About the Show
“Trial By Jury” was the second collaboration between W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan. On March 25, 1875, “Trial by Jury” opened at the Royalty Theatre, and the very witty, tuneful and "English" piece was an immediate hit with Londoners and continued to be played until the Royalty closed on 12th June for the summer. “Trial by Jury” was again on the bill when the theatre reopened on 11th October 1875. Gilbert, the duo's librettist, was an accomplished satirist known for a series of illustrated verses written under the pen name Bab. Sullivan, the composer, was often called the “English Mendelssohn,” but his genius was most evident in the lighter comic songs he wrote with Gilbert. Sullivan's solo works include the opera Ivanhoe and the hymn “Onward Christian Soldiers.” Gilbert and Sullivan's operas were wildly popular in their time and are still performed worldwide today.
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