In the Sulks

In the Sulks is a one-act comic opera with a libretto by Frank Desprez and music by Alfred Cellier.

[2] The fashion in the late Victorian era was to present long evenings in the theatre, and the producer Richard D'Oyly Carte preceded his Savoy operas with curtain raisers such as In the Sulks.

[3] W. J. MacQueen-Pope commented, concerning such curtain raisers: After an argument, Mr. Liverby is sulking and refusing to speak to his wife.

She is terrified, but her husband refuses to listen, thinking that this is another joke to try to make him lose his temper again, and he is determined to stay in a good humour.

The original cast was: When the Pirates company returned from New York in 1881, Julia Gwynne replaced La Rue as Mrs.