Gilbert & Sullivan

Gilbert & Sullivan
Author: Robin J. Wilson
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Total Pages: 224
Release: 1984
Genre: Music
ISBN:

Celebrates each of the twelve major operas as they have been produced over the years, complete with photographs, drawings, paintings, posters, and review clippings.

A Most Ingenious Paradox

A Most Ingenious Paradox
Author: Gayden Wren
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2001
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780195145144

Most books written about Gilbert & Sullivan have focused on the authors rather than the works. With this detailed examination of all fourteen operas, Gayden Wren fills this void. His bold thesis finds the key to the operas' longevity, not in the clever lyrics, witty dialogue, or catchy music, but in their timeless themes, which speak to audiences as powerfully now as they did the first time the operas were performed. This volume is essential reading for any devotee of these enchanting works, or indeed for anyone who loves musical theater.

The Fabulous Feud of Gilbert & Sullivan

The Fabulous Feud of Gilbert & Sullivan
Author: Jonah Winter
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009
Genre: Authors
ISBN: 9780439930505

Welcome to Topsy-Turvydom, a magicalkingdom (well, more like an opera stage)full of pirates, policemen, fairies, and fakemustaches! Mr. Gilbert and Mr. Sullivanhave ruled this kingdom together in peace,but one day, Mr. Sullivan decides he'shad enough. Every opera they write is thesame silly old story, and he's ready forsomething different. Something serious!Mr. Gilbert is stunned. He's lost hisbusiness partner and his best friend, andhe needs a brilliant idea in order to gethim back. When Mr. Gilbert comes acrossa Japanese street fair, inspiration strikes,and The Mikado is born! Gilbert andSullivan reunite for their greatest workyet, showing that good things can comefrom an argument between friends.

The Complete Annotated Gilbert and Sullivan

The Complete Annotated Gilbert and Sullivan
Author: Arthur Sullivan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1224
Release: 1996
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780198167105

The comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan are a performing arts phenomenon. Wildly popular when first produced, they are if anything even more popular today. The Complete Annotated Gilbert & Sullivan provides the complete text of all thirteen of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas still being performed today, including H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance, and The Mikado. Each work is thoroughly annotated, with the text, including stage directions, given on the right-hand page, and the notes on the left. The annotations provide a wealth of information--everything from the identity of real-life people mentioned in the opera, to clear explanations of obscure words and phrases (such as legal terms) and other literary references, to comments from first-night critics, and much more. In addition, Bradley has written a marvelously informative introduction to the book as well as superb introductions to each piece, describing the genesis of the work, its performance history, and other fascinating tidbits. A goldmine of information, The Complete Annotated Gilbert & Sullivan will delight the hearts of Savoyards everywhere.

Gilbert and Sullivan

Gilbert and Sullivan
Author: Kurt Gänzl
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Total Pages: 389
Release: 2021-10-01
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1438485476

In this, the first book to focus on the original cast members of the classic Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas, world-renowned musical theater expert Kurt Gänzl provides a concise history of the writing and production of each opera, vividly colored by the often little-known life stories of these early performers. Meticulously researched and lavishly illustrated with rare photographs, Gilbert and Sullivan: The Players and the Plays delves into the professional and personal lives of the British and American actors and singers who created the celebrated "famous fourteen" Gilbert and Sullivan operas.

The Pinafore Picture Book; The Story of HMS Pinafore

The Pinafore Picture Book; The Story of HMS Pinafore
Author: W.S. Gilbert
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 102
Release: 2021-08-31
Genre: Drama
ISBN:

'The Pinafore Picture Book: the Story of H.M.S. Pinafore' by W. S. Gilbert is a delightful comic opera filled with romance and mistaken identities. On board the British warship H.M.S. Pinafore, love and laughter intertwine. Ralph Rackstraw, a humble sailor, falls for Josephine, the Captain's daughter, despite the social divide. As secrets are unveiled and disguises are worn, the crew finds themselves in a whirlwind of unexpected alliances and forbidden desires.

The Topsy Turvy World of Gilbert and Sullivan

The Topsy Turvy World of Gilbert and Sullivan
Author: Keith Dockray
Publisher:
Total Pages: 126
Release: 2020-04-02
Genre:
ISBN: 9781781557761

No musical partnership has enjoyed greater success during its time span than that of Gilbert and Sullivan in the later 19th century. No fewer than a dozen Savoy operas are still regularly performed. The operas present audiences with splendidly rich and satirical evocations of Victorian England and its society: the prime subject matter of this book!

The Japan of Pure Invention

The Japan of Pure Invention
Author: Josephine D. Lee
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Total Pages: 275
Release:
Genre:
ISBN: 1452915261

"The Japan of Pure Invention not only sheds new light on a seemingly familiar sold chestnut,' it raises new possibilities for understanding the endurance of orientalism in relation to both whiteness and blackness."-KAREN SHIMAKAWA, author of National Abjection: The Asian American Body Onstage --

The Cambridge Companion to Gilbert and Sullivan

The Cambridge Companion to Gilbert and Sullivan
Author: David Eden
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2009-08-06
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0521888492

An international team of contributors, including film director Mike Leigh, presents fresh insights into the work of Gilbert and Sullivan.