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'''''[[Either-Or Title|Iolanthe; or, The Peer and the Peri]]''''', one of [[Gilbert and Sullivan]]'s [[Savoy Opera]]s,
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{{quote|the fairy Iolanthe has been banished from fairyland because she married a mortal; this is forbidden by fairy law. Her son, Strephon, is an [[Arcadia]]n shepherd who wants to marry Phyllis, a Ward of Chancery. All the members of the House of Peers also want to marry Phyllis. When Phyllis sees Strephon hugging a young woman (not knowing that it is his mother – immortal fairies all appear young), she assumes the worst and sets off a climactic confrontation between the peers and the fairies. The opera [[Satire|satirises]] many aspects of British government, law and society. The confrontation between the fairies and the peers is a version of one of Gilbert's favourite themes: a tranquil civilisation of women is disrupted by a male-dominated world through the discovery of mortal love.}}
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* [[Blue Blood]]: All the peers.
* [[Blessed with Suck]]: Strephon who is half a fairy. He's a fairy down to the waist, but his legs are mortal, and will eventually grow old and die.
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