Plays by W. S. Gilbert by George Rowell - ISBN: 9780521280563
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Plays by W. S. Gilbert

The Palace of the Truth, Sweethearts, Princess Toto, Engaged, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

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  • Paperback

    200 pages

  • Release Date

    4 March 1982

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Summary

This edition includes four plays and one libretto, covering more than twenty years of the dramatist’s career: The Palace of Truth (1870), Sweethearts (1874), Princess Toto (1876), Engaged (1877) and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (1891). The collection demonstrates that Gilbert was an original dramatist in his own right. The sophisticated irony of his plays challenged the conventions of the Victorian burlesque and sentimental comedy by demanding, and receiving, an intelligent response from the …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780521280563
ISBN-10:0521280567
Author:George Rowell
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Imprint:Cambridge University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:200
Release Date:4 March 1982
Weight:300g
Dimensions:229mm x 152mm x 12mm
Series:British and American Playwrights
About The Author

George Rowell

Sir William Schwenck Gilbert, KBE, was an English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator, best known for his fourteen comic operas produced in collaboration with the composer Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan, of which the most famous include “H.M.S. Pinafore”, “The Pirates of Penzance”, and “The Mikado”.

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