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| Genre/Form: | Biographies |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | W S Gilbert; W S Gilbert; William Schwenck Gilbert; William S Gilbert; W S Gilbert |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Jane W Stedman |
| ISBN: | 0198161743 9780198161745 |
| OCLC Number: | 32890758 |
| Description: | xviii, 374 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Other Titles: | WS Gilbert |
| Responsibility: | Jane W. Stedman. |
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Abstract:
Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836-1911) was the most brilliant dramatist of Victorian England. A daring and cynical playwright, the forerunner of Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw, he was also a prolific journalist and humorous poet (his Bab Ballads are still widely read), and he achieved worldwide fame through his long collaboration with the composer Arthur Sullivan, a collaboration that created such classics as H. M. S. Pinafore, The Mikado, and all the other Savoy.
operas. Now the story of this remarkable writer's life - and of his stormy relationship with Sullivan - is here chronicled by a renowned authority on Gilbert and on the theatrical and literary scene in Victorian London. For this biography, Jane W. Stedman has returned to original sources, has interviewed survivors, and has scoured a whole variety of Victorian periodicals for reviews, and personal comment. Gilbert emerges as a much more complex and interesting figure than.
has previously been thought. The book is a worthy companion piece to Arthur Jacobs's recent biography Arthur Sullivan: A Victorian Musician.
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