The complete plays of Gilbert and Sullivan
By: illustrated by W.S. Gilbert
Contributors: Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911
Series: Norton library
Publisher: W.W. Norton
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 615
ISBN-13: 9780393316889
Copyright date: 1976
Subjects: Librettos; Operas
Work titles: Operas
Description: William Gilbert's verses for Arthur Sullivan's music are the most fastidiously turned and inventively rhymed in all lyric comedy. From "Trial by Jury" to "The Pirates of Penzance", here are the librettos on which modern performances and recordings are based. Includes biographical sketches of Gilbert and Sullivan and the amusing pictures drawn by Gilbert to illustrate the music.
Notes: Reprint of the 1941 ed. published by Garden City Pub. Co., Garden City, N.Y.
Table of contents: title: Thespis; title: Trial by jury; title: The sorcerer; title: H.M.S. Pinafore; title: The pirates of Penzance; title: Patience; title: Iolanthe; title: Princess Ida; title: The Mikado; title: Ruddigore; title: The yeomen of the guard; title: The gondoliers; title: Utopia, limited; title: The grand duke.