first night Gilbert and Sullivan
Subtitle: containing complete librettos of the 14 operas, exactly as presented at their première performances : illustrated with contemporary drawings
By: edited, with a prologue and copious descriptive particulars, by Reginald Allen ; and a foreword by Bridget D'Oyly Carte.
Contributors: Gilbert, W. S. 1836-1911.
Edition: [Rev centennial ed.].
Publisher: Chappell
Published: 1975
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 465
Subjects: Operas -- Librettos
Notes: Librettos by Gilbert; music by Sullivan.
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: Ruddygore.; title: The yeomen of the guard.; title: The gondoliers.; title: Utopia, limited.; title: The grand duke.