Author: GOODMAN, ANDREW
Title: Gilbert and Sullivan's London / Andrew Goodman ; edited and presented by Robert Hardcastle
Description: Tunbridge Wells : Spellmount 1988. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a very good. slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw. now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 191 pages; 191 p. : ill. maps. ports. facsims. ; 26 cm. Here is a guidebook with a difference. Moving in and around London and backward and forward in time. Andrew Goodman gives us the story of W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan -- the most accomplished partnership in the history of British music -- as well as a history of the places where they lived and worked during the reign of Queen Victoria.With much original research and many period illustrations. Goodman makes an invaluable contribution to our understanding and appreciation of Gilbert and Sullivan. creators of The Mikado. H.M.S. Pinafore. and other works. which together constituted a unique style of musical theater that has never been approximated. Gilbert and Sullivan's London summons up a bygone era. recalling the grandeur of the city's great entertainment palaces. its atmospheric street life and nightlife. its splendor and its squalor. Subjects: Gilbert. W. S. (William Schwenck) 1836-1911 - Homes and haunts - England - London. Sullivan. Arthur Sir 1842-1900 - Homes and haunts - England - London -- Guidebooks -- Travel.ISBN: 0946771316. Weight in Kg appr.:

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