Iolanthe

Iolanthe (1882)
by W. S. Gilbert

Act I

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The seventh Savoy opera by W S Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, first performed in the Savoy Theatre on 25 November 1882.

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An entirely Original fairy Opera,

IN TWO ACTS,

ENTITLED

IOLANTHE;

OR,

THE PEER AND THE PERI.

WRITTEN BY

COMPOSED BY

W. S. GILBERT

ARTHUR SULLIVAN

Authors of "Trial by Jury," "The Sorcerer," "H.M.S. Pinafore,"
"The Pirates of Penzance," "Patience," &c., &c., &c.

PRICE ONE SHILLING.

London:

CHAPPELL & CO., 50, NEW BOND STREET, W.

CITY BRANCH—15, POULTRY, E.C.

Produced at the Savoy Theatre, under the management of Mr. R. D'Oyly Carte,
Saturday, Nov. 25, 1882.

IOLANTHE;

OR,

THE PEER AND THE PERI.

Dramatis Personæ.

The Lord Chancellor

Mr. George Grossmith.

Earl of Mountararat

Mr. Rutland Barrington.

Earl Tolloller

Mr. Durward Lely.

Private Willis (of the Grenadier Guards)

Mr. Manners.

Strephon (an Arcadian Shepherd)

Mr. R. Temple.

Queen of the Fairies

Miss Alice Barnett.

Iolanthe (a Fairy, Strephon's Mother)

Miss Jessie Bond.

Celia

Miss Fortescue.

Leila Fairies

Miss Julia Gwynne.

Fleta

Miss Sybil Grey.

Phyllis (an Arcadian Shepherdess and Ward in Chancery)

Miss Leonora Braham.

Chorus of Dukes, Marquises, Earls, Viscounts, Barons and Fairies.

Act I.—An Arcadian Landscape.

Act II.—Palace Yard, Westminster.

Date—between 1700 and 1882.

This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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