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Bibliographies
Searle, T. A bibliography of Sir William Schwenck Gilbert with
bibliographical adventures in the Gilbert and Sullivan operas;
introduction by R. E. Swartwout. [1931] (priv ptd); 1931 (as
William Schwenck Gilbert: a topsy-turvy adventure).
Dubois, A. E. Additions to the bibliography of Gilbert’s contributions
to magazines. MLN 47 1932.
Allen, R. W. S. Gilbert: an anniversary survey and exhibition checklist
with thirty-five illustrations. Charlottesville VA 1963.
Jones, J. B. W. S. Gilbert’s contributions to Fun, 1865–1874. BNYPL
73, Apr 1969.
Ellis, J. The unsung W. S. Gilbert. HLB 18 [1970].
Jones, J. B. Gilbert and his ballads: problems in the bibliography and
attribution of Victorian comic journalism. SB 25 1972.
Dillard, P. H. How quaint the ways of paradox! an annotated Gilbert
and Sullivan bibliography. Metuchen NJ 1991. Also contains
secondary material.
Collections
Original plays. 1876. Contains The wicked world, Pygmalion and
Galatea, Charity, The palace of truth, The princess, Trial by jury.
Reissued as Original plays, first ser 1881. Iolanthe added 1905.
Original plays. Second ser 1881. Contains Broken hearts, Engaged,
Sweethearts, Dan’l Druce, Gretchen, Tom Cobb, The sorcerer,
HMS Pinafore, The pirates of Penzance.
Original plays. Third ser 1895. Contains Comedy and tragedy,
Foggerty’s fairy, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, Patience,
Princess Ida, The Mikado, Ruddigore, The Yeomen of the Guard,
The mountebanks, The gondoliers, Utopia limited.
Original plays. Fourth ser 1911. The fairy’s dilemma, The Grand
Duke, His Excellency, Haste to the wedding, Fallen fairies, The
gentleman in black, Brantinghame Hall, Creatures of impulse,
Randall’s thumb, The fortune hunter, Thespis. The hooligan and
Trying a dramatist added 1920.
Original comic operas; containing The sorcerer; Patience; HMS
Pinafore; Princess Ida; The pirates of Penzance; The Mikado;
Iolanthe; Trial by jury. [1890.]
Original comic operas, second series: containing The gondoliers,
The Grand Duke; The Yeomen of the Guard; His Excellency;
Utopia limited; Ruddigore; The mountebanks; Haste to the
wedding. [1896?]
The Mikado and other plays. Introd by C. Day jr, New York 1917.
Contains The Mikado, The pirates of Penzance, Iolanthe, The
gondoliers.
The Savoy operas: being the complete text of the Gilbert and
Sullivan operas. 1926.
Goldberg, I. (ed). New and original extravaganzas. Boston 1931.
Contains Dulcamara, La viviandière, Merry zingara, The pretty
druidess, Robert the devil.
Allen, R. (ed). The first night Gilbert and Sullivan. Containing
complete librettos of the fourteen operas, exactly as presented at
their première performances: together with facsimiles of the
first-night programmes. Foreword by Bridget D’Oyly Carte. Illus
with contemporary drawings. New York 1958.
The Savoy operas. St Martin’s Lib 1962.
The Savoy operas. Introd by D. Cecil. WC 1962, 1963. 2 vols.
Stedman, J. W.( ed). Gilbert before Sullivan. Chicago 1967, London
1969. Contains the texts of Gilbert’s German Reed entertainments:
No cards, Ages ago, Our island home, A sensation novel,
Happy Arcadia, Eyes and no eyes.
Ellis, J. (ed). The Bab ballads. Cambridge MA 1970.
Selections
The Gilbert and Sullivan birthday book, compiled by A. Watson. 1888.
Savoy operas. Illustr W. R. Flint 1909.
Iolanthe, and other operas. Illustr W. R. Flint. Also issued in
separate vols 1911–12.
Lost Bab ballads: collected and illustrated by T. A. Searle. 1932.
A treasury of Gilbert and Sullivan: the words and music of one
hundred and two songs from eleven operettas. New York 1941.
Engaged. In English plays of the nineteenth century, ed M. R.
Booth, vol 4, Oxford 1973. Including ‘Criticism of Engaged’.
Tom Cobb. In English plays of the nineteenth century, ed M. R.
Booth, vol 4, Oxford 1973.
Plays by W. S. Gilbert. Ed and introd by G. Rowell, Cambridge 1982.
Contains Palace of truth, Princess Toto, Engaged, Rosencrantz
and Guildenstern, Sweethearts.
The lost stories of W. S. Gilbert. Ed P. Haining 1982.
Wilson, F. W. The Gilbert and Sullivan birthday book. Dobbs Ferry
NY 1983.
Dixon, G. The Gilbert and Sullivan concordance. New York 1987.
Benford, H. The Gilbert and Sullivan lexicon in which is gilded the
philosophic pill. Illus. Ann Arbor MI 1991 (2nd edn), 1999 (3rd
edn).
The complete annotated Gilbert and Sullivan, ed and introd by I.
Bradley. Oxford 1996.
Other selections, mainly from the Savoy operas, have been pbd, but they are of
little editorial significance.
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Newspaper reviews of Thespis, Trial by jury, and all works performed at the
Opéra Comique and the Savoy theatres, except Fallen fairies, are rptd in Allen,
The first night Gilbert and Sullivan, above. Joseph Knight’s Athenaeum
reviews from Nov 1874 to Dec 1879 are rptd in his Theatrical notes 1893.
Reviews of Gilbert’s later libretti are rptd in William Archer, The theatrical
‘World’ for 1893 [1894]: for 1894 [1895]: for 1895 [1896]: for 1896
[1897].
Only a representative sample of Gilbert’s many stories and articles is included
here. Note that Lacy nos refer to vols; French’s to individual plays.
Uncle Baby. Ca (Lyc 31 Oct 1863). Ed and introd by Terence Rees 1968
(priv ptd).
My maiden brief. Cornhill Mag Dec 1863 (pbd anon). Story.
A colossal idea. F. (Unacted). c. 1862; ed T. A. Searle 1932.
The key of the strong room. (‘Johnny Pounce’.) In T. Hood, A bunch
of keys, 1865.
The income-tax. (‘Maxwell and I’.) In T. Hood, Rates and taxes, 1866.
The lawyer’s story. (‘I plead for all’.) In T. Hood, The five alls. Warne’s
Christmas annual 1866. Reissued 1868.
Ruy Blas. Bsq. In Warne’s Christmas annual 1866, illustr Gilbert.
Dulcamara! or, the little duck and the great quack. Ext. (StJ 29 Dec
1866). 1866. From Donizetti, L’elisir d’amore.
La vivandière, or true to the corps. Ext. (St James’s Hall, Liverpool 15
June 1867; Queen’s 22 Jan 1868). Liverpool 1867, London 1868.
From Donizetti, La figlia del regimento.
Robinson Crusoe; or, the Injun bride & the injured wife. Bsq. (H 6
July 1867). 1867. With H. J. Byron, T. Hood, H. S. Leigh, A.
Sketchley and ‘Nicholas’ [W. J. Prowse].
Harlequin cock-robin and jenny wren, or Fortunatus and the water
of life, the three bears, the three gifts, the three wishes, and the
little man who woo’d the little maid. P. (Lyc 26 Dec 1867). 1867.
The merry zingara; or, the tipsy gipsy and the pipsy wipsy. Bsq. (Roy
21 Mar 1868). [1868.] From Bunn and Balfe, The ‘Bohemian girl’.
Robert the devil; or, the nun, the dun and the son of a gun. Ext. (Gai
21 Dec 1868). 1868. From Meyerbeer, Robert le diable.
The triumph of vice. In The Savage Club papers, 1867. Story.
The ‘Bab’ ballads: much sound and little sense, with illustrations by
the author.‘1869’, [1868], 1870 (Cheap edn, omits 10 ballads).
Chap. 2. In Two ’pon ten: a novel in a nutshell. In Tom Hood’s Comic
annual for 1869, [1868]. Story.
No cards: a musical piece in one act for four characters. Music by
German Reed. (Gallery of Illus 29 Mar 1869). [1869.] Re-set by L.
Elliott (1901).
The pretty druidess; or the mother, the maid, and the mistletoe