The Victorian theatrical partnership of the librettist W. S. Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan produced fourteen comic operas that would exact a major influence on the history of theatre. Such popular classics as ‘H.M.S. Pinafore’, ‘The Pirates of Penzance’ and ‘The Mikado’ conjured fanciful "topsy-turvy" worlds, where absurd premises are taken to a logical conclusion. Notable for their humour and pathos, these celebrated operas enjoyed an enduring international success and are still performed frequently throughout the English-speaking world. For the first time in digital publishing, this comprehensive eBook presents Gilbert’s complete extant works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)

* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Gilbert and Sullivan’s lives and works

* Concise introductions to the operas and other texts

* All of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas, with individual contents tables

* Features Gilbert’s other dramatic plays and librettos, many appearing for the first time in digital publishing

* Excellent formatting of the texts

* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for Gilbert’s poetry

* Easily locate the poems or short stories you want to read

* Includes Gilbert’s complete Bab Ballads available in no other collection

* THE BAB BALLADS collection is illustrated with Gilbert’s original artwork

* Includes Gilbert’s short fiction

* Features four biographies - discover Gilbert and Sullivan’s extraordinary history

* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres

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CONTENTS:

Gilbert and Sullivan Works

THESPIS

TRIAL BY JURY

THE SORCERER

H.M.S. PINAFORE

THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE

PATIENCE

IOLANTHE

PRINCESS IDA

THE MIKADO

RUDDYGORE

THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD

THE GONDOLIERS

UTOPIA, LIMITED

THE GRAND DUKE

Gilbert’s Other Dramatic Works

RUY BLAS

DULCAMARA

LA VIVANDIÈRE

ALLOW ME TO EXPLAIN

A COLOSSAL IDEA

HARLEQUIN COCK ROBIN AND JENNY WREN

THE MERRY ZINGARA

ROBERT THE DEVIL

NO CARDS

THE PRETTY DRUIDESS

AGES AGO

A MEDICAL MAN

THE PRINCESS

THE GENTLEMAN IN BLACK

OUR ISLAND HOME

THE PALACE OF TRUTH

THE BRIGANDS

RANDALL’S THUMB

A SENSATION NOVEL

CREATURES OF IMPULSE

GREAT EXPECTATIONS

ON GUARD

PYGMALION AND GALATEA

HAPPY ARCADIA

THE WICKED WORLD

THE HAPPY LAND

THE WEDDING MARCH

CHARITY

TOPSYTURVEYDOM

SWEETHEARTS

ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN

TOM COBB

EYES AND NO EYES; OR, THE ART OF SEEING

BROKEN HEARTS

PRINCESS TOTO

DAN’L DRUCE, BLACKSMITH

ON BAIL

ENGAGED

THE NE’ER-DO-WEEL

GRETCHEN

FOGGERTY’S FAIRY

BRANTINGHAME HALL

THE MOUNTEBANKS

HIS EXCELLENCY

THE FORTUNE HUNTER

HARLEQUIN AND THE FAIRY’S DILEMMA

THE HOOLIGAN

TRYING A DRAMATIST

Gilbert’s Short Fiction

FOGGERTY’S FAIRY AND OTHER TALES

THE STORY OF H.M.S. PINAFORE

Gilbert’s Poetry Collections

THE BAB BALLADS

MORE BAB BALLADS

SONGS OF A SAVOYARD

MISCELLANEOUS BAB BALLADS

The Poems

LIST OF POEMS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

LIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

The Biographies

W. S. GILBERT by Louis Engel

SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN by Louis Engel

SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN by George Grossmith

GILBERT AND SULLIVAN OPERA: A HISTORY AND COMMENT by H. M. Walbrook

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