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A contemporary illustration of Thespis from The Illustrated London News of 6 January 1872. In 1871, producer John Hollingshead brought Gilbert and Sullivan together to produce a Christmas entertainment, Thespis, at his Gaiety Theatre, a large West End house.
The Sorcerer was first produced at the Opéra Comique on the Strand, on November 17, 1877. The original run of the piece was a satisfactory 175 performances, enough of a success to encourage Gilbert and Sullivan to continue to collaborate, which led to their next piece, H.M.S. Pinafore.
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Wikipedia has an excellent article that describes Gilbert and Sullivan as individuals, their remarkable work together, the legacy they created and its impact on popular culture, up to the present day. The Gilbert and Sullivan Archive includes extensive information about W.S. Gilbert, including his plays, poetry and short stories, in addition to ...
1877 saw not only the third G & S collaboration, The Sorcerer, but also the culminating masterpiece of Gilbert's career to that date - Engaged. This presented a kind of definitively Gilbertian view of the world, aggressively cynical and ironic: it was provocative, ingenious, and extremely funny.
Sep 19, 2021 · List of Gilbert and Sullivan Operettas. Thespis; or, The Gods Grown Old: Gaiety Theatre, 26 December 1871, 63 performances. Trial By Jury: Royalty Theatre, 25 March 1875, 131 performances. The Sorcerer: Opera Comique, 17 November 1877, 175 performances. H.M.S. Pinafore; or, The Lass that Loved a Sailor: Opera Comique, 25 May 1878, 571 performances.
121–160. Published: March 2021. Annotate. Cite. Permissions. Share. Abstract. The period from 1877 to 1889 was dominated for Sullivan by his collaboration with W.S. Gilbert, with whom he wrote ten highly successful comic operas on an almost annual basis. He found the partnership increasingly frustrating, if highly lucrative.
June23,2014. by Patricia Bernstein. SYNOPSIS OF THE SORCERER The Sorcerer made its debut in 1877 and was the first Gilbert and Sullivan collaboration in which the two had complete control of the production.
