W.S. Gilbert

William S. Gilbert (1878)
Thespis

William Schwenck Gilbert (ur. 18 listopada 1836, zm. 29 maja 1911) – angielski dramatopisarz, librecista oraz poeta. Współtwórca 14 operetek (wraz z Arturem Sullivanem), spośród których najbardziej znane są H.M.S. Pinafore, Piraci z Penzance i Mikado[1].

Operetki (wspólnie z kompozytorem Arthurem Sullivanem):

  • Thespis, or, The Gods Grown Old (1871)
  • Trial by Jury (1875)
  • The Sorcerer (1877)
  • H.M.S. Pinafore (H.M.S. Pinafore, or, The Lass That Loved a Sailor) (1878)
  • Piraci z Penzance (The Pirates of Penzance, or, The Slave of Duty) (1879)
  • Patience, or, Bunthorne's Bride (1881)
  • Iolanthe, or, The Peer and the Peri (1882)
  • Princess Ida, or, Castle Adamant (1884)
  • Mikado (The Mikado, or, The Town of Titipu) (1885)
  • Ruddigore, or, The Witch's Curse (1887)
  • The Yeomen of the Guard, or, The Merryman and his Maid (1888)
  • Gondolierzy (The Gondoliers, or, The King of Barataria) (1889)
  • Utopia, Limited, or, The Flowers of Progress (1893)
  • The Grand Duke, or, The Statutory Duel (1896)

Bibliografia

  • Edward Lear, Lewis Carroll, W. S. Gilbert, A. E. Housman, Hilaire Belloc, 44 opowiastki wierszem. Tłumaczenie Stanisław Barańczak, Znak, Kraków 1998.

Przypisy

  1. W.S. Gilbert, [w:] Encyclopædia Britannica [online] [dostęp 2022-10-05] (ang.).

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Photograph of W. S. Gilbert from the collection of the New York Public Library Digital Gallery
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Detail from "The Pantomimes" by D.H. Friston in the January 6, 1872 Illustrated London News, showing Thespis by Gilbert and Sullivan. The original has two other pantomimes stacked above it. It has been slightly cleaned up to isolate Thespis from the illustration of Noah's Ark above.
The scene is from late in Act I, either just after the gods appear to Thespis (and before they chase the other Thespians off) in the dialogue before the finale, or at the return of the Thespians within the Act I finale. Given the lack of Diana, it's probably the former. Terence Rees, in Thespis: A Gilbert and Sullivan Enigma identifies the actors on page 99. From left to right: Apollo (Fred Sullivan), Mars (Frank Wood), Jupiter (John Maclean), Thespis (J. L. Toole), Stupidas [background, in pointy hat] (Fred Payne), Preposteros [arms crossed] (Harry Payne), and Mercury (Nelly Farren).
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