What is Iolanthe?
{{Infobox play | name = Iolanthe | image = Iolanthe Programme.jpg | image_size = 220px | image_alt = | caption = Original programme, 1882 | writer = [[W. S. Gilbert]] (words)<br />[[Arthur Sullivan]] (music) | sources = | chorus = | characters = Iolanthe<br />Strephon<br />Phyllis<br />Fairy Queen | mute = | setting = England in the late 19th century | premiere = 25 November 1882 | place = Savoy Theatre<br />[[London, England]] | orig_lang = English | series = | subject = Parliament<br >Fairy lore | genre = [[Operetta]] | web = | playbill = | ibdb_id = | iobdb_id = | theatricalia_id = }} '''''Iolanthe''''', or '''''The Peer and the Peri''''' is an [[operetta]] by [[Gilbert and Sullivan]]. It is the seventh of the team's fourteen operettas. It opened at the [[Savoy Theatre]] on 25 November 1882. It had a run of 398 performances. It is the first of the operettas to have its first performance at the [[Savoy]]. The story is about a group of immortal fairies who find themselves on a different side as the [[House of Peers]]. The opera makes fun of many parts of British government and law. {{performing-arts-stub}} [[Category:Operettas by Gilbert and Sullivan]] [[Category:1880s operas]]