Gilbert and Sullivan : a dual biography /
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| Author / Creator: | Ainger, Michael. |
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| Imprint: | New York : Oxford University Press, 2002. |
| Description: | xv, 504 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4781234 |
Table of Contents:
- Maps
- Gilbert's family tree
- Sullivan's family tree
- Curtain-Raiser: The London Grocer and the Irish Soldier
- Part 1. 1836-1866 By Different Routes to the Stage Door
- Chapter 1. 1836-1853 Gilbert: A Dramatic Childhood; Sullivan: A Musical Background
- Chapter 2. 1853-1858 The Chapel Royal and King's College
- Chapter 3. 1858-1862 Sullivan at Leipzig; Gilbert at Law
- Chapter 4. 1863-1866 Gilbert and Sullivan: The Ballad Writers
- Part 2. 1867-1877 Establishing Reputations: From Cox and Box to The Sorcerer
- Chapter 5. 1867-1868 Gilbert and Sullivan in the Theater
- Chapter 6. 1869-1871 The Meeting of Gilbert and Sullivan--Thespis
- Chapter 7. 1872-1873 Different Worlds: Gilbert's The Wicked World; Sullivan's The Light of the World
- Chapter 8. 1874-1875 Trial by Jury
- Chapter 9. 1875-1876 In Search of a Manager
- Chapter 10. 1876 Sullivan Is Honored; Gilbert Is Ridiculed
- Chapter 11. 1877 The Comedy Opera Company and The Sorcerer
- Part 3. 1877-1884 The G&S Phenomenon: From HMS Pinafore to Princess Ida
- Chapter 12. 1877-1878 HMS Pinafore
- Chapter 13. 1878-1879 Troubled Waters
- Chapter 14. 1879-1880 America and The Pirates of Penzance
- Chapter 15. 1880-1881 Patience
- Chapter 16. 1881 The Savoy Theatre
- Chapter 17. 1881-1882 Iolanthe
- Chapter 18. 1883-1884 Princess Ida
- Part 4. 1884-1891 The Golden Years: From The Mikado to the Carpet Quarrel
- Chapter 19. 1884-1885 The Mikado
- Chapter 20. 1885-1887 Ruddigore
- Chapter 21. 1887-1888 "A Fresh Start"
- Chapter 22. 1888 "A New Departure"--The Yeomen of the Guard
- Chapter 23. 1888-1889 "I Have Lost the Liking for Writing Comic Opera"
- Chapter 24. 1889 The Gondoliers
- Chapter 25. 1889-1890 Carpets, Etc.
- Chapter 26. 1890-1891 Disentangling the Knot
- Part 5. 1891-1911 Utopia and Beyond
- Chapter 27. 1891-1893 Picking up the Thread
- Chapter 28. 1893 Utopia, Limited
- Chapter 29. 1893-1896 The Grand Duke
- Chapter 30. 1896-1898 They Went On ... "But Did Not Speak to Each Other"
- Chapter 31. 1899-1900 "I Am Sorry to Leave"
- Chapter 32. 1900-1905 A Gilbert without a Sullivan
- Chapter 33. 1905-1906 The Trouble with Casting
- Chapter 34. 1907-1908 Interpolations
- Chapter 35. 1909-1910 Enter Fairies--Their Flight and Fall
- Chapter 36. 1910-1911 "A Very Honorable End"
- Curtain Call: A Selection of the Characters in the Story and What Happened to Them Subsequently
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index
