Scenes and songs from the Savoy operas, and some Bab ballads
By: selected by J. Compton ; with illustrations by W. Russell Flint and W.S. Gilbert
Contributors: Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900; Compton, Joseph, 1891-; Flint, William Russell, Sir, 1880-1969; Stedman, Jane W., former owner; Flint, W. Russell (William Russell), 1880-1969
Series: Writers of to-day and yesterday
Publisher: MacMillan
Published: 1930
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 213
Subjects: Operas; Librettos
Work titles: Plays
Table of contents: title: The sorcerer. Oh! my name is John Wellington Wells; title: H.M.S. Pinafore (abridged); title: The pirates of Penzance (abridged); title: Patience. Prithee, pretty maiden; title: prithee, tell me true ; Gentle Jane was good as gold ; A magnet hung in a hardware shop; title: Iolanthe. When I went to the Bar as a very young man ; When all night long a chap remains ; When you're lying awake with a dismal headache; title: The Mikado (abridged); title: Ruddigore. I shipped, d'ye see, in a Revenue sloop ; Baronet of Ruddigore; title: The yeoman of the guard. I have a song to sing, O! ; Jack Point on a jester's calling; title: The Gondoliers. In enterprise of martial kind ; I stole the Prince, and I brought him here ; Then one of us will be a Queen ; Giuseppe and Marco decide to become King jointly ; Rising early in the morning ; There lived a King, as I've been told; title: The grand duke. When you find you're a broken-down critter ; I once gave an evening party; title: A selection of Bab ballads. The story of Prince Agib ; The yarn of the "Nancy Bell" ; A discontented sugar-broker ; Gregory Parable, LL.D. ; Joe Golightly ; Etiquette ; The played-out humorist (from His Excellency).