Gilbert and Sullivan or "entertainments", for Thomas German Reed. At a rehearsal for one of these entertainments, "Ages Ago", in 1870, the composer Frederic Clay introduced Gilbert to his friend, the young composer Arthur Sullivan. Over the next year, before the two first collaborated, Gilbert continued to write humorous verse, stories and plays, including the comic operas "Our Island Home" (1870) and "A Sensation Novel" (1871), and the blank verse comedies "The Princess" (1870), "The Palace of Truth" (1870) and "Pygmalion and Galatea" (1871). Sullivan was born in London on 13 May 1842. His father was a military bandmaster, and by the time
W. S. Gilbert bibliography full-length two-act works, except for "Trial by Jury", which is in one act, and "Princess Ida", which is three acts. All except for "Trial by Jury" contain spoken dialogue; the dialogue in "Princess Ida" is written in blank verse. Though not as popular as the works with Arthur Sullivan, a few of Gilbert's later comic operas arguably have stronger plots than the last two Gilbert and Sullivan operas. Gilbert is known to have written lyrics for twelve parlour ballads. These are: W. S. Gilbert bibliography This is a selected list of W. S. Gilbert's works, including all that have their