1874 was a particularly busy year for Gilbert. He illustrated "The Piccadilly Annual"; supervised a revival of "Pygmalion and Galatea"; and wrote "Charity"; "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern", a parody of "Hamlet"; a dramatisation of "Ought We to Visit Her?" (a novel by Annie Edwardes), an adaptation from the French, "Committed for Trial", another adaptation from the French called "The Blue-Legged Lady", a play, "Sweethearts", and "Topsyturveydom", a comic opera. He also wrote a Bab-illustrated story called "The Story of a Twelfth Cake" for the "Graphic" Christmas number.