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1. Add MS 49298

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GILBERT PAPERS. Vol. X (ff. 126). 1. ff. 1-43. 'The Yeomen of the Guard', first produced 3 Oct. 1888. Preceded (ff. 1-6b) by a 'Summary of Incidents. Act I.' Includes songs not published in Original Plays by W. S. Gilbert, III, 1895. 2. ff. 44-126. 'The Gondoliers', first produced 7 Dec. 188...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
before 1889
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 49299

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GILBERT PAPERS. Vol. XI (ff. 263). 1. ff. 1-113. 'Her Majesty's Ship "Pinafore"'. ff. 1-51 (draft), ff. 52-113 (typewritten). 2. ff. 114-263. 'The Story of The Mikado'. ff. 114-171 (draft), ff. 172-263 (typewritten). Published as The Pinafore Picture Book: The Story of H.M.S. Pinafore, 190...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 49300

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GILBERT PAPERS. Vol. XII (ff. 99). 'Utopia Limited', first produced 7 Oct. 1893. Includes material not published in Original Plays, III, 1895. Followed (ff. 89-99) by printed proofs. includes: f. 85 Art. Illuminations and Drawings: Pen-and-ink drawing of a robed judge, by W. S. Gilbert: bef....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1893
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 49301

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GILBERT PAPERS. Vol. XIII (ff. 132). 'His Excellency', first produced 27 Oct. 1894. Wants much of the dialogue and end of Act II. Followed (ff. 62-132) by imperfect printed proofs, with substantial MS. additions. Includes material not published in Original Plays, IV, 1911.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1894
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 49302

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GILBERT PAPERS. Vol. XIV (ff. 133). 1. ff. 1-62. 'A Domestic Pantomime' (i.e. 'The Fairy's Dilemma'), first produced 3 May 1904. Differs only slightly from the version published in Original Plays, IV, 1911. 2. ff. 63-133. 'Selene' (i.e. 'Fallen Fairies'), first produced 11 Dec. 1909. Based o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1904
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 49303

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GILBERT PAPERS. Vol. XV (ff. 50). 1. ff. 3-41. 'Ruy Blas' or 'Gonzago'. Fair copy. Much fuller than the version in Warne's Christmas Annual, ed. Thomas Hood, 1866. 2. ff. 42-48b. 'Attendance Book' of Gilbert's coterie, 'The Serious Family', signed weekly by Thomas Hood, Clement Scott and oth...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Dec 1865-19 May 1866
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 49304

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GILBERT PAPERS. Vol. XVI (ff. ii+69). Two notebooks (ff. 1-47, 48-69) containing carbon press copies, with printed foliation as follows:– 1. ff. 1-30. 'Broken Hearts', first produced 9 Dec. 1875. Published in Original Plays, II, 1881. 2. ff. 31-47. Letters of Gilbert to his parents and relatin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1875-1881
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 49305

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GILBERT PAPERS. Vol. XVII (ff. 33). 1. ff. 1-18. 'Trying a Dramatist'. 2. ff. 19-33. 'The Hooligan', first produced in 1911. Both differ only in detail from the versions published in Original Plays, IV, 1911, which are omitted in the second ed., 1911, but later reinstated.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1911
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 49306

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GILBERT PAPERS. Vol. XVIII (ff. 133). Synopses, fragments of plays and libretti, etc.; 1873-1907, n.d. Partly typewritten. As follows:– 1. ff. 1-81. Synopses of:- (a) 'Great Britain and Ireland', a parody on 'The Wicked World', first produced under the title of 'The Happy Land', 17 Mar. 1873. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1873-1907
Extent:
1 item