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OverviewThe Complete Annotated Gilbert & Sullivan provides the complete text of all the Gilbert & Sullivan operas which are still performed today, together with extensive annotations covering 'lost' songs, alterations and additions, obscure allusions, production points, and comments of interest. Each opera has an introduction which places it in its context, and a potted history of performances up to the present. No other book provides such extensive commentary on the texts of the Savoy Opera nor such a source of innocent merriment to fans of the incomparable Victorian duo.For each opera, there is a short introduction describing how the work came to be written, and giving its performance history. The text, including stage directions, is given on the right-hand page, and on the left (keyed in by line numbers) are notes. These give such information as the identity of a real-life person appearing or mentioned as a character, wordings that were different in the original edition (the one sent to the Lord Chamberlain for licensing), changes made for the first American performance, glosses on technical terms (e.g. legal terms), literary references, cross-references to similar items in other Savoy operas, comments from first-night critics, and many other things Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ian Bradley (, Senior Lecturer in Practical Theology in the School of Divinity at the University of St Andrew's) , Arthur Seymour Sullivan , Ian C. BradleyPublisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 5.60cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 1.812kg ISBN: 9780198167105ISBN 10: 0198167105 Pages: 1214 Publication Date: 23 August 2001 Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , General , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsIntroduction Suggestions for Further Reading Trial by Jury The Sorcerer H.M.S Pinafore The Pirates of Penzance Patience Iolanthe Princess Ida The Mikado Ruddigore The Yeomen of the Guard The Gondoliers Utopia Limited The Grand DukeReviewsa beautifully produced door-stopper of a book. Times Literary Supplement Just when you thought you knew everything there was to know about G&S here comes another book with even more information to swell the cards of Trivial Pursuit. Musical Opinion superbly edited by Ian Bradley with a succinct but informative introduction to each opera and copiously detailed notes explaining away the wildest fancies of Gilbert's wide-ranging erudition. Classical Music a beautifully produced door-stopper of a book. Times Literary Supplement Just when you thought you knew everything there was to know about G&S here comes another book with even more information to swell the cards of Trivial Pursuit. Musical Opinion superbly edited by Ian Bradley with a succinct but informative introduction to each opera and copiously detailed notes explaining away the wildest fancies of Gilbert's wide-ranging erudition. Classical Music Author InformationIan Bradley is an historian and the author of a number of books on 19th century liberalism. He is now a minister of the Church of Scotland, living in St Andrews and Senior Lecturer in Practical Theology in the School of Divinity at the University of St Andrews. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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