BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR GILBERT AND SULLIVAN OPERAS
Asimov's Annotated Gilbert and Sullivan.
Doubleday, 1988
Baily, Leslie: Gilbert and Sullivan; their lives and times. Viking
Press, 1973.
Cellier, François & Bridgeman, Cunningham: Gilbert, Sullivan
and D'Oyly Carte:
Reminiscences of the Savoy and The Savoyards.
London, 1927.
Dark, Sidney and Grey, Rowland: W.S. Gilbert: His Life and Letters.
George H. Doran Company, 1923.
Eden, David: Gilbert & Sullivan: The Creative Conflict. Fairleigh
Dickinson University Press, 1986.
Ellis, James, ed.: The Bab Ballads by W.S. Gilbert. Harvard Univ. Press,
1970
Gilbert, William S.: An Autobiography 1883.
The Story of the Mikado. A.A. Knopf, 1924.
Jones, John Bush ed.: W.S. Gilbert: A Century of Scholarship and Commentary.
NY Univ. Press, 1970.
Pearson, Hesketh: Gilbert: His Life and Strife. Harper & Brothers,
1957.
Perry, Henry Ten Eyck: The Victorianism of W.S. Gilbert (1928).
Smith, Geoffrey The Savoy Operas. Universe Books, 1985
Sullivan, H. & Flower, N.: Sir Arthur Sullivan: His Life, Letters &
Diaries. George H. Doran Company, 1927.
Williamson, Audrey: Gilbert & Sullivan Opera: A New Assessment.
Rockliff, 1953.
Note: The definitive web site devoted to
Gilbert and Sulllivan, The Gilbert and Sullivan Archive, may be found
at: http://math.boisestate.edu/gas/index.html
The movie Topsy-Turvy is available on DVD and VHS, but it is only sold to those over 18. The first part is rather long and confusing, but the parts which show the writing and staging of The Mikado are very well done and historically accurate.
Revised December
2006
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