A Sensation Novel

by W S Gilbert

A Sensation Novel (1871) is a comic musical by W. S. Sullivan. First performed at the Royal Gallery of Illustration in January 1871, A Sensation Novel is one of Gilbert's collaborations with composer Thomas German Reed, whose German Reed Entertainments have been credited with revitalizing British theatre. As a satire of Victorian sensation novels that employs self-aware stock characters, the play is a metatheatrical work that anticipates...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0CDGP9X83
• ISBN13: 9798888974568
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Mint Editions
• Length: 42 Pages