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Late Nineteenth-Century Drama
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The Gondoliers: or the King of Barataria. CO. Music by Arthur
Sullivan. (Sav 7 Dec 1889). [1889.]
Songs of a Savoyard, illustrated by the author. 1890. Selected lyrics
from the operas set by Arthur Sullivan.
Foggerty’s fairy and other tales. ‘1890’, [1889].
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern: a tragic episode in three tableaux,
founded on an old Danish legend. Travesty. (Vaud 3 June 1891).
Lacy 133; French 1989. Enlarged from verses of same name in Fun,
Dec 1874.
The Mountebanks. CO. Music by A. Cellier. (Lyric 4 Jan 1892). 1891 (as
‘Proof’, containing songs and dialogue deleted in rehearsal),
1892.
Haste to the wedding. CO. Music by G. Grossmith. (Crit 27 July
1892). 1892. A musical version of Le chapeau de paille d’Italie. See
The wedding march, above.
Songs of two Savoyards. 1892.
Utopia (limited): or the flowers of progress. CO. Music by Arthur
Sullivan. (Sav 7 Oct 1893). 1893.
His Excellency. CO. Music by O. Carr. (Lyric 27 Oct 1894). 1894.
The Grand Duke, or the statutory duel. CO. Music by Arthur
Sullivan. (Sav 7 Mar 1896). 1896.
The fortune hunter. D. (TR Birmingham 27 Sep 1897). [1897] (priv
ptd).
The Bab ballads, with which are included Songs of a Savoyard; with
350 illustrations by the author. 1898.
The fairy’s dilemma: a domestic pantomime. (Gar 3 May 1904).
[1904] (priv ptd). First pbd as story in Graphic Christmas no
1900.
The lady in the plaid shawl. The Flag 1908.
My case against the Rev J. Pullein Thompson. [1908] (priv ptd).
Prose.
The Pinafore picture book. 1908. Children’s fiction.
Preface to Rutland Barrington . . . by himself. 1908.
Fallen fairies: or the wicked world. CO. Music by E. German. (Sav 15
Dec 1909). 1909.
The hooligan. D. (Coliseum 27 Feb 1911). Pbd in Century Mag Nov
1911.
The story of the Mikado. 1921. Children’s fiction.
The following plays were performed but never printed: Allow me to
explain. F. (PW 4 Nov 1867); Highly improbable. F. (Roy 5 Dec 1867);
Great expectations. D. (Court 27 May 1871), adapted from Dickens’s novel;
Committed for trial. C. (Glo 24 Jan 1874).
Gilbert wrote the words for 6 songs in addition to those pbd from his plays and
libretti: Thady O’Flinn (Molloy) [1868]; Corisande (Molloy) [1870];
Eily’s reason (Molloy) [1871]; The distant short (Sullivan) [1874];
Sweethearts (Sullivan) [1875]; The love that loves me not (Sullivan)
[1875]. He also illustrated books and stories, chiefly those written by his
father, William Gilbert, including The magic mirror, ‘1866’ [1865], and
King George’s middy, 1868–9.
Contributions to periodicals
In addition to the periodicals referred to under §1, above, Gilbert contributed
to Belgravia, Broadway Annual, Comic News, Cornhill, The Dark
Blue, Fun, London Soc, Graphic, Illus Sporting and Dramatic News,
Mirth, Once a Week, Punch, etc. His chief connection was with Fun,
beginning in 1861, for which he wrote prose and verse of all kinds and contributed
many illustrations. He reviewed plays for Fun, Illus Times, Daily
News, and the Observer.
Letters
Gilbert wrote many sporadic letters to The Times, Era and other newspapers,
from the 1860s to 1911.
Brown, H. R. and R. Grey. The W. S. Gilbert of his own letters.
Cornhill Mag 52, Feb 1922.
Dark, S. and R. Grey. W. S. Gilbert: his life and letters. 1923.
Barnby, M. My letters from Gilbert and Sullivan. Strand Mag 72, Dec
1926, Jan 1927.
Allen, R. and G. R. D’Luhy. Sir Arthur Sullivan: composer &
personage. New York 1975.
Jacobs, A. Arthur Sullivan: a Victorian musician. 2nd edn 1992.
§2
Adams, W. D. Mr Gilbert as a dramatist. Belgravia 45, Oct 1881.
Archer, W. In his English dramatists of to-day, 1882.
Howe, H. Illustrated interviews. 1893.
Fitzgerald, P. H. The Savoy opera and the Savoyards. 1894.
Righton, E. A suppressed burlesque: the happy land. Theatre 28 Aug
1896.
Filon, A. In his The English stage, 1897. Trns by F. Whyte.
Archer, W. In his Real conversations, 1904.
Beerbohm, M. Gilbert as humorist. Saturday Rev 14 May 1904.
St John-Brenon, E. Mr W. S. Gilbert’s original comedy. Grand Mag
Apr–May 1905.
Browne, E. A. W. S. Gilbert. 1907. In Stars of the stage ser.
Valentine, E. S. Sir W. S. Gilbert as an artist. Illus Strand 37, Feb 1909.
Obits. The Times 30 May 1911; Manchester Guardian 30 May 1911.
Cellier, F. A. and C. Bridgeman. Gilbert, Sullivan and D’Oyly Carte:
reminiscences of the Savoy and the Savoyards. 1914.
Goldberg, I. The story of Gilbert and Sullivan: or the ‘Compleat’
Savoyard. New York 1928, (rev edn) 1935.
Granville-Barker, H. Exit Planché – enter Gilbert. London Mercury
25, Mar–Apr 1932.
Ellehauge, M. Initial stages in the development of the English
problem-play: the Savoy opera. EStudien 66 1932.
Two Victorian humorists: Burnand and the mask of Gilbert. TLS 21
Nov 1936.
Troubridge, St V. Gilbert’s sources. N & Q 29 Mar 1941.
Darlington, W. S. The world of Gilbert and Sullivan. New York
[1950], London 1951, New York 1952 (2nd edn).
James, P. A note on Gilbert as an illustrator. In Selected Bab ballads
with introd by H. Pearson, Oxford 1955 (priv ptd).
Williamson, A. Gilbert and Sullivan opera. 1955, (rev edn) 1982.
Pearson, H. Gilbert: his life and strife. 1957.
Cox-Ife, W. How to sing both Gilbert and Sullivan. 1961.
Rollins, C. and R. J. Witts. The D’Oyly Carte company in Gilbert and
Sullivan operas. A record of productions 1875–1961. 1962.
Supplements.
Mander, R. and J. Mitchenson. A picture history of Gilbert and
Sullivan. 1962.
Meisel, M. In his Shaw and the nineteenth-century theatre,
Princeton 1963.
Baily, L. The Gilbert and Sullivan book. Revised edn 1966.
Jones, J. B. (ed). W. S. Gilbert: a century of scholarship and commentary.
New York 1970.
Helyar, J. (ed). Gilbert and Sullivan papers presented at the international
conference held at the University of Kansas in May 1970.
Lawrence KS 1971.
Bargainnier, E. Gilbert and pantomime. Panto! The jnl of the Br
Pantomime Assoc 4 Christmas 1975.
Wolfson, J. Final curtain: the last Gilbert and Sullivan operas. 1976.
Cox-Ife, W. W. S. Gilbert: stage director. 1977.
Goodman, A. Gilbert and Sullivan at law. 1983.
McElroy, G. Whose 200; or when did the Trial begin? NCTR 12 Dec
1984.
Stedman, J. W. S. Gilbert: a classic Victorian and his theatre. Oxford
1996.
Eden, D. A tale of two kidnaps. Coventry 1988.
Periodicals devoted to Gilbert
The Gilbert and Sullivan Jnl. 1925–81.
The Savoyard. Apr 1962–Sep 1982.
Jnl of the W. S. Gilbert Soc. Spring 1985– .
Regional Amer jnls such as Gasbag (Univ of Michigan).
5 Mar 1969– . [jws]