Gilbert and Sullivan : interviews and recollections / edited by Harold Orel.
| Other author | Orel, Harold, 1926-2017 |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©1994. |
| Description | 214 pages ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Part I. Gilbert, mostly without Sullivan. 'William Schwenck Gilbert: an autobiography' / William Schwenck Gilbert -- My lifetime (extract) / John Hollingshead -- Portraits of the eighties (extract) / Horace G. Hutchinson -- A sporting and dramatic career (extracts) / Alfred E.T. Watson -- London letters and some others (extract) ; Anglo-American memories, second series (extract) / George Washburn Smalley -- 'William Schwenck Gilbert: the man, the humorist, the artist' / Malcolm C. Salaman -- Real conversations (extract) / William Archer -- Old days in Bohemian London (recollections of Clement Scott) (extracts) / Mrs Clement Scott -- '"Fallen fairies": Sir W.S. Gilbert on the New Savoy Opera: amusing reminiscences -- Once a clown, always a clown (extract) / DeWolf Hopper and Wesley Winans Stout -- Part II. Sullivan, mostly without Gilbert. Memories of a musical career (extracts) / Clara Kathleen Rogers -- Mid-Victorian memoirs (extract) / R.E. Francillon -- The life and letters of Sir George Grove, CB (extract) / Charles L. Graves -- Masters of English music (extracts) / Charles Willeby -- Melodies and memories (extracts) / Nellie Melba -- 'Recollections of Arthur Sullivan' / Edward Dicey -- Coasting Bohemia (extract) ; Some eminent Victorians: personal recollections in the world of art and letters (extracts) / J. Comyns Carr -- Studies and memories (extract) / C.V. Stanford -- Sir Arthur Sullivan: life story, letters and reminscences (extracts) / Sir Francis C. Burnand -- Further reminiscences, 1864-1894 (extract) / S. Baring-Gould -- Forty years of music, 1865-1905 (extracts) / Joseph Bennett -- A musican's narrative (extract) / Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie -- Impressions that remained: memoirs (extract) / Ethel Smyth -- Memories of my life (extracts) / Fred R. Spark -- Thirty years of musical life in London (extracts) / Hermann Klein -- Past times and pastimes (extract) / Earl of Dunraven -- Sir Arthur Sullivan: his life and music (extracts) / Benjamin W. Findon -- Part III. Gilbert and Sullivan: collaborators. Souvenir of Sir Arthur Sullivan: a brief sketch of his life and works (extracts) / Walter J. Wells -- A playgoer's memories (extract) / H.G. Hibbert -- Gilbert and Sullivan and their operas (extracts) / François Cellier and Cunningham Bridgeman -- 'Arthur Sullivan' (extract) / Vernon Blackburn -- W.S. Gilbert / Edith A. Browne -- Rutland Barrington: a record of thirty-five years' experience on the English stage (extracts) ; 'W.S. Gilbert' / Rutland Barrington -- The secrets of a Savoyard (extract) / Henry A. Lytton -- 'New stories of Gilbert and Sullivan' (extracts) -- Jimmy Glover, his book (extracts) / James M. Glover. |
| Abstract | Sir William Schwenk Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan created fourteen comic operas--witty satires set to sparkling music--that instantly won a large and enthusiastic audience and remain immensely popular today. Their talents brought the two men together and their temperaments finally drove them apart. Here, in forty interviews and recollections, is a record of what was said about them during and shortly after their lifetimes by friends, musicians, theatrical managers, singers, actors, and actresses, journalists and authors. For Gilbert and Sullivan devotees everywhere, this entertaining collection will provide fresh insights into the careers and collaborative achievements of one of the most successful--and enduring--enterprises of Victorian theatre. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 93060769 |
| ISBN | 0877454426 |