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Of this opera, George Bernard Shaw said: "I enjoyed the score of Utopia more than that of any of the previous Savoy operas."King Paramount of the island of Utopia decides that his people should adopt all English customs and institutions, but he goes too far and decrees that the kingdom and each of its inhabitants should become a "company limited" based on the English "companies act" of 1862. A revolution ensues which results in the kingdom becoming a limited monarchy with a two party system.
| AKA | Flowers of Progress, The |
| Author(s) | Gilbert and Sullivan |
| Related articles | Gilbert & Sullivan Biography |