Gilbert and Sullivan

Playwright/lyricist William S. Gilbert (1836-1911) and composer Arthur S. Sullivan (1842-1900) defined operetta or comic operas in Victorian England with a series of their internationally successful and timeless works known as the Savoy Operas.

Further Reading

• The Savoy Operas - Wordsworth Editions Ltd, Hertfordshire, England (1994)
• The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan - W. W. Norton and Company, inc - New York, USA (1976)
• Leslie Ayre, The Gilbert & Sullivan Companion - (Foreword by Martyn Green) - Pan Books Ltd, London, England (1972)
• Leslie Baily, Gilbert & Sullivan and their world - Thames and Hudson Ltd, London, England (1973)
• Ian Bradley, The Annotated Gilbert and Sullivan - Penguin Books Ltd, Middlesex, England (1982)
• Ian Bradley, The Annotated Gilbert and Sullivan 2 - Penguin Books Ltd, Middlesex, England (1984)
• Michael Ffinch, Gilbert and Sullivan - Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, England (1993)
• Martyn Green, Treasury of Gilbert & Sullivan - Simon and Schuster, Inc., New York, USA (1961)
• Christopher Hibbert, Gilbert & Sulivan and Their Victorian World - American Heritage Publishing Co., Inc, New York, USA (1976)
• Alan James Gilbert & Sulivan - Omnibus Press, Wiltshire, England (1989)
• Geoffrey Smith, The Savoy Operas - Robert Hale Limited, London, England (1983)
• Audrey Williamson,Gilbert and Sullivan Opera - Marion Boyars, London, England (1953)
• Robin Wilson & Frederic Lloyd, Gilbert & Sullivan - The Official D'Oyly Carte Picture History - Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York, USA (1984)
• John Wolfson, Final Curtain - The Last Gilbert and Sullivan Operas - Chappell & Company Limited, London, England (1976)