Mock Turtles (opera)

Mock Turtles is a one-act comic opera with a libretto by Frank Desprez and music by Eaton Faning.

It was first produced at the Savoy Theatre on 11 October 1881 as a curtain raiser to Patience,[1] then from 26 November 1882 to 30 March 1883 with Iolanthe.

The fashion in the late Victorian era was to present long evenings in the theatre, and so producer Richard D'Oyly Carte preceded his Savoy operas with curtain raisers such as Mock Turtles.

When the servant Jane nearly spoils everything by telling the mother-in-law of the quarrels, she is branded a liar and sacked on the spot.

The original cast was: Arthur Law and Eric Lewis each replaced Pounds for part of the run.