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The Grand Duke
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Prince and Princess of Monte Carlo,
characters in The Grand Duke
Written by W. S. Gilbert (words)
Arthur Sullivan (music)
Date of premiere 7 March 1896
Place of premiere Savoy Theatre
London, England
Original language English
Genre Operetta
Setting Grand Duchy of Pfennig Halbpfennig

The Grand Duke; or, The Statutory Duel is a two-act operetta by Gilbert and Sullivan. It is the last of their fourteen operettas. It opened on 7 March 1896 and closed after 123 performances.

  • Bradley, Ian, 2001. The Complete Annotated Gilbert and Sullivan. Oxford University Press. pp. 1083ff.

Images for kids

  • GrandDukeposter

    An early poster for The Grand Duke

  • Ilka Palmay as Julia Jellico

    Ilka Pálmay as Julia Jellicoe

  • Grand-duke-11-5-96

    Programme from the original production of The Grand Duke

  • Palmay barrington

    "Ludwig and his Julia are mated."

  • ErnestKenning

    Charles Kenningham as Ernest

  • GDact1Set

    Drawing of the original Act I set

  • Passmore as Grand Duke Rudolph 1896

    Passmore as Rudolph

  • Perrylisa

    Florence Perry as Lisa

  • RudolphGD

    Bab drawing of Rudolph

  • BranBaroness

    Rosina Brandram as the Baroness

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