The Mikado Premieres: Gilbert and Sullivan's Greatest Hit
Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado opened at the Savoy Theatre in London and ran for 672 consecutive performances, becoming the duo's most commercially successful collaboration. Its razor-sharp satire of British bureaucracy, disguised in a fictional Japanese setting, made it the most frequently performed Gilbert and Sullivan operetta in history.
March 14, 1885
141 years ago
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