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W.S. Gilbert

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born

November 18, 1836 in London, England, The United Kingdom

died

May 29, 1911

gender

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genre

Theater

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Sir William Schwenck Gilbert was an English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator best known for his fourteen comic operas produced in collaboration with the composer Sir Arthur Sullivan, of which the most famous include H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and one of the most frequently performed works in the history of musical theatre, The Mikado. These, as well as most of their other Savoy operas, continue to be performed regularly throughout the English-speaking world and beyond by opera companies, repertory companies, schools and community theatre groups. Lines from these works have become part of the English language, such as "short, sharp shock", "What, never? Well, hardly ever!", and "Let the punishment fit the crime".

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Average rating: 3.84 · 365 ratings · 42 reviews · 81 distinct works

	The Mikado 3.84 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 1979 — 13 editions	My rating:
	H.M.S. Pinafore by W.S. Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan 3.90 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1925 — 15 editions	My rating:
	Ruddigore by W.S. Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan, Edmond W. Rickett 3.42 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1986 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Rosencrantz and Guildenstern 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2004 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Iolanthe 3.67 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1882 — 14 editions	My rating:
	The Pirates of Penzance by Arthur Sullivan, Carl Simpson, W.S. Gilbert 4.12 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 1985 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Bab Ballads 3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1970 — 42 editions	My rating:
	Utopia Limited Or, the Flowers of Progress by W.S. Gilbert (Composer), Arthur Sullivan (Composer), William S. Gilbert 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1985 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan by Arthur Sullivan, W.S. Gilbert (Illustrator) 4.26 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 1936 — 30 editions	My rating:
	Trial by Jury 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1986 — 3 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by W.S. Gilbert

“To sit in solemn silence on a dull, dark dock
in a pestilential prison with a life-long lock
awaiting the sensation of a short, sharp shock
from a cheap and chippy chopper on a big, black block.”
― W.S. Gilbert, The Mikado

tags: execution

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“I'm really very sorry for you all, but it's an unjust world, and virtue is triumphant only in theatrical performances.”
― W.S. Gilbert, The Mikado

tags: acting , injustice , justice , life , reality , theater

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“Merely corroborative detail, intended to give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative. (Poo-Bah)”
― W.S. Gilbert, The Mikado Or The Town Of Titipu

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