GILBERT PAPERS. Vol. VIII (ff. 15). 1. ff. 1b-12. ['Sharp Practice'?]. Draft. See Add. MS. 49297, ff. 2-19 below. 2. f. 13. Part of an unidentified draft. 3. f. 14b. Part of 'The Fortune Hunter'. Early draft. See Add. MS. 49290, f. 143b.
GILBERT PAPERS. Vol. IX (ff. i+21). 1. ff. 2-19. Part of ['Sharp Practice'?] as in Add. MS. 49296, ff. 2-12 above, but with altered names of characters. On the conjectural title, see f. 4b. 2. ff. 21b-20b reversed. Part of 'The Fortune Hunter'. Draft.
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...
Vol. XXXII B, 1872-1892. Rrelates to a cruise and includes (ff. 19b-20b) a description, in diary form, of a day on a West Indian island. Black morocco binding, blind-tooled. Art: Two sketch books of Sir W. S. Gilbert: 19th-20th cent.
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.
GILBERT PAPERS. Vols. LIII-LVI. Letters of sympathy, etc., to Lady Gilbert and others on her husband's death on 29 May 1911. Alphabetically arranged. Four volumes.
Scope & Content:
Lucy Agnes Gilbert, wife of Sir W S Gilbert: Messages of sympathy, etc., to, on death of her husband: 1911.