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In 1925 Player's Cigarettes issued a series of 50 cards depicting characters from the Gilbert and Sullivan operas wearing the costumes then in use by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. These scans have been kindly provided by John Goodburn.
Click on any card for a larger than life-sized version.
Click on any card for a larger than life-sized version.
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| Casilda |
Don Alhambra |
Duchess of Plaza Toro |
Duke of Plaza Toro |
Luiz |
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| Giuseppe & Marco | Tessa | Lord Chancellor | Phyllis |
Fairy Queen |
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| Private Willis |
Strephon |
Katisha |
Ko-Ko |
The Mikado |
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| Nanki-Poo |
Pooh-Bah |
Yum-Yum |
Grosvenor |
Lady Angela |
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| Lady Jane | Patience | Bunthorne |
Capt. Corcoran | Little Buttercup |
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| Ralph Rackstraw |
Sir Joseph Porter | Frederic | Major-General Stanley | Pirate King |
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| Ruth | Sergeant of Police | King Gama |
Lady Blanche |
Hilarion |
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| Princess Ida |
Dame Hannah |
Mad Margaret |
Richard Dauntless | Robin Oakapple |
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| Sir Despard Murgatroyd | Sir Roderic Murgatroyd | John Wellington Wells |
Colonel Fairfax | Dame Carruthers |
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| Elsie Maynard | Jack Point | Phoebe Meryll |
Sergeant Meryll |
Wilfred Shadbolt |
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