Gilbert of Gilbert and Sullivan: His Life and Character

by Andrew Crowther

Book Overview

'A sympathetic and illuminating portrait of a quintessential Englishman' - Ian Bradley

The author of The Pirates of Penzance, The Mikado, H.M.S. Pinafore and the other great Savoy libretti, W.S. Gilbert was witty, caustic and disrespectful, one of the celebrities of the late Victorian era. He wrote the most brilliantly inventive plays of his time, and with Arthur Sullivan he wrote comic operas that defined the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0752455893
• ISBN13: 9780752455891
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.2"