Release Date: 1999-12-15
Overview: 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.
Rating: 6.6 / 10
Jim Broadbent
as W. S. Gilbert
Allan Corduner
as Sir Arthur Sullivan
Timothy Spall
as Richard Temple (The Mikado)
Lesley Manville
as Lucy Gilbert
Ron Cook
as Richard D'Oyly Carte
Simon Channing Williams - Producer
Mike Leigh - Writer
Dick Pope - Director of Photography
Mike Leigh - Director
Helen Scott - Art Direction
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