A week of Gilbert & Sullivan repertoire works - six evenings, with six different works - was a commonplace of entertainment in late-Victorian theatres.
Dundee on this occasion saw performances during w/c 8 August, as follows: Mon 8 The Mikado; Tue 9 The Gondoliers; Wed 10 Pirates of Penzance; Thu 11 Patience; Fri 12 Utopia Limited, and Sat 13 The Yeomen of the Guard.
Friday was traditionality the evening when touring opera companies gave any unfamiliar work, so that there was time for the local pit band to study the music during the earlier part of the week.
Utopia Limited had been very successful in the central belt in 1894, but had not then travelled as far north as Dundee or Aberdeen. Perhaps this was because the extravagant original sets were expensive to transport when the stay would only be for one week - the central belt cities were visited for four weeks each.
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