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Player's Cigarette Cards

In 1925 Player's Cigarettes issued a 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. These scans have been kindly provided by John Goodburn.

Click on any card for a larger than life-sized version.
The Gondoliers The Gondoliers The Gondoliers The Gondoliers The Gondoliers
Casilda

 Don Alhambra

 Duchess of Plaza Toro

 Duke of Plaza Toro

 Luiz
The Gondoliers The Gondoliers Iolanthe Iolanthe Iolanthe
Giuseppe & Marco Tessa Lord Chancellor Phyllis

 Fairy Queen
Iolanthe Iolanthe The Mikado The Mikado The Mikado
Private Willis

 Strephon

 Katisha

 Ko-Ko

 The Mikado
The Mikado The Mikado The Mikado Patience Patience
Nanki-Poo

 Pooh-Bah

 Yum-Yum

 Grosvenor

 Lady Angela
Patience Patience Patience HMS Pinafore HMS Pinafore
Lady Jane Patience Bunthorne

 Capt. Corcoran Little Buttercup
HMS Pinafore HMS Pinafore The Pirates of Penzance The Pirates of Penzance The Pirates of Penzance
Ralph Rackstraw

Sir Joseph Porter Frederic Major-General Stanley Pirate King
The Pirates of Penzance The Pirates of Penzance Princess Ida Princess Ida Princess Ida
Ruth Sergeant of Police King Gama

Lady Blanche
 Hilarion
Princess Ida Ruddigore Ruddigore Ruddigore Ruddigore
Princess Ida
Dame Hannah
 Mad Margaret

Richard Dauntless Robin Oakapple
Ruddigore Ruddigore The Sorcerer The Yeomen of the Guard The Yeomen of the Guard
Sir Despard Murgatroyd Sir Roderic Murgatroyd John Wellington Wells
Colonel Fairfax Dame Carruthers
The Yeomen of the Guard The Yeomen of the Guard The Yeomen of the Guard The Yeomen of the Guard The Yeomen of the Guard
Elsie Maynard Jack Point Phoebe Meryll
 Sergeant Meryll
 Wilfred Shadbolt
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