The Yeomen of the Guard

The Yeomen of the Guard
The Tower of London is the stage for this fabulous Gilbert and Sullivan Operetta.Stuck in the Tower of London, Colonel Fairfax awaits his execution for the crime of sorcery. Sergeant Meryll, of the titular Yeomen of the Guard, lives with his daughter, Phoebe Meryll. At the beginning of our tale, Phbe has gained the eye of the Jailor, Wilfred Shadbolt. Wilfred, of course, has also noticed Phoebe has her eye on: Colonel Fairfax. Things are interrupted by the arrival of Jack Point and Elsie Maynard, a duo of performers. Jack, of course, is infatuated with Elsie, so when the Lieutenant of the tower asks if Elsie wishes to marry Fairfax to negate her familys financial strife, she relents.With five lovers involved in this tale, do they all get their happy ending? Find out in this operetta full of forbidden romances, fantastical plots, unrequited love and delightful tunes including I have a song to sing, O, When a Wooer goes a-Wooing, and Free from his fetters grim.