George Thorne's "Jots". George Thorne played the "Grossmith" roles for many years in the provinces. His book of reminiscences can now be downloaded as a PDF file [19KB] courtesy of David Lovell.
	Added 30 April 2008

	Rutland Barrington and More Rutland Barrington. The two volumes of memoirs of this star of the Savoy can now be read on line.
	Added 30 April 2008

	The Fortune Hunter and The Fairy's Dilemma (originally titled "Harlequin and the Fairy's Dilemma") . The scripts of these two plays by Gilbert, 1897 and 1904 respectively,are now available on the Archive.
	Added 29 April 2008

	Fallen Fairies. Arthur Robinson has donated a scanned score of this opera which was produced at the Savoy on 15th December 1909. It was Gilbert's last libretto for the stage and has a score by Edward German. In addition, there is a score of the cut song, which was not published in the vocal score, "Oh love that rulest."
	Added 29 April 2008

	Pretty Polly. by Basil Hood and François Cellier played as a curtain raiser at the Savoy with The Rose of Persia and during the 1900 revival of Patience. We have added a copy of the libretto.
	Added 25 April 2008

	His Excellency. Arthur Robinson has donated a scanned score [PDF, 18MB] of this opera by W. S. Gilbert, with music by Frank Osmond Carr which was produced at the Lyric Theatre on October 27, 1894, with a cast including such familiar faces from the Savoy as George Grossmith (as Griffenfeld), Rutland Barrington (as the Regent), and Jessie Bond.
	Added 25 April 2008

	The Chieftain. During the run of this opera, an illustrated Souvenir Brochure was issued. Scans of the illustrations have been donated to the Archive.
	Added 20 April 2008

	Two interviews with Gilbert: At the time of the production of The Mountebanks from the Pall Mall Gazette, 26th December 1891 and at the time of the production of Fallen Fairies from The Daily Sketch, 15th December 1909. Contributed to the Archive by Arthur Robinson.
	Added 13 December 2007

	Tom Cobb. Adam Cuerden has found an illustration of Gilbert's play in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News of 15th May, 1875 which has been incorporated into the redesigned pages for this play.
	Added 14 November 2007

	Sweethearts. Adam Cuerden has found an illustration of Gilbert's play in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News of 21st November, 1874 which has been incorporated into the redesigned pages for this play.
	Added 14 November 2007

	The Yeomen of the Guard. The Kalmus orchestral parts have Phœbe's two solos both in their original keys and transposed up one tone. The vocal score only provides them only in the original key. If a soprano is cast as Phœbe, then these two transpositions by Larry Byler would be useful: When maiden loves [PDF, 76KB] and Were I thy bride [PDF 60KB].
	Added 14 November 2007

	The Light of the World. We have added MIDI files of the first part of Sulivan's Oratorio, first performed at the Birmingham Music Festival of 1873. The first part compises 27 numbers, approximately two thirds of the score.
	Added 13 November 2007

	The Sorcerer. Scores of "The Sorcerer Quadrille" and "The Sorcerer Fantasia" have both been added. Both are for piano duet.
	Added 13 November 2007

	Reviews of D'Oyly Carte Performances. Sam Silvers has sent us reviews from The Manchester Guardian of Iolanthe and Ruddigore from the 1930s and another of Ruddigore from 1962.
	Added 13 October 2007

	Arrangements for piano duet. The popularity of the Gilbert and Sullivan Operas led to arrangements of the music being made for dancing. These were published both for solo piano and piano duet. David Stone has made available three of these: HMS Pinafore Waltz, The Mikado Lancers and The Gondoliers Lancers. Scroll down the page to the subsection headed "The Music".
	Added 13 October 2007

	Foggerty's Fairy. This play by Gilbert opened at the Criterion Theatre, London, on 15th December 1881. Adam Cuerden has found a review of the play in the Illustrated and Dramatic News of 24th December 1881.
	Added 13 October 2007

	A Society Clown. George Grossmith's book of reminiscences published in 1888. Second hand copies of the original edition are now difficult to find. The book is available to read on line, and a printed version is also available from Lulu.
	Added 13 October 2007

	1926 D'Oyly Carte Season at the Prince's Theatre. 1926 saw the introduction of the famous Rickett's costumes for The Mikado. Costumes from these designs were used until the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company closed in 1982 and can be seen in the 1966 film.
	Added 24 September 2007

	1919-20 D'Oyly Carte Season at the Prince's Theatre. In 1919, after an absence of ten years from London's West End, the Gilbert and Sullivan Operas were brought back in a triumphant season.
	Added 24 September 2007

	1921-22 D'Oyly Carte Season at the Prince's Theatre. During this season, Ruddigore received its first revival in London and Cox and Box was added to the repertoir. A souvenir brochure was issued to commemorate the season.
	Added 17 September 2007

	1929-30 D'Oyly Carte Season at the Savoy. In 1929, Rupert D'Oyly Carte rebuilt the Savoy Theatre in the fashionable 'Art Deco' style and re-opened it with a production of The Gondoliers with new costumes designed by Charles Ricketts. A coloured souvenir brochure was issued to commemorate the season.
	Added 16 September 2007

	Hush-a-Bye Baby, on the Tree Top or Harlequin Fortunia, King Frog of Frog Island, and the Magic Toys of Lowther Arcade. Gilbert wrote this pantomime for Astley's Theatre in 1866 with written with Charles Millard. It was included in a set of illustrations of pantomimes of the season published by The Illustrated London News. It has been unearthed, thanks to the diligent research of Adam Cuerden.
	Added 10 September 2007

	Overture "Di Ballo" — George Pollen has sequenced a MIDI file of this orchestral work composed by Sullivan for the 1870 Birmingham Festival.
	Added 10 September 2007

	HMS Pinafore, Act II, No. 13 ("Fair moon, to thee I sing") is in D major in the vocal score, but the orchestral parts are in C major. Larry Byler has provided a transposition of the vocal score into the lower key.
	Added 6 September 2007

	New Sadler's Wells Opera production of HMS Pinafore. Photographs and cast details of this production from 1984-7 have been added.
	Added 19 August 2007

	Sir Arthur Sullivan as a Church Musician. Article from The Musical Times, January 1, 1901.
	Added 18 August 2007

The University of Rochester Rare Books and Special Collections Library announces the on-line exhibition "Gilbert and Sullivan: From London to America." Originally mounted at the University of Rochester Library in 2004-5, over 200 items on display are drawn from the collection of Dr. Harold Kanthor and focus on the original Gilbert and Sullivan productions (1871-1896) in London and their transfer to New York and other major American cities. Included are autograph letters and drawings by Gilbert and Sullivan, posters, programmes and souvenirs from the original productions, presentation copies, cabinet photographs of the original performers, and nineteenth century advertising material demonstrating the wide popularity of Gilbert and Sullivan in America.

Added 16 August 2007

	HMS Pinafore Trade Cards. The popularity of HMS Pinafore in the U.S.A. led to its characters being used to advertise "Sapolio", a greasy gritty soap, first manufactured in 1869. A set of cards, with parodies of songs from the opera was issued.
	Added 12 August 2007

	Mikado Trade Cards. The Gilbert and Sullivan operas were so popular that characters from them were used to advertise a wide range of goods. We have added a selection of trade cards depicting characters from The Mikado.
	Added 11 August 2007

The Internet Archive has several digitized books relating to Gilbert and Sullivan as well as some early recordings. Links to their materials can be found on the Sullivan home page, the Gilbert home page, the Gilbert's Plays Page, and the home pages of The Sorcerer, HMS Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance, Patience, Iolanthe, Princess Ida, The Mikado, Ruddigore, The Yeomen of the Guard, The Gondoliers, and Utopia Limited.

Added 3 August 2007

	John Reed "in conversation". In September 1973, John Reed, principal comic baritone with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, met a group of fans to talk about his life in the company. Daved Kay taped the conversation and has given a copy of the recording to the Gilbert and Sullivan Archive.
	Added 30 June 2007

	The Happy Land. Adam Cuerden has found an illustration of a scene from this play published in The Illustrated London News, 22 March 1873, which has been incorporated into the play's home page.
	Added 20 June 2007

	The Wicked World. Adam Cuerden has found an illustration of a scene from this play published in The Illustrated London News, 8 February 1873, which has been incorporated into the redesigned home page for Gilbert's Fairy Comedy.
	Added 19 June 2007

	The Gibert and Sullivan Story. Two more stills from this 1953 film, with Robert Morely as Gilbert and Maurice Evans as Sullivan, have been added.
	Added 18 June 2007

Princess Ida Vocal Score. The Gilbert and Sullivan Archive Edition. New performing edition of the vocal score of Gilbert and Sullivan's Princess Ida including all the spoken dialogue. The earliest published sources have been consulted whilst compiling this edition, but it takes account of the performing tradition of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, and includes the spoken dialogue. The accompaniment has been partly revised to reflect important orchestral passages previously neglected by published scores. The score is annotated where it deviates in substance from the score and libretto published in the authors' lifetimes.

Added 15 June 2007

	Ruddigore. Robert Ray, who directed the award winning Savoynet production of Ruddigore at the International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival in 2006 has given us a copy of his prompt book — a source of inspiration to future directors of the opera.
	Added 21 May 2007