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 | | Following Thespis in 1871, the pair wrote Trial By Jury (1875), The Sorcerer (1877), HMS Pinafore (1878), The Pirates of Penzance (1880), Patience (1881), Iolanthe (1882), Princess Ida (1884), The Mikado (1885), Ruddigore (1887), The Yeomen of the Guard (1888), The Gondoliers (1889), Utopia Limited (1893) and The Grand-Duke (1896). |
 | | HMS Pinafore, or The lass that loved a sailor, was first performed at the Opera Comique, London, on the 25 May 1878. |
 | | Gilbert had researched the piece with a visit to HMS Victory earlier that year: his diary entry for 13 Apr notes that he "lunched on board Thunderer with Lord Charles Beresford. |
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