Sir William S. Gilbert (1836-1911) and Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan (1842-1900) collaborated on a series of popular operettas, many of which are still performed today.

W.S. Gilbert's complete libretto for H.M.S Pinafore, which opened May 28, 1878, at the Opera Comique and ran for 571 performances. Subtitled 'The Lass That Loved A Sailor', the story concerns a captain's daughter and a common sailor that fall in love.

Iolanthe; or, The Peer and the Peri is Gilbert and Sullivan's seventh opera, first performed in 1882. The satirical work concerns the fairy Iolanthe, who has been exiled for her choice to marry a mortal. Misunderstandings within her family eventually lead to a dramatic clash between the Fairies and the House of Peers. This score is for voice and piano.

Rivaled in its success only by The Mikado, Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera HMS Pinafore continues to rank among the most popular works by the famed duo of librettist and songwriter. Popular from the start, the work contains some of Gilbert's most clever flashes of wit and a number of Sullivan's most charming melodies. Moreover, Gilbert's satirical attitude toward matters nautical during England's Victorian era and Sullivan's parody of "sea music" are enjoyed and appreciated today as much as they were over 100 years ago.

This is one of the ever-popular plays produced by the team of Gilbert and Sullivan and remains one well worth taking the time to read.

One of the ever-popular plays that was a collaboration between Gilbert and Sullivan, Thespis is a fascinating and worthwhile classic.

Like all of the plays collaborated on by Gilbert and Sullivan, H.M.S. Pinafore remains powerful and worth taking the time to read.

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1911 Edition.

This is a new release of the original 1925 edition.

Another of the collaborations between Gilbert and Sullivan, The Mikado is another play that should be in the repertoire of any reader.

The Sorcerer is one of the best plays ever produced by the legendary team of Arthur and Sullivan; it is well worth taking the time to read.

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1921 Edition.

The Gondoliers is one of the ever-popular operas by the famous pair of Gilbert and Sullivan, well worth taking the time to read.

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1925. Gilbert, English dramatist and writer of humorous verse, is best remembered as librettist of the Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas. The First Series contains: The Wicked World, Pygmalion and Galatea, Charity, The Princess, The Palace of Truth, Trial by Jury and Iolanthe.

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1921. The last literary work by Sir William S. Gilbert tells the story of The Mikado afresh. A lighthearted burlesque of Victorian English culture and the vagaries of love, set in a fanciful (and wholly imaginary) Japanese society. It is one of the most admired of all the Gilbert and Sullivan operettas. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.

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