Topsy-Turvy

For nearly a decade, Gilbert and Sullivan’s collaborations have delighted the English people. But in 1884, as a London heat wave cuts into the theater trade, their latest work, "Princess Ida", receives lukewarm press. In an effort to reconcile their creative differences and drawing inspiration from Japanese culture, they went on to create the hit opera "The Mikado", one of the duo's greatest successes.

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  Jim Broadbent

  W. S. Gilbert
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  Allan Corduner

  Sir Arthur Sullivan
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  Timothy Spall

  Richard Temple (The Mikado)
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  Lesley Manville

  Lucy Gilbert
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  Ron Cook

  Richard D'Oyly Carte
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  Wendy Nottingham

  Helen Lenoir
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  Kevin McKidd

  Durward Lely (Nanki-Poo)
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  Shirley Henderson

  Leonora Braham (Yum-Yum)
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  Dorothy Atkinson

  Jessie Bond
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  Martin Savage

  George Grossmith