Queen Victoria - I thought gags were things that were put by authority into people's mouths. D'Oyly Carte - These gags, your Majesty, are things that people put into their own mouths without authority. (Richard D'Oyly Carte)

Queen Victoria - I thought gags were things that were put by authority into people's mouths. D'Oyly Carte - These gags, your Majesty, are things that people put into their own mouths without authority.

Richard D'Oyly Carte

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