Trial By Jury [catch-all] (1875)

by W. S. Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan

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Trial by jury: The judge in a breach of promise case delivers an unusual verdict after telling the story of his own rise to wealth and success which involved marrying and then deserting the daughter of a rich lawyer. Cox and Box: A London landlord rents the same room to two tenants, one by day and one by night. When the two tenants eventually meet, they discover they are both engaged to the same woman… (more)

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This one-act play is less fanciful than many Gilbert & Sullivan works, but still funny. It is about a young man being sued for breach of promise...

Once again, I read this play on my Kindle as part of [b:The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan|9245523|The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan|W.S. Gilbert|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1412620136s/9245523.jpg|1309844] while watching the video (found on YouTube). (

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W. S. Gilbert	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Sullivan, Arthur	—	main author	all editions	confirmed

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15 International One-Act Plays by John Gassner

Cox and Box; Trial by jury by Arthur Sullivan

The World of Law, Volume I : The Law in Literature by Ephraim London

The world of law; a treasury of great writing about and in the law, short stories, plays, essays, accounts, letters, opinions, pleas, transcripts of testimony; from Biblical times to the present by Ephraim London (indirect)

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Trial by jury: The judge in a breach of promise case delivers an unusual verdict after telling the story of his own rise to wealth and success which involved marrying and then deserting the daughter of a rich lawyer. Cox and Box: A London landlord rents the same room to two tenants, one by day and one by night. When the two tenants eventually meet, they discover they are both engaged to the same woman

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