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W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911)

Autor de The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan

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Born in London, William S. Gilbert served a term as a government clerk and was called to the bar as a barrister before being diverted into the bohemian world of Victorian comic journalism. He first achieved popularity as the author of several volumes of "Bab Ballads" (Max Beerbohm praised them as mostrar más "silly"). Moving on to theater, Gilbert contributed to the current rage for travesties of opera and for one-act musical "entertainments" until a blank-verse burlesque of Tennyson's Princess Princess led to commissions and full-length comedies, both mythological and "modern." Still highly regarded by critics, some of these---perhaps Sweethearts (1874) and Engaged (1877)---should be investigated by today's readers and producers. As it is, their best memorial is the early work of George Bernard Shaw, who, although he polemically rejected their cynicism, was clearly influenced by Gilbert's comedies and their inversion of social values. By the time of Engaged, however, a second dramatic career had overtaken Gilbert. Collaboration with the composer Arthur Sullivan, begun in 1871 (Thespis), achieved theatrical success with Trial by Jury in 1875. In the comic operas that followed, Sullivan's generally allusive music enriched the sometimes shrill pessimism of Gilbert's wit. An unlikely jostle of theatrical parody, contemporary satire, intricate meters, and logical fantasy, the librettos have often been compared with the comedies of Aristophanes and have influenced English playwrights from Oscar Wilde to Tom Stoppard. Uncomfortable, often acrimonious, the partnership nevertheless lasted through 25 years and 13 Savoy operas (so called because many were staged by Richard D'Oyly Carte at his Savoy Theatre). Gilbert, whose merely theatrical connections (as opposed to Sullivan's serious musical credentials) held him back from formal honors, was knighted in 1907, only a few years before his death. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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(eng) see also Gilbert and Sullivan

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Series

Obras de W. S. Gilbert

The Savoy Operas (1926) 348 copias
A Treasury of Gilbert & Sullivan (1941) — Librettist — 211 copias
The Bab Ballads (1890) 174 copias
The Mikado [libretto] (1885) — Librettist — 172 copias
The Pirates of Penzance [vocal score] (1880) — Librettist — 106 copias
The Mikado [vocal score] (1885) — Librettist — 103 copias
The Best Known Works of W.S. Gilbert (1932) — Ilustrador, algunas ediciones79 copias
H.M.S. Pinafore [vocal score] (1878) — Librettist — 68 copias
H.M.S. Pinafore [adapted] (1946) 60 copias
The Mikado [catch-all] (1885) — Librettist — 55 copias
H.M.S. Pinafore [catch-all] (1938) — Librettist — 53 copias
The Pirates of Penzance [1983 film] (1983) — Librettist — 46 copias
The Pirates of Penzance [catch-all] (1920) — Librettist — 44 copias
The Gondoliers [vocal score] (1889) — Librettist — 43 copias
Trial by Jury [vocal score] (1875) 41 copias
H.M.S. Pinafore [libretto] (1878) — Librettist — 39 copias
The Pirates of Penzance [sound recording] (1961) — Librettist — 37 copias
Ruddigore [Vocal score] (1887) — Libettist — 35 copias
The Mikado (1982) — Librettist — 35 copias
The Pirates of Penzance [1980 TV movie] (2002) — Autor — 35 copias
H.M.S. Pinafore [sound recording] (1878) — Librettist — 34 copias
Patience [vocal score] (1881) — Librettist — 34 copias
The Pirates of Penzance (1981) 33 copias
The Mikado and Other Plays (1917) 31 copias
Iolanthe [vocal score] (1882) — Librettist — 30 copias
The Mikado [sound recording] (1990) — Librettist — 28 copias
The Gondoliers [libretto] (1889) — Librettist — 25 copias
The Yeomen of the Guard [catch-all] (1888) — Librettist — 24 copias
Iolanthe [catch-all] (1911) — Librettist — 23 copias
Gilbert without Sullivan (1981) 22 copias
The Yeomen of the Guard [vocal score] (1888) — Librettist — 21 copias
Patience [catch-all] (1881) — Librettist — 21 copias
The Mikado [full score] (2012) 19 copias
Patience [1982 TV movie] (1996) — Librettist — 16 copias
Ruddigore (1887) 16 copias
Princess Ida [1982 TV movie] (1982) — Librettist — 16 copias
Trial By Jury [catch-all] (1875) 15 copias
Bab Ballads and Savoy Songs (1899) 15 copias
The Gondoliers [1982 TV movie] (1982) — Librettist — 15 copias
The Savoy Operas: Volume I (1957) 13 copias
H.M.S. Pinafore [1982 TV movie] (1996) — Librettist — 12 copias
Original plays (1926) 12 copias
The Corgi Book of Gilbert and Sullivan (1964) — Librettist — 11 copias
The Pirates of Penzance (1982) — Librettist — 11 copias
The Story of The Mikado (1921) 10 copias
Ruddigore [1982 TV movie] (1982) — Librettist — 10 copias
Iolanthe [sound recording] (1882) — Librettist — 9 copias
The Yeomen of the Guard [1982 TV movie] (1996) — Librettist — 8 copias
H.M.S. Pinafore; and, Trial by Jury [2005 TV movies] (2005) — Librettist — 7 copias
The Gondoliers [sound recording] (1993) — Librettist — 7 copias
Opera World Presents: Iolanthe [1982 TV movie] (1982) — Librettist — 7 copias
Songs of a Savoyard (2007) 7 copias
The sorceror (CD) (1877) 7 copias
Trial by Jury [full score] (1985) — Librettist — 7 copias
Original Plays (1905) 7 copias
The Pirates of Penzance [1994 film] (2006) — Writer — 7 copias
The Pirates of Penzance [libretto] (1881) — Librettist — 6 copias
Patience [sound recording] (1987) — Librettist — 5 copias
Engaged (1962) — Librettist — 5 copias
Gilbert & Sullivan: The Master Collection (2004) — Librettist — 4 copias
Gilbert and Sullivan Highlights — Librettist — 3 copias
Patience [libretto] (1997) 3 copias
The Mikado [chorus score] (1985) — Librettist — 3 copias
Patience [Score] (1982) 3 copias
PIRATES OF PENZANCE, PINAFORE, MIKADO & BAB BALLADS (1932) — Librettist — 3 copias
Finale (from PIRATES OF PENZANCE) — Librettist — 2 copias
The Mikado 2 copias
The Mikado, and other operas — Librettist — 2 copias
The Mikado: Chorus Parts (1986) — Librettist — 2 copias
Gilbert and Sullivan (1976) 2 copias
Complete Operas (1932) 2 copias
Poor wand'ring one — Librettist — 2 copias
Original Plays (1907) 2 copias
Utopia, Ltd.: Libretto (2009) 1 copia
Sullivan : The Mikado [libretto : English only] (2013) — Librettist — 1 copia
Captain Reece 1 copia
Trial By Jury 1 copia
The Sorcerer + Trial by Jury [vocal score] (2008) — Librettist — 1 copia
Iolanthe [operetta] — Autor — 1 copia
Utopia Limited: Vocal Score (1893) — Librettist — 1 copia
The Mikado 1 copia
H. M. S. Pinafore + Trial by Jury [sound recording] (2011) — Librettist — 1 copia
The Yeoman of the Guard [sound recording] — Librettist — 1 copia
The Pirates of Penzance : Vocal Selections — Librettist — 1 copia
The Mikado [score] — Librettist — 1 copia
Selected Bab Ballads (1955) 1 copia
Original comic operas (1890) 1 copia
Songs of a Savoyard (1926) 1 copia
A nice dilemma (from TRIAL BY JURY) — Librettist — 1 copia
Nightmare Song (1981) 1 copia
The Sorcerer [video recording] (1982) — Librettist — 1 copia
Uncle Baby: Comedietta (1968) 1 copia
Regular Royal Queen (from THE GONDOLIERS) — Librettist — 1 copia
A wand'ring mistrel I (from THE MIKADO) — Librettist — 1 copia
When I was a lad (from HMS PINAFORE) — Librettist — 1 copia
Poems of W. S. Gilbert (2000) 1 copia
Bad Ballads 1 copia
"Engaged." (2010) 1 copia
HMS Pinafore 1 copia
Gilbertiana 1 copia

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Iolanthe — Compositor, algunas ediciones9 copias
The Mikado (A Curtain raiser book) (1966) — Compositor — 8 copias
H.M.S. Pinafore [adapted] (1967) — Compositor, algunas ediciones7 copias
The Trials of Love (1990) — Contribuidor — 7 copias
Victorian Short Stories: Stories of Courtship (2009) — Contribuidor — 6 copias
The Fireside Treasury of Modern Humor (1963) — Contribuidor — 5 copias
The Best Nonsense Verses (1901) — Contribuidor, algunas ediciones4 copias
A Cabinet of Gems: Short Stories from the English Annuals (1938) — Contribuidor — 3 copias
The Importance of Being Earnest and Patience (1962)algunas ediciones3 copias
H.M.S. Pinafore [operetta] — Original author — 2 copias
Short Stories: The Timeless Collection (Unabridged) (2007) — Contribuidor — 2 copias
Ruddigore ; Cox and Box (CD) — Contribuidor — 1 copia
Cox and Box; Trial by jury — Contribuidor — 1 copia

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A gorgeous volume. It is tragic that no-one on Goodreads has seen fit to review this yet!

Bradley's volume contains the complete text of every one of the Gilbert/Sullivan operettas, complete with annotations in the margins, providing a useful contextual and historical overview. I recommend enjoying this alongside a music-biography of the works. The 20th anniversary edition contains impressive updates as well as including a couple of the early works previously excluded.
 
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therebelprince | 2 reseñas más. | Apr 21, 2024 |
This is a selection of forty-four of the Bab Ballads. For the complete works, readers should seek 'The Bab Ballads, with which are included Songs of a Savoyard', first published in 1898
 
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Phil_Mackie | otra reseña | Feb 22, 2024 |
 
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JBarringer | Dec 15, 2023 |
Enjoyable nonsense verse with strong rhyme & rhythm.
 
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