A Bit More Like Work, or Life After D'Oyly Carte

'A Bit More Like Work' a sequel to 'Nothing Like Work' tells of the author's life after seven years with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. This includes the reconstruction of Sullivan's lost cello concerto, work for the Savoy Hotel and Grim's Dyke Opera Company, numerous tours of North America with The Best of Gilbert and Sullivan, and work for the BBC including the 1989 presentation of the complete Gilbert and Sullivan operas. Other areas covered include cruise work, a visit to Indonesia, pantomime, music hall, amateur operatic societies and further research into the life and work of Sir Arthur Sullivan and the Victorian composer Gerard Francis Cobb.