The career of W. S. Gilbert, a barrister turned comic librettist, and Arthur Sullivan, a composer turned against his will to light music, who together wrote fifteen comic operas between 1871 and 1896, to great public acclaim.
Robert Morley
as William S. Gilbert
Maurice Evans
as Arthur Sullivan
Eileen Herlie
as Helen D'Oyly Carte
Peter Finch
as Richard D'Oyly Carte
Martyn Green
as George Grossmith
Dinah Sheridan
as Grace Marston
Isabel Dean
as Mrs. Gilbert
Wilfrid Hyde-White
as Mr. Marston
Muriel Aked
as Queen Victoria
Michael Ripper
as Louis
Bernadette O'Farrell
as Jessie Bond
Frank Williams
as Singer Rehearsing
