The Articles

Synopsis Notes William S. Gilbert Arthur S. Sullivan Gilbert and Sullivan Richard D'Oyly Carte Creating Iolanthe		The British Parliament The British Peerage The Lord Chancellor and the Courts Fairies Who Marry Mortals The Nightmare Aria Bibliography Glossary
Teachers' Resources

The Cast
In order of appearance
Celia, a fairy
Leila, a fairy
Fleta, a fairy
The Fairy Queen
Iolanthe, a fairy, secretly married to the Lord Chancellor
Strephon, her son, a shepherd and half a fairy
Phyllis, a shepherdess and a ward in Chancery
The Lord Chancellor
Lord Tolloller, Leader of the House of Lords, an Earl
Lord Mountararat, an Earl
Private Willis
Fairies and Peers (Dukes, Marquises, Earls, Viscounts and Barons)

Note:The picture is an original costume design by Wilhelm for the fairy Iolanthe.

Revised February 2007
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