William Schwenck Gilbert – angielski dramatopisarz, librecista oraz poeta. Współtwórca 14 operetek , spośród których najbardziej znane są H.M.S. Pinafore, Piraci z Penzance i Mikado.
Operetki :
Thespis, or, The Gods Grown Old
Trial by Jury
The Sorcerer
H.M.S. Pinafore
Piraci z Penzance
Patience, or, Bunthorne's Bride
Iolanthe, or, The Peer and the Peri
Princess Ida, or, Castle Adamant
Mikado
Ruddigore, or, The Witch's Curse
The Yeomen of the Guard, or, The Merryman and his Maid
Gondolierzy
Utopia, Limited, or, The Flowers of Progress
The Grand Duke, or, The Statutory Duel
Wikipedia
“Is life a boon?
If so it must befall
That death when e're he call
Must call too soon.”
The Yeomen of the Guard (1888)
The disagreeable Man (from Princess Ida).
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
It rolls on.
To the Terrestrial Globe.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Ruddigore (1887)
The first Lord's Song.
H.M.S. Pinafore (1878)
The Mikado (1885)
Mr Wells' song, Act I.
"Simmery Axe" is the traditional pronunciation of "St. Mary Axe", a road in the City of London.
In Gilbert's day, the last building was number 68, though number 70 was built later.
The Sorcerer (1877)
Song, "As someday it may happen".
The Mikado (1885)
Captain Reese.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
The Suicide's Grave (from The Mikado).
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
The Yarn of the "Nancy Bell". Compare: There were three sailors of Bristol city
Who took a boat and went to sea.
But first with beef and captain's biscuits
And pickled pork they loaded she.
There was gorging Jack and guzzling Jimmy,
And the youngest he was little Billee.
Now when they got as far as the Equator
They'd nothing left but one split pea.
W. M. Thackeray: Little Billee.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
The Lord Chancellor's Song (from Iolanthe).
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Wariant: The Law is the true embodiment
Of everything that's excellent.
It has no kind of fault or flaw,
And I, my Lords, embody the Law.
The Mikado (1885)
The Gondoliers (1889)