Rival poets Reginald Bunthorne (a 'fleshy poet') and Archibald Grosvenor (an 'idyllic poet') vie for the affections of the lovely milkmaid Patience. A 1995 Opera Australia performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's classic operetta, recorded at the Sydney Opera House.
Christine Douglas
as Patience
Heather Begg
as The Lady Jane
Anthony Warlow
as Archibald Grosvenor
Dennis Olsen
as Reginald Bunthorne
John Germain
as Colonel Calverley
Graeme Ewer
as The Duke of Dunstable
Jennifer Bermingham
as The Lady Angela
Roxane Hislop
as The Lady Saphir
Neil Kirkby
as Major Murgatroyd
Toni Powell
as The Lady Ella
