{"product_id":"complete-plays-of-gilbert-and-sullivan-revised-paperback","title":"Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan (Revised) - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Schwenck Gilbert\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eArthur Seymour Sullivan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGilbert's verses for Sullivan's music are the most fastidiously turned and inventively rhymed in all lyric comedy. As the Savoy Operas enter their second century on a swell of renewed popularity, Gilbert's reputation as the supreme wordsmith of light opera remains secure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Complete and authentic, these are the librettos on which modern performances and recordings are based. Scattered among the songs are over seventy of the amusing, quirky pictures Gilbert drew to illustrate them. A chronology prepared for this edition sketches the authors' lives and careers. This is a book that no lover of Gilbert and Sullivan, musical comedy, or indeed the English theater will want to be without.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 624\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.19 x 8.23 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 17, 1997\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762126192928,"sku":"9780393316889","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/21c59a80276d995955a9a42c5964ade9_adc3a2af-3cdc-4b10-b009-9261e84760ac.webp?v=1780217970","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/complete-plays-of-gilbert-and-sullivan-revised-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}