Iolanthe
Americannoun
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Survivors include two children, Iolanthe Woulff and Joseph Wouk; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
From Washington Post ● May 17, 2019
Iolanthe has been banished to the bottom of a lake for marrying a mortal, but not before she gave birth to a son, Strephon, who is in love with Phyllis, a ward in Chancery.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 9, 2011
The tiny Union has been firing on all cylinders, too, with The Bells are Ringing and the all-male Iolanthe real hits.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 28, 2010
The series — including The Mikado, The Pirates of Penzance, Iolanthe, H. M. S. Pinafore, Ruddigore, Patience, The Yeoman of the Guard— is alone in its class, among the supreme achievements of English humor.
From Time Magazine Archive
Every heart and every hand In our loving little band Welcomes thee to Fairyland, Iolanthe!
From The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan by Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), Sir
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