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Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (18 November 1836 – 29 May 1911) was an English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator best known for his collaboration with composer Arthur Sullivan, which produced fourteen comic operas.
4 days ago · W.S. Gilbert (born November 18, 1836, London, England—died May 29, 1911, Harrow Weald, Middlesex, England) was an English playwright and humorist best known for his collaboration with Arthur Sullivan in comic operas. Gilbert began to write in an age of rhymed couplets, puns, and travesty; his early work exhibits the facetiousness common to ...
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by. Andrew Crowther. William Schwenck Gilbert was born at 17 Southampton Street, Strand, London on the 18th of November, 1836, the son of William Gilbert (a retired naval surgeon) and Anne Gilbert. He had, or rather obtained, three younger sisters: Jane, Maud and Florence. Much of the young William's youth was spent touring Europe with his ...
W.S. Gilbert. Soundtrack: Never Let Me Go. William Schwenck Gilbert was born in London on November 18, 1836, to William Gilbert, a retired naval surgeon, and his wife Anne. The Gilberts would add three younger girls to the brood: Jane, Maud and Florence. His parents were cold and distant, with prickly characters. Stern and unyielding, they did not show affection for their son, who absorbed ...
- November 18, 1836
- May 29, 1911
Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (18 November 1836 – 29 May 1911) was an English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator best known for his collaboration with composer Arthur Sullivan, which produced fourteen comic operas.
The most important British dramatist of the late Victorian era, William Schwenck Gilbert (1836-1911) trained as a lawyer, but his brief stint in the practice of law was mainly an excuse to give him somewhere to sit while cranking out stories, verse and woodcut drawings for London’s flourishing humorous press.
This month we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the death of Sir William Schwenk Gilbert, the dramatist whose mastery of rhythm and fun stimulated Arthur Sullivan to produce some of the most delightful light music of the nineteenth century and to transform British musical theatre.
