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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  

✵ 18. Listopad 1836 – 29. Maj 1911   •   Natępne imiona Sir William Schwenck Gilbert
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W.S. Gilbert: Cytaty po angielsku

“Yes, but you don't go!”

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The Pirates of Penzance (1879)

“On a tree by a river a little tomtit
Sang "Willow, titwillow, titwillow"
And I said to him, "Dicky-bird, why do you sit
Singing ‘Willow, titwillow, titwillow?'.
"Is it weakness of intellect, birdie?" I cried,
"Or a rather tough worm in your little inside?"”

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With a shake of his poor little head he replied,
"Oh, Willow, titwillow, titwillow!"
The Suicide's Grave (from The Mikado).
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

“In spite of all temptations
To belong to other nations,
He remains an Englishman!”

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H.M.S. Pinafore (1878)
Źródło: 1878, HMS Pinafore, act 2, also quoted in Dictionary of Quotations, p. 354 (2005)

“When I was a lad I served a term
As office boy to an attorney's firm.
I cleaned the wndows and I swept the floor,
And I polished up the handle of the big front door.
I polished up that handle so carefullee
That now I am the Ruler of the Queen's Navee!”

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H.M.S. Pinafore (1878)
Źródło: 1878, HMS Pinafore, act 2, also quoted in Dictionary of Quotations, p. 353-354 (2005)

“So I fell in love with a rich attorney's Elderly, ugly daughter.”

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Trial by Jury (1875)
Źródło: 1875, also quoted in Dictionary of Quotations, p. 353 (2005)

“No money, no grovel!”

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Actually an ad-lib introduced by Rutland Barrington when playing the rôle of Pooh-Bah, to the annoyance of Gilbert.
The Mikado (1885)