Offers plays from the 16th to the early 20th centuries. The texts are edited using modern spelling. Critical introductions, annotation, and bibliographies illuminate the plays' cultural contexts and theatrical potential.

Gilbert and Sullivans operas are some of the worlds best-loved musical works, delighting audiences with their joyous wit, topsy-turvy logic and extravagant wordplay. This glorious treasury is the definitive annotated edition of all fourteen of their operas. From the partially lost work Thespis, the first collaboration between W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, through the triumphant comic romps

A complete and authentic collection of the librettos on which modern performances and recordings are based.

Features fourteen operas. This title features works such as Thespis , The Pirates of Penzance , The Mikado , The Sorcerer , and Patience . It presents a commentary on each work, telling the stories behind the inspiration for the opera and its performance history, and giving plot summaries and original cast lists.

This volume provides the complete text of all the Gilbert and Sullivan operas which are still performed today, together with annotations covering lost songs, alterations and additions, obscure allusions, production points, and comments of interest. Each is placed within its historical context.