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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Preface
- Maps
- Gilbert’s family tree
- Sullivan’s family tree (By permission of David Bolt Associates)
- Curtain-raiser The London Grocer and the Irish Soldier
- CHAPTER ONE 1836–1853 Gilbert: A Dramatic Childhood; Sullivan: A Musical Background
- CHAPTER TWO 1853–1858 The Chapel Royal and King’s College
- CHAPTER THREE 1858–1862 Sullivan at Leipzig; Gilbert at Law
- CHAPTER FOUR 1863–1866 Gilbert and Sullivan: The Ballad Writers
- CHAPTER FIVE 1867–1868 Gilbert and Sullivan in the Theater
- CHAPTER SIX 1869–1871 The Meeting of Gilbert and Sullivan—Thespis
- CHAPTER SEVEN 1872–1873 Different Worlds: Gilbert’s The Wicked World; Sullivan’s The Light of the World
- CHAPTER EIGHT 1874–1875 Trial by Jury
- CHAPTER NINE 1875–1876 In Search of a Manager
- CHAPTER TEN 1876 Sullivan Is Honored; Gilbert Is Ridiculed
- CHAPTER ELEVEN 1877 The Comedy Opera Company and The Sorcerer
- CHAPTER TWELVE 1877–1878 HMS Pinafore
- CHAPTER THIRTEEN 1878–1879 Troubled Waters
- CHAPTER FOURTEEN 1879–1880 America and The Pirates of Penzance
- CHAPTER FIFTEEN 1880–1881 Patience
- CHAPTER SIXTEEN 1881 The Savoy Theatre
- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN 1881–1882 Iolanthe
- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN 1883–1884 Princess Ida
- CHAPTER NINETEEN 1884–1885 The Mikado
- CHAPTER TWENTY 1885–1887 Ruddigore
- CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE 1887–1888 “A Fresh Start”
- CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO 1888 “A New Departure”—The Yeomen of the Guard
- CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE 1888–1889 “I Have Lost the Liking for Writing Comic Opera”
- CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR 1889 The Gondoliers
- CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE 1889–1890 Carpets, Etc.
- CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX 1890–1891 Disentangling the Knot
- CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN 1891–1893 Picking up the Thread
- CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT 1893 Utopia, Limited
- CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE 1893–1896 The Grand Duke
- CHAPTER THIRTY 1896–1898 They Went On…“But Did Not Speak to Each Other”
- CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE 1899–1900 “I Am Sorry to Leave”
- CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO 1900–1905 A Gilbert without a Sullivan
- CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE 1905–1906 The Trouble with Casting
- CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR 1907–1908 Interpolations
- CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE 1909–1910 Enter Fairies—Their Flight and Fall
- CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX 1910–1911 “A Very Honorable End”
- curtain call A Selection of the Characters in the Story and What Happened to Them Subsequently
- Select Bibliography
- Index
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- Source:
- Gilbert and Sullivan
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Preface
- Maps
- Gilbert’s family tree
- Sullivan’s family tree (By permission of David Bolt Associates)
- Curtain-raiser The London Grocer and the Irish Soldier
- CHAPTER ONE 1836–1853 Gilbert: A Dramatic Childhood; Sullivan: A Musical Background
- CHAPTER TWO 1853–1858 The Chapel Royal and King’s College
- CHAPTER THREE 1858–1862 Sullivan at Leipzig; Gilbert at Law
- CHAPTER FOUR 1863–1866 Gilbert and Sullivan: The Ballad Writers
- CHAPTER FIVE 1867–1868 Gilbert and Sullivan in the Theater
- CHAPTER SIX 1869–1871 The Meeting of Gilbert and Sullivan—Thespis
- CHAPTER SEVEN 1872–1873 Different Worlds: Gilbert’s The Wicked World; Sullivan’s The Light of the World
- CHAPTER EIGHT 1874–1875 Trial by Jury
- CHAPTER NINE 1875–1876 In Search of a Manager
- CHAPTER TEN 1876 Sullivan Is Honored; Gilbert Is Ridiculed
- CHAPTER ELEVEN 1877 The Comedy Opera Company and The Sorcerer
- CHAPTER TWELVE 1877–1878 HMS Pinafore
- CHAPTER THIRTEEN 1878–1879 Troubled Waters
- CHAPTER FOURTEEN 1879–1880 America and The Pirates of Penzance
- CHAPTER FIFTEEN 1880–1881 Patience
- CHAPTER SIXTEEN 1881 The Savoy Theatre
- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN 1881–1882 Iolanthe
- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN 1883–1884 Princess Ida
- CHAPTER NINETEEN 1884–1885 The Mikado
- CHAPTER TWENTY 1885–1887 Ruddigore
- CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE 1887–1888 “A Fresh Start”
- CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO 1888 “A New Departure”—The Yeomen of the Guard
- CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE 1888–1889 “I Have Lost the Liking for Writing Comic Opera”
- CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR 1889 The Gondoliers
- CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE 1889–1890 Carpets, Etc.
- CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX 1890–1891 Disentangling the Knot
- CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN 1891–1893 Picking up the Thread
- CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT 1893 Utopia, Limited
- CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE 1893–1896 The Grand Duke
- CHAPTER THIRTY 1896–1898 They Went On…“But Did Not Speak to Each Other”
- CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE 1899–1900 “I Am Sorry to Leave”
- CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO 1900–1905 A Gilbert without a Sullivan
- CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE 1905–1906 The Trouble with Casting
- CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR 1907–1908 Interpolations
- CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE 1909–1910 Enter Fairies—Their Flight and Fall
- CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX 1910–1911 “A Very Honorable End”
- curtain call A Selection of the Characters in the Story and What Happened to Them Subsequently
- Select Bibliography
- Index
