Topsy Turvy

by Mike Leigh

In Topsy-Turvy Mike Leigh, that master of contemporary British tragi-comedy, transports us back to 1880s London and the lives of those much-loved masters of comic opera, Gilbert and Sullivan. Leigh explores the collaboration of lyricist Gilbert, a complex individual childlessly married to a devoted wife and composer Sullivan, a brothel-hopping bon viveur with an American mistress. Having enjoyed a stream of successes, they abruptly suffer an unprecedentedly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0571202063
• ISBN13: 9780571202065
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Length: 139 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.3" x 8.4"