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Iolanthe

American  
[ahy-uh-lan-thee] / ˌaɪ əˈlæn θi /

noun

  1. an operetta (1882) by Sir William S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan.


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Survivors include two children, Iolanthe Woulff and Joseph Wouk; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

From Washington Post • May 17, 2019

‘A perfect antidote to these austere times’: Shaun McCourt, left, as the Lord Chancellor and Christopher Finn as Iolanthe at Wilton’s Music Hall.

From The Guardian • Apr. 9, 2011

Iolanthe has been banished to the bottom of a lake for marrying a mortal, but not before she gave birth to a son, Strephon, who is in love with Phyllis, a ward in Chancery.

From The Guardian • Apr. 9, 2011

Iolanthe is the fifth Gilbert-&-Sullivan revival by S. M. Chartock's capable company.

From Time Magazine Archive

Or between his studies of the engaging and more than candid Lord Chancellor in "Iolanthe" and that pretentious humbug Bunthorne in "Patience"?

From The Secrets of a Savoyard by Lytton, Henry A.