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
W. S. Gilbert, author of Randall's Thumb, circa 1870
Edward Righton in his London debut as Joe Bangles in Randall's Thumb
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
Randall's Thumb
…in its original London run), it was no surprise, as the London Echo pointed out, that Litton followed it with another work by Gilbert. This work was Creatures of Impulse, which opened on 2 April 1871 as a companion piece for Randall's Thumb. Litton continued to commission works from Gilbert, including Gilbert's adaptation…
Ben Greet in the role of Boomblehardt
The first page of Creatures of Impulse in Foggerty's Fairy and Other Tales