After their production "Princess Ida" meets with less-than-stunning reviews, the relationship between Gilbert and Sullivan is strained to breaking. Their friends and associates attempt to get the two to work together again, which opens the way to "The Mikado," one of the duo's greatest successes.
Jim Broadbent
as W. S. Gilbert
Allan Corduner
as Sir Arthur Sullivan
Timothy Spall
as Richard Temple (The Mikado)
Lesley Manville
as Lucy Gilbert
Ron Cook
as Richard D'Oyly Carte
Wendy Nottingham
as Helen Lenoir
Kevin McKidd
as Durward Lely (Nanki-Poo)
Shirley Henderson
as Leonora Braham (Yum-Yum)
Dorothy Atkinson
as Jessie Bond
Martin Savage
as George Grossmith
Eleanor David
as Fanny Ronalds
Sam Kelly
as Richard Barker
