Show Plot Trial by Jury

Authors: W.S. Gilbert (librettist), Arthur Sullivan (composer)

Time Period: 1875

Setting:  A Court of Justice in the United Kingdom

Summary:  The satirical opera takes place in a court where a judge and a jury wait for a breach-of-promise lawsuit between the defendant, Edwin, and his fiancée, Angelina, whereas Edwin has grown tired of his former fiancée, Angelina, and has decided to marry another woman instead.