W.S. Gilbert; Author: Stedman, Jane W. (Professor of English Emeritus, Roosevelt University, Chicago, Illinois, USA); Hardback; Book

Author: Stedman, Jane W. (Professor of English Emeritus, Roosevelt University, Chicago, Illinois, USA)
Hardback; Book; 16 Pp Black and White Plates, Line Figures, Biblio
384 pages
Published: March 1996
Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198161743
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W.S. Gilbert was one of the giants of 19th-century Victorian theatre. He was already the leading young dramatist of his day when he began his celebrated collaboration with Arthur Sullivan, a partnership that produced the great Savoy Operas--still the most popular light operas in the world--and established him at the pinnacle of his craft. This insightful biography of Gilbert is a perfect companion volume to Arthur Jacobs' Arthur Sullivan: A Victorian Musician. of photos.This biography examines the life and creative career of one of the leading dramatists of Victorian England, who collaborated with Arthur Sullivan on HMS Pinafore, The Mikado and the other Savoy operas. It describes Gilbert's work in journalism, his non-Sullivan plays and his music.