What is The Yeomen of the Guard?
{{Infobox play | name = The Yeoman of the Guard | image = Dudley Hardy-The Yeomen of the Guard.jpg | image_size = 220px | image_alt = | caption = Poster, 1897 revival | writer = [[W. S. Gilbert]] (lyrics and book)<br />[[Arthur Sullivan]] (music) | sources = | chorus = | characters = Jack Point<br />Elsie Maynard<br />Colonel Fairfax | mute = | setting = [[Tower of London]] in the 16th century | premiere = 3 October 1888 | place = Savoy Theatre<br />[[London, England]] | orig_lang = English | series = | subject = | genre = [[Operetta]] | web = | playbill = | ibdb_id = | iobdb_id = | theatricalia_id = }} '''''The Yeomen of the Guard, or The Merryman and his Maid''''' is an [[operetta]] by [[Gilbert and Sullivan]]. It was first performed on 3 October 1888. It had 423 performances. It is the eleventh of fourteen operettas written by [[Gilbert and Sullivan]]. Unlike their previous operettas, ''Yeomen'' is darker and more serious in its tone and atmosphere. {{DEFAULTSORT:Yeomen of the Guard}} [[Category:Operettas by Gilbert and Sullivan]] [[Category:1880s operas]] {{performing-arts-stub}}