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Pages in category "Films based on works by Gilbert and Sullivan" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Films based on works by Gilbert and Sullivan (6 P) Pages in category "Adaptations of works by Gilbert and Sullivan" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
Gilbert and Sullivan: Gender, Genre, Parody. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-14804-7. Wilson, Robin; Frederic Lloyd (1984). Gilbert & Sullivan: The Official D'Oyly Carte Picture History. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. ISBN 978-0-394-54113-6. Wolfson, John (1976). Final Curtain: The Last Gilbert and Sullivan Operas. London ...
Media in category "Gilbert and Sullivan" This category contains only the following file. Illustrated London News - Gilbert and Sullivan - Ruddygore (Ruddigore) review.jpg 1,996 × 8,660; 10.84 MB
The comically convoluted plot, by Robin Miller and Leo Rost, with additional material by Gene Thompson and Victor Spinetti, is a pastiche of many of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas, particularly Trial by Jury, The Sorcerer, H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance, Patience, Iolanthe and The Mikado, in which the protagonist, Able Seaman Dick ...
The character of Major-General Stanley was widely taken to be a caricature of the popular general Sir Garnet Wolseley.The biographer Michael Ainger, however, doubts that Gilbert intended a caricature of Wolseley, identifying instead the older General Henry Turner, an uncle of Gilbert's wife whom Gilbert disliked, as a more likely inspiration for the satire.
Sullivan likes the idea and agrees to compose the music for it. Gilbert, Sullivan and Carte work to make The Mikado a success, and many glimpses of rehearsals and stressful backstage preparations for the show follow: cast members lunch together before attempting to negotiate their salaries. Gilbert brings in Japanese girls from the exhibition ...
The Mikado is a 1967 British musical film adaptation of Gilbert and Sullivan's 1885 comic opera of the same name. The film was directed by Stuart Burge and was a slightly edited adaptation of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company 's production of The Mikado and used all D'Oyly Carte singers.