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Players Cigarette Cards - 1927 Series

In 1927 Player's Cigarettes issued a second series of 50 cards depicting characters from the Gilbert and Sullivan operas wearing the costumes then in use by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company.

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The Gondoliers The Gondoliers The Gondoliers The Gondoliers The Gondoliers
Casilda

 Duchess of Plaza Toro

 Duke of Plaza Toro

 Gianetta

 Inez
The Gondoliers The Gondoliers Princess Ida Princess Ida Princess Ida
Luiz Marco & Giuseppe Arac Florian

 King Hildebrand
Princess Ida Princess Ida Iolanthe Iolanthe Iolanthe
Princess Ida

 Melissa

 Iolanthe

 Celia

 Lord Mountararat
Iolanthe The Mikado The Mikado The Mikado The Mikado
Lord Tolloller

Katisha

 Ko-Ko

 The Mikado

 Nanki-Poo
The Mikado The Mikado Patience HMS Pinafore HMS Pinafore
Pooh-Bah Yum-Yum Duke of Dunstable

 Dick Deadeye Hebe
HMS Pinafore The Pirates of Penzance The Pirates of Penzance The Pirates of Penzance Ruddigore
Josephine

 Frederic Mabel Major-General Stanley Old Adam
Ruddigore Ruddigore Ruddigore Ruddigore Ruddigore
Sir Despard Murgatroyd Mad Margaret Robin Oakapple

 Rose Maybud
Zorah
The Sorcerer The Sorcerer The Sorcerer The Sorcerer The Sorcerer
Alexis
 Aline
 Constance

 Dr Daly Mrs Partlet
The Sorcerer The Sorcerer Trial by Jury Trial by Jury Trial by Jury
Sir Marmaduke Lady Sangazure The Defendant

Learned Judge The Plaintiff
Trial by Jury The Yeomen of the Guard The Yeomen of the Guard The Yeomen of the Guard The Yeomen of the Guard
The Usher The Headsman Jack Point Leonard Meryll Sir Richard Cholmondeley
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