GILBERT PAPERS. Vols. XLVIII, XLIX. Correspondence and papers of Gilbert, alphabetically arranged, relating to his knighthood; 1907. Telegrams and postcards have not been indexed.
GILBERT PAPERS. Vols. I-IX. Notebooks containing drafts and synopses, some very fragmentary, of Gilbert's plays and libretti. Mostly autograph. Much of this material was radically altered or discarded before the plays, etc., took their final form. Some of the notebooks contain drawings of characters, stage sets, etc. Nine volumes.
Scope & Content:
Drama: Drafts and synopses of plays and libretti by Sir W. S. Gilbert: 19th-20th cent: Partly typewritten and pressed copies: Mostly autograph.
GILBERT PAPERS. Vols. X-XVIII. Drafts and synopses of plays and libretti, etc.; bef. 1873-1911, n.d. Mostly autograph. These drafts are much more complete and closer to the final published versions than those in Add. MSS. 49289-49297. Nine volumes.
Scope & Content:
Drama: Drafts and synopses of plays and libretti by Sir W. S. Gilbert: 19th-20th cent: Partly typewritten and pressed copies: Mostly autograph.
GILBERT PAPERS. Vols. XXII-XXIX. Prompt or author's copies, partly privately printed, of plays and libretti. Printed. Many include autograph notes giving property-plots, plans of sets and stage directions, with occasional corrections. Add. MSS. 49310-49313, 49315 comprise proofs mounted in notebooks. Eight volumes.
Scope & Content:
Drama: Prompt copies of plays, etc., by Sir W. S. Gilbert: 19th-20th cent: Printed.
GILBERT PAPERS. Vol. XXXI A, B (ff. 30, 18). Two sketch-books containing pencil drawings; n.d. Published for the most part in The 'Bab' Ballads. By W. S. Gilbert, ed. with revised illustrations, 1898.
GILBERT PAPERS. Vol. LXIII A-F. Individual artistes in costume in plays and operas; 1881-1899, n.d. Six box-cases.
Scope & Content:
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: Art. Photographs: Art. Portraits: Actors and actresses in productions of W. S. Gilbert's works: 1881-1904, n.d: Photogr. Art. Photographs: Drama ENGLISH: Costume: Sets and costumes of plays and operas by Sir W. S. Gilbert: 19th-20th cent: Photogr.