Topsy-Turvy (1999)

William Schwenck Gilbert (Jim Broadbent) is the librettist, writing the words. Arthur Sullivan (Allan Corduner) is the composer, writing the music. Gilbert is the very model of a 19th Century British gentleman, an overly proper married man certain that he knows best–which he often does. Sullivan lives a freer life, almost libertine by comparison, but there is a seriousness of purpose in him.

For nearly a decade, Gilbert and Sullivan’s collaborations have delighted the English people. Their popular comic operas have recouped handsomely for the successful Savoy Theatre; impresario Richard D’Oyly Carte (Ron Cook) himself is a stabilizing influence, gently but firmly overseeing the two men.

But, in 1884, as a London heat wave cuts into the theatre trade, their latest work "Princess Ida" receives lukewarm press. Sullivan wants to quit and compose more serious music, but the two are

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