Victorian Lyric Opera's 'Our Boys' is a fun, creaky Fringe revival of 138-year-old play

"Our Boys" is a play with pedigree. According to the Victorian Lyric Opera Company, which is giving this amusing if creaky piece a good-humored airing, H.J. Byron's comedy racked up a whopping 1,362 performances after its 1875 London premiere, becoming the first play ever to top the 500-performance mark. As if that weren't enough distinction: Byron (yes, he's related to the poet) was a sometime collaborator with W.S. Gilbert, of Gilbert and Sullivan fame.