Gilbert And Sullivan
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Behind the curtain of Victorian England's most celebrated theatrical partnership lies a story of creative genius, ego, and an unlikely alliance that produced some of the most beloved works in the history of musical theatre. Hesketh Pearson's Gilbert and Sullivan chronicles the turbulent yet extraordinarily productive relationship between the sharp-tongued, perfectionist librettist W.S. Gilbert and the melodically gifted composer Arthur Sullivan, whose combined talents gave the world such enduring comic operas as The Pirates of Penzance, H.M.S. Pinafore, and The Mikado. Set against the glittering backdrop of Victorian London's cultural scene, Pearson vividly reconstructs the triumphs and bitter clashes that defined two decades of remarkable collaboration at the Savoy Theatre under the watchful eye of impresario Richard D'Oyly Carte. Pearson, one of the twentieth century's most acclaimed biographers, brings his characteristically witty and incisive prose to bear on this dual portrait, illuminating not just the personal lives and artistic temperaments of his subjects, but the broader social and cultural forces that shaped their work. With the authority of a skilled storyteller, he argues that the G&S operas were far more than mere entertainment — they were sharp, satirical mirrors held up to the absurdities of British institutions, class, and politics. The result is a biography that reads with the pace of a novel and the depth of a serious cultural study, leaving the reader to wonder how two men who so frequently drove each other to the brink of professional ruin managed to create something so timelessly, irresistibly brilliant.
Author: Hesketh Pearson
Format: Paperback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Behind the curtain of Victorian England's most celebrated theatrical partnership lies a story of creative genius, ego, and an unlikely alliance that produced some of the most beloved works in the history of musical theatre. Hesketh Pearson's Gilbert and Sullivan chronicles the turbulent yet extraordinarily productive relationship between the sharp-tongued, perfectionist librettist W.S. Gilbert and the melodically gifted composer Arthur Sullivan, whose combined talents gave the world such enduring comic operas as The Pirates of Penzance, H.M.S. Pinafore, and The Mikado. Set against the glittering backdrop of Victorian London's cultural scene, Pearson vividly reconstructs the triumphs and bitter clashes that defined two decades of remarkable collaboration at the Savoy Theatre under the watchful eye of impresario Richard D'Oyly Carte. Pearson, one of the twentieth century's most acclaimed biographers, brings his characteristically witty and incisive prose to bear on this dual portrait, illuminating not just the personal lives and artistic temperaments of his subjects, but the broader social and cultural forces that shaped their work. With the authority of a skilled storyteller, he argues that the G&S operas were far more than mere entertainment — they were sharp, satirical mirrors held up to the absurdities of British institutions, class, and politics. The result is a biography that reads with the pace of a novel and the depth of a serious cultural study, leaving the reader to wonder how two men who so frequently drove each other to the brink of professional ruin managed to create something so timelessly, irresistibly brilliant.