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The Gondoliers

Submitted by Denise Wicken on Mon, 05/26/2025 - 14:37

Two Venetian gondoliers discover that one of them has become the King of the distant isle of Barataria - but which of the two is it?  They also learn that he (whichever it is) was married when a baby - but as both gondoliers are already married, this makes one of them (but which one?) an unintentional bigamist.  Two husbands, three wives - that's two-thirds of a husband to each wife - but you can't marry a vulgar fraction!

"The Gondoliers" is Gilbert's topsy-turvydom at its best, and Sullivan's music at its most sparkling!

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