycombe Savoy Opera
1983 — Coolmine Musical Society
1984 — Abingdon Operatic Society
1984 — Cambridge Operatic Society
1984 — Castlerea Musical Society
1984 — Clevedon Light Opera Club
1984 — Northcott Theatre, Exeter — Professional
1984 — Risley Musical Theatre Company
1984 — Thornbury Musical Theatre Group
1984 — Zodiac Amateur Operatic Society
1985 — Lyme Regis Operatic Society
1986 — Barnstaple Amateur Operatic Society
1986 — Bourne End Operatic Society
1987 — Kingsbury Amateur Operatic Society
1987 — St Albans Operatic
1987 — Western Opera Players
1988 — Kings Langley Light Opera Company
1988 — New Eltham Operatic Society
1988 — Tiverton Amateur Operatic Society
1989 — Keswick Amateur Operatic Society
1989 — Maidenhead Operatic Society
1989 — Walton and Weybridge Amateur Operatic Society
1990 — Island Savoyards (Isle of Wight)
1990 — Keynsham Light Opera Group — Concert Production
1991 — Erdington Operatic Society
1991 — Southern Light Opera Company
1991 — Urmston Musical Theatre
1992 — Farnham Amateur Operatic Society
1993 — Leighton Musical Theatre Company
1993 — Somerset Opera
1994 — Leicester Operatic Players
1994 — Sidcup Operatic Society
1996 — Exmouth Amateur Operatic Society
1996 — St Ives Music and Drama Society
1996 — Wycombe Savoy Opera
1998 — Astwood Bank Operatic Society
1998 — Gosforth Trinity Musical Society
1998 — Ohio Light Opera — Professional
2004 — Stroud Light Music Choir
2005 — Lyric Theatre of San Jose — Discovery Series
2007 — Rochdale Phoenix Opera Society
2010 — Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Victoria, Australia
2013 — Bentley Operatic Society