Released:
1999-12-15

Overview:
After their latest production, "Princess Ida", meets with less-than-stunning reception, Gilbert and Sullivan's relationship is strained to the breaking point. Their friends and associates attempt to get the two to work together again, which bares the path to "The Mikado", one of the duo's greatest successes.

Director:
Mike Leigh

Runtime:
2h 40min

Genre:
Comedy, Drama, Music, History

• Cast:
• 
  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