Book description
For over a century, the comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan have enchanted audiences throughout the world. Largely produced by Richard D’Oyly Carte at the Savoy Theatre, London, they are collectively known as The Savoy Operas. Sir W. S. Gibert’s texts for Arthur Sullivan are parodies of institutions and ideas held dear by middle-class Victorian England, and the topsy-turvy humour, pithy dialogue and witty versification remain as delightful as ever.
CONTENTS:
1. TRIAL BY JURY
2. THE SORCERER
3. H. M. S. PINAFORE; OR, THE LASS THAT LOVED A SAILOR
4. THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE; OR, THE SLAVE OF DUTY
5. PATIENCE; OR, BUNTHORNE’S BRIDE
6. IOLANTHE; OR, THE PEER AND THE PERI
7. PRINCESS IDA; OR, CASTLE ADAMANT
8. THE MIKADO; OR, THE TOWN OF TITIPU
9. RUDDIGORE; OR, THE WITCH’S CURSE
10. THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD; OR, THE MERRYMAN AND HIS MAID
11. THE GONDOLIERS; OR, THE KING OF BARATARIA
12. UTOPIA LIMITED; OR, THE FLOWERS OF PROGRESS
13. THE GRAND DUKE; OR, THE STATUTORY DUEL