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W.S. Gilbert

Born

in London, England, The United Kingdom

November 18, 1836

Died

May 29, 1911

Genre

Theater, Fiction

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British playwright and lyricist Sir William Schwenck Gilbert wrote a series of comic operas, including Her Majesty's Ship Pinafore (1878) and The Pirates of Penzance (1879), with composer Sir Arthur Sullivan. This English dramatist, librettist, poet, and illustrator in collaboration with this composer produced fourteen comic operas, which include The Mikado , one of the most frequently performed works in the history of musical theatre. Opera companies, repertory companies, schools and community theatre groups throughout and beyond the English-speaking world continue to perform regularly these operas as well as most of their other Savoy operas. From these works, lines, such as "short, sharp shock", "What, never? Well, hardly ever! ...more

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	The Pirates of Penzance by W.S. Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan 4.03 avg rating — 1,002 ratings — published 1879 — 117 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mikado 3.82 avg rating — 406 ratings — published 1885 — 170 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan 4.27 avg rating — 207 ratings — published 1926 — 103 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	H.M.S. Pinafore by W.S. Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan, Ephraim Hammett Jones 3.90 avg rating — 175 ratings — published 1878 — 94 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Annotated Gilbert & Sullivan by W.S. Gilbert, Ian Bradley (Editor) 4.56 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 1996 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Patience by W.S. Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan (Composer) 3.80 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 1881 — 88 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Iolanthe 3.60 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 1882 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ruddigore by W.S. Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan, Edmond W. Rickett 3.78 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 1887 — 75 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trial by Jury 3.66 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 1875 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gondoliers 3.74 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 1889 — 84 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Annotated Gilbert and Sullivan (5 books)
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Ian Bradley (Editor)

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The World's Greatest Classical Music (1 book)
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Quotes by W.S. Gilbert (?)

“To sit in solemn silence on a dull, dark dock
in a pestilential prison with a life-long lock
awaiting the sensation of a short, sharp shock
from a cheap and chippy chopper on a big, black block.”
― W.S. Gilbert, The Mikado

tags: execution

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“I'm really very sorry for you all, but it's an unjust world, and virtue is triumphant only in theatrical performances.”
― W.S. Gilbert, The Mikado

tags: acting, injustice, justice, life, reality, theater

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“Oh, dry the glistening tear that dues that marshal cheek
Thy loving childern here in them thy comfort seek
With sympathetic care their arms around the creep,
For oh they can not bear to see their father weep”
― W.S. Gilbert, The Pirates of Penzance

tags: sadness, tears

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