Overview
After their production "Princess Ida" meets with less-than-stunning reviews, the relationship between Gilbert and Sullivan is strained to breaking. Their friends and associates attempt to get the two to work together again, which opens the way to "The Mikado," one of the duo's greatest successes.
DirectorMike Leigh
ProducersSimon Channing Williams
WritersMike Leigh
Top Casts
Jim Broadbent
W. S. Gilbert
Allan Corduner
Sir Arthur Sullivan
Timothy Spall
Richard Temple (The Mikado)
Lesley Manville
Lucy Gilbert
Ron Cook
Richard D'Oyly Carte
Wendy Nottingham
Helen Lenoir
Kevin McKidd
Durward Lely (Nanki-Poo)
Shirley Henderson
Leonora Braham (Yum-Yum)
Dorothy Atkinson
Jessie Bond
Martin Savage
George Grossmith
Details
LanguageGerman, English, French, Italian, Japanese
Production companiesThin Man Films, The Greenlight Fund, Newmarket Capital Group, Simon Channing-Williams Productions
TaglineGilbert & Sullivan & So Much More
