Creatures of Impulse
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Creatures of Impulse is a stage play by the English dramatist W. S. Gilbert, with music by the composer-conductor Alberto Randegger, which Gilbert adapted from his own short story. Both the play and t
Ben Greet in the role of Boomblehardt
W. S. Gilbert, c. 1870
The first page of Creatures of Impulse in Foggerty's Fairy and Other Tales
Randall's Thumb
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Randall's Thumb is a play by W. S. Gilbert that premièred in 1871 at the opening of Marie Litton's Royal Court Theatre in London. Its plot, based on a short story that Gilbert had published the year b
Creatures of Impulse
…took over the proprietorship of the New Chelsea Theatre in 1871 and renamed it the Royal Court. Its opening attraction was the première of Gilbert's Randall's Thumb, and when that play proved successful, it was no surprise, as the London Echo pointed out, that she followed it with another work by Gilbert. He often…
Edward Righton in his London debut as Joe Bangles in Randall's Thumb