W.S. Gilbert. (Stars of the stage).

W.S. Gilbert. (Stars of the stage).
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Total Pages : 148
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Synopsis W.S. Gilbert. (Stars of the stage). by : Edith A. Browne

W.S. Gilbert

W.S. Gilbert
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 424
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ISBN-10 : 0198161743
ISBN-13 : 9780198161745
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Synopsis W.S. Gilbert by : Jane W. Stedman

Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836-1911) was the most brilliant dramatist of Victorian England. A daring and cynical playwright, the forerunner of Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw, he was also a prolific journalist and humorous poet (his Bab Ballads are still widely read), and he achieved worldwide fame through his long collaboration with the composer Arthur Sullivan, a collaboration that created such classics as H. M. S. Pinafore, The Mikado, and all the other Savoy operas. Now the story of this remarkable writer's life - and of his stormy relationship with Sullivan - is here chronicled by a renowned authority on Gilbert and on the theatrical and literary scene in Victorian London. For this biography, Jane W. Stedman has returned to original sources, has interviewed survivors, and has scoured a whole variety of Victorian periodicals for reviews, and personal comment. Gilbert emerges as a much more complex and interesting figure than has previously been thought. The book is a worthy companion piece to Arthur Jacobs's recent biography Arthur Sullivan: A Victorian Musician.

Gilbert of Gilbert and Sullivan

Gilbert of Gilbert and Sullivan
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Publisher : The History Press
Total Pages : 404
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ISBN-10 : 9780752463858
ISBN-13 : 0752463853
Rating : 4/5 (58 Downloads)

Synopsis Gilbert of Gilbert and Sullivan by : Andrew Crowther

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 age. He became richer and more famous than he could have imagined, but at the price of his artistic freedom. In his time Gilbert had been many things: journalist, theatre critic, cartoonist, comic poet, stage director, writer of short stories, dramatist. Andrew Crowther examines W.S. Gilbert from all these angles, using a wealth of sources to tell the story of an angry and quarrelsome man, discontented with himself and the age he lived in, raging at life's absurdities and laughing at them. In this book Gilbert's glorious, contradictory character is explored and brought vividly to life.

Who's who on the Stage

Who's who on the Stage
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Total Pages : 242
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ISBN-10 : IOWA:31858004823369
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Rating : 4/5 (69 Downloads)

Synopsis Who's who on the Stage by : Walter Browne

Who's who in the Theatre

Who's who in the Theatre
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Total Pages : 1002
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ISBN-10 : CUB:U183042690011
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Actresses on the Victorian Stage

Actresses on the Victorian Stage
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 268
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ISBN-10 : 0521620163
ISBN-13 : 9780521620161
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Synopsis Actresses on the Victorian Stage by : Gail Marshall

Gail Marshall argues that the professional and personal history of the Victorian actress was largely defined by her negotiation with the sculptural metaphor, and that this was authorized and determined by the Ovidian myth of Pygmalion and Galatea. Drawing on evidence of theatrical fictions, visual representations and popular culture's assimilation of the sculptural image, as well as theatrical productions, she examines some of the manifestations of the sculptural metaphor on the legitimate English stage, and its implications for the actress in the later nineteenth century. Within the legitimate theatre, the 'Galatea-aesthetic' positioned actresses as predominantly visual and sexual commodities whose opportunities for interpretative engagement with their plays were minimal. This dominant aesthetic was effectively challenged only at the end of the century, with the advent of the 'New' drama, and the emergence of a body of autobiographical writings by actresses.

Contradiction Contradicted

Contradiction Contradicted
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Publisher : Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
Total Pages : 240
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ISBN-10 : 0838638392
ISBN-13 : 9780838638392
Rating : 4/5 (92 Downloads)

Synopsis Contradiction Contradicted by : Andrew Crowther

This book is a critical study of the dramatic works of W. S. Gilbert -- not only the famous libretti for other composers, but also his comedies and farces, his serious dramas, and his blank-verse plays. Aspects of his craft such as plot construction, lyric writing, and "stage management" (directing) are discussed. The bulk of the book explores the ideas and attitudes that are expressed in the plays, with particular attention to his concern with irony and inversion.

The Gasbag

The Gasbag
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Publisher : UM Libraries
Total Pages : 350
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015040453386
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Who's who in the Theatre

Who's who in the Theatre
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Total Pages : 2118
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ISBN-10 : UCAL:$B453143
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Issues for 1914-67 include "Notable productions and important revivals of the London stage from the earliest times."