Cox and Box
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Cox and Box; or, The Long-Lost Brothers, is a one-act comic opera with a libretto by F. C. Burnand and music by Arthur Sullivan, based on the 1847 farce Box and Cox by John Maddison Morton. It was Sul
Poster for the 1869 production at the Royal Gallery of Illustration
Drawing of Burnand in Vanity Fair
1921 London production
The Contrabandista
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The Contrabandista, or The Law of the Ladrones, is a two-act comic opera by Arthur Sullivan and F. C. Burnand. It premiered at St. George's Hall, in London, on 18 December 1867 under the management of
Cox and Box
…professional production under the management of Thomas German Reed, but instead Reed commissioned Sullivan and Burnand to write a two-act comic opera, The Contrabandista, which was less well received. Cox and Box had its first professional production under Reed's management, at the Royal Gallery of Illustration, opening…
Poster for The Contrabandista
St. George's Hall in 1867