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Sumptuous biographical comedy drama starring
Jim Broadbent and Allan Corduner as comic-opera composers WS Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan. After the relative failure of their latest work, Princess Ida, Gilbert and Sullivan clash over their next project and seem set to end their partnership - until
Gilbert's wife persuades him to visit an exhibition of Japanese culture. Review page 40.
Director Mike Leigh (1999, 12) And Don't Miss... : page 37; Film Trivia: page 45

Contributors

Unknown:
Jim Broadbent
Unknown:
Allan Corduner
Unknown:
Arthur Sullivan.
Director:
Mike Leigh
William Schwenck Gilbert:
Jim Broadbent
Arthur Sullivan:
Allan Corduner
Richard Temple:
Timothy Spall
Lucy Kitty Gilbert:
Lesley Manville
Richard D'Oyly Carte:
Ron Cook
Helen Lenoir:
Wendy Nottingham
Durward Lely:
Kevin McKidd
Leonora Braham:
Shirley Henderson
Madame Leon:
Alison Steadman
Louis:
Dexter Fletcher
Source: Radio Times

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