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The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan

by Arthur Sullivan

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Utopia Limited

OR

THE FLOWERS OF PROGRESS

Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan
Libretto by William S. Gilbert

DRAMATIS PERSONAE

King Paramount, the First (King of Utopia)
Scaphio and Phantis (Judges of the Utopian Supreme Court)
Tarara (The Public Exploder)
Calynx (The Utopian Vice-Chamberlain)

Imported Flowers of Progress:

Lord Dramaleigh (a British Lord Chamberlain)
Captain Fitzbattleaxe (First Life Guards)
Captain Sir Edward Corcoran, K.C.B. (of the Royal Navy)
Mr. Goldbury (a company promoter; afterwards Comptroller of the
Utopian
     Household)
Sir Bailey Barre, Q.C., M.P.
Mr. Blushington (of the County Council)

The Princess Zara (eldest daughter of King Paramount)
The Princesses Nekaya and Kalyba (her Younger Sisters)
The Lady Sophy (their English Gouvernante)

Utopian Maidens:
     Salata
     Melene
     Phylla

Act I

A Utopian Palm Grove

ACT II

Throne Room in King Paramount’s Palace

First produced at the Savoy Theatre on October 7, 1893.

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