This is the comic opera that Burnand wrote, while Arthur Sullivan wrote the score. Sullivan more frequently wrote music for the libretti of George Gilbert. Sir Francis Coley Burnand (1836-1917) was a great humorist, satirist and writer, probably best known for his work on Punch magazine (for which he received a knighthood in 1902.

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The adventures of Box, a printer, and Cox, a hatter, who are always in the same place but never at the same time.

National Theatre, R.H. Burnside presents a Gilbert and Sullivan opera season "Cox and Box," in one act, book by F.C. Burnand, music by Arthur Sullivan [adapted from J. Maddison Morton's farce Box and Cox].

An international team of contributors, including film director Mike Leigh, presents fresh insights into the work of Gilbert and Sullivan.

These classic Phonic stories, illustrated by Stephen Cartwright, are being fully updated. The text has been revised, puzzles have been added and the page count extended. These fun stories use very simple synthetic phonic-based text to help children in their first steps into literacy. These delightful books will enthral, entertain and educate all young learners.

A young girl tries out different genres and instruments in this exuberant celebration of music, winner of the Coretta Scott King New Talent Award--now available in a special anniversary edition. This is my family. We all love music, begins a young percussionist. When she plays with her father, a cellist, she taps the triangle. With her sister's marching band, she crashes cymbals together. At her aunt's jazz show, she taps a woodblock. Elbrite Brown's lively cut-paper illustrations, for which he was awarded the Coretta Scott King New Talent Award, depict this diverse, joyous family dancing, strumming, drumming and fiddling their way through a tour of major musical styles--everything from classical string quartets, to rock and roll, to the youngest niece banging on pots and pans. They love music--and most of all, they love to celebrate and play it together. Includes a glossary covering types of music and instruments mentioned.