Through research into the D'Oyly Carte collection of documents, Ainger offers an account Gilbert and Sullivan's starkly different backgrounds and long working p... » 

Through research into the D'Oyly Carte collection of documents, Ainger offers an account Gilbert and Sullivan's starkly different backgrounds and long working partnership. Ainger suggests that it is the clash between these two strong personalities that accounts for the success of their work, as each challenged the other to produce his best work. «