GILBERT & SULLIVAN
Part 1: The Correspondence, Diaries, Literary Manuscripts and Prompt Copies of W S Gilbert (1836-1911) from the British Library, London
This publication is based on the collection of papers relating to W S Gilbert at the British Library. There are a total of 65 volumes in the collection and we have reproduced 60 of these. Details of the volumes that we have filmed are given below, starting with a general description of the collection, based on the British Library Catalogue of Additional Manuscripts. The items that we have excluded all relate to the period after Gilbert's death and details of these are given at the end of this listing.
Add Mss 49289-49353. Correspondence and papers of Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (b. 1836, d. 1911); 1836-1952, n.d. Acquired from the executors of Gilbert's adopted daughter, Nancy McIntosh, the singer. Another considerable portion of the Gilbert archive, from the same source, is in the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York. Used by Hesketh Pearson in Gilbert: His Life and Strife, 1957. See also B.M.Q., xxi, pp. 67-69, and The First Night Gilbert and Sullivan, ed. R. Allen, 1958. Sixty-five vols. Classified as follows: A. Plays and libretti: 49289-49317.
B. Music: 49318.
C. Sketchbooks and drawings: 49319-49321.
D. Diaries: 49322-49329.
E. Correspondence: 49330-49345.
F. Miscellanea: 49346-49349.
G. Photographs: 49350-49353 REEL 1
A. PLAYS AND LIBRETTI
49289-49297: GILBERT PAPERS, Vols. I-IX. Notebooks containing drafts and synopses, some very fragmentary, of Gilbert's plays and libretti. Mostly autograph. Much of this material was radically altered or discarded before the plays, etc., took their final form. Some of the notebooks contain drawings of characters, stage sets, etc. Nine volumes. 49289: GILBERT PAPERS, vol. I (ff. 221).
1. ff. 1b-10. 'Foggerty's Fairy'.
2. ff. 11-45, 48-59, 219b-216b reversed. 'Utopia Limited'.
3. ff. 46-47, 60-73b. Unidentified synopses. ff. 60-73 are partly related to ff. 11-12 and 29-31.
4. ff. 74-78b, 187-215. 'The Grand Duke'. ff. 74-75 relate to a sub-plot sketched on ff. 66-67, 188-189 and in Add. MS. 49290, ff. 170b-168b, etc. ff. 187-215 are presumably related to this libretto from the reference to duelling on ff. 204-205.
5. ff. 80-186 passim. 'His Excellency'.
6. ff. 220b reversed. Unidentified synopsis. 49290: GILBERT PAPERS, vol. II (ff. i+184).
1. ff. 13b-111. 'The Grand Duke'.
2. ff. 181b-173b, 169b-160b, 154b-111b passim, 110b, 109b, 108b, reversed. 'The Fortune Hunter'.
3. ff. 173-170b, 160-155b, reversed. Unidentified fragments and synopses. 49291: GILBERT PAPERS, vol. III (ff. i+36).
1. ff. 1-30. 'The Fortune Hunter'.
2. ff. 34b-31b reversed. Unidentified draft.
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49292: GILBERT PAPERS, vol. IV (ff. i+326).
1. ff. 2-20. 'Fairy Love', i.e. 'Fallen Fairies'.
2. ff. 21-77. 'Sweethearts'.
3. ff. 78-288 passim, 322b-297b reversed. 'Charity'.
4. ff. 288b-293. 'Topsyturvydom'.
5. ff. 296-294 reversed. 'Tom Cobb'.
6. f. 323b. Unidentified draft.
7. f. 324b. 'The Wedding March' or 'Haste to the Wedding'. Draft. 49293: GILBERT PAPERS, vol. V (ff. 35).
1. ff. 1-4. 'Fallen Fairies'.
2. ff. 5-9. Essay, partly autobiographical, on the profession of a dramatist; n.d. Draft.
3. ff. 34b-11b reversed. Unidentified play. Draft.
49294: GILBERT PAPERS, vol. VI (ff. i+136) - 'The Fairy's Dilemma'. REEL 3
49295: GILBERT PAPERS, vol. VII (ff. i+126).
1. ff. 1b-49. 'Tom Cobb'.
2. ff. 50-61, 124b-62b reversed. 'The Ne'er do weel'; begun 10 June 1877. 49296: 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.
49297: 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.
49298-49306: GILBERT PAPERS, vols. X-XVIII. Drafts and synopses of plays and libretti, etc.; bef. 1873-1911, n.d. Mostly autograph. These drafts are much more complete and closer to the final published versions than those in Add. MSS. 49289-49297. Nine volumes. 49298: 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. 1889. Includes material not published in Original Plays. 49299: GILBERT PAPERS, vol. XI (ff. 263).
1. ff. 1-113. 'Her Majesty's Ship "Pinafore"'. ff. 1-51 (draft), ff. 52-113 (typewritten).
2. ff. 114-263. 'The Story of The Mikado'. ff. 114-171 (draft), ff. 172-263 (typewritten).
Published as The Pinafore Picture Book: The Story of H.M.S. Pinafore, 1908, and The Story of The Mikado, 1921, with illustrations by Alice B. Woodward. 49300: GILBERT PAPERS, vol. XII (ff. 99). 'Utopia Limited', first produced 7 Oct. 1893. Includes material not published in Original Plays, III, 1895. Followed (ff. 89-99) by printed proofs. REEL 4
49301: GILBERT PAPERS, vol. XIII (ff. 132). 'His Excellency', first produced 27 Oct. 1894. Wants much of the dialogue and end of Act II. Followed (ff. 62-132) by imperfect printed proofs, with substantial MS. additions. Includes material not published in Original Plays, IV, 1911. 49302: GILBERT PAPERS, vol. XIV (ff. 133).
1. ff. 1-62. 'A Domestic Pantomime' (i.e. 'The Fairy's Dilemma'), first produced 3 May 1904. Differs only slightly from the version published in Original Plays, IV, 1911.
2. ff. 63-133. 'Selene' (i.e. 'Fallen Fairies'), first produced 11 Dec. 1909. Based on Gilbert's earlier blank verse play 'The Wicked World', first produced 4 Jan. 1873. The version published in Original Plays, IV, 1911, is considerably cut. 49303: GILBERT PAPERS, vol. XV (ff. 50).
1. ff. 3-41. 'Ruy Blas' or 'Gonzago'. Fair copy. Much fuller than the version in Warne's Christmas Annual, ed. Thomas Hood, 1866.
2. ff. 42-48b. 'Attendance Book' of Gilbert's coterie, 'The Serious Family', signed weekly by Thomas Hood, Clement Scott and other members; 23 Dec. 1865-19 May 1866.
3. ff. 50b-49 reversed. 'Ruy Blas'. Fragment of printed proofs, with MS. additions. Includes a drawing signed 'Bab'. 49304: GILBERT PAPERS, vol. XVI (ff. ii+69). Two notebooks (ff. 1-47, 48-69) containing carbon press copies, with printed foliation as follows:
1. ff. 1-30. 'Broken Hearts', first produced 9 Dec. 1875. Published in Original Plays, II, 1881.
2. ff. 31-47. Letters of Gilbert to his parents and relating to a servant; 1875, 1876.
3. ff. 48-69. Part of Act I of 'Patience', first produced 23 Apr. 1881. Includes material not published in Original Plays, III, 1895. 49305: GILBERT PAPERS, vol. XVII (ff. 33).
1. ff. 1-18. 'Trying a Dramatist'.
2. ff. 19-33. 'The Hooligan', first produced in 1911.
Both differ only in detail from the versions published in Original Plays, IV, 1911, which are omitted in the second ed., 1911, but later reinstated. 49306: GILBERT PAPERS, vol. XVIII (ff. 133). Synopses, fragments of plays and libretti, etc.; 1873-1907, n.d. Partly typewritten. As follows:
1. ff. 1-81. Synopses of:- (a) 'Great Britain and Ireland', a parody on 'The Wicked World', first produced under the title of 'The Happy Land', 17 Mar. 1873. ff. 1-4;- (b) 'Broken Hearts'. ff. 5-12;- (c) 'Princess Toto', 'Original scenario, 24 July 1876', first produced 2 Oct. 1876. ff. 13-22;- (d) 'The Ne'er do Weel', first produced 25 Feb. 1878. Typewritten, with autograph corrections. ff. 23-49;- (e) 'H.M.S. Pinafore', first produced 25 May 1878. Imperfect at the end. ff. 50-55;- (f) 'The Mountebanks', first produced 4 Jan. 1892. ff. 56-81. 2. ff. 82-102. Fragments apparently relating to:- (a) 'Thespis'. ff. 82-83;- (b) 'Foggerty's Fairy'. f. 84;- (c) 'Iolanthe'. ff. 85-86;- (d) 'The Mikado'. f. 87;- (e) ['Ruddigore'?]. ff. 88-89;- (f) 'The Mountebanks'. f. 90;- (g) 'Utopia Limited' and 'The Grand Duke'. Early [drafts?].
ff. 91-101;- (h) 'The Fortune Hunter'. f. 102.
3. ff. 103-117. Unidentified synopses and fragments.
4. ff. 118-123. Speech by Gilbert after his knighthood in 1907. Draft.
5. ff. 124-125. Account of a 'Singular Dream'; 25 Oct. 1871-1908.
6. ff. 126-133. Unfinished 'Reminiscences of Bush life in Queensland'; n.d. REEL 5
49307: GILBERT PAPERS, vol. XIX (ff. 242). Texts of plays; bef. 1884, n.d. Typewritten.
1. ff. 1-4. 'Comedy and Tragedy'. 'Sketch version', first produced 26 Jan. 1884. Single scene with note at end: 'then as in original play'. See Original Plays, III.
2. ff. 5-209. 'Selene', i.e. 'Fallen Fairies'. Three copies of Act I, with autograph corrections and additions, two marked as 'Revised', and two copies of Act II, one marked as 'Revised'.
3. ff. 210-227. 'Trying a Dramatist'.
4. ff. 228-242. 'The Hooligan'. 49308: GILBERT PAPERS, vol. XX (ff. 248). Collected plays and libretti of Gilbert. Two imperfect sets of printed proofs, with autograph corrections, of Original Plays by W. S. Gilbert, Fourth Series, 1911. Preceded (f. 1) by a covering letter to Gilbert from Chatto and Windus, 23 May 1911. Viz.:- (a) Pp. 1-224 of 'First Proof'; 6-27 Apr. 1911. ff. 2-113b;- (b) Pp. 1-224 of 'Revise Proof'; 18-27 May 1911. ff. 137-248. Also includes, in the same format, a set (ff. 114-136b) of first proof of 'Princess Toto', 28 Apr.-1 May 1911, paginated [235]-280, not included in either the first or second editions of Original Plays, Fourth Series, 1911. See the list of contents of these editions in T. Searle, Sir William Schwenck Gilbert, 1931, p. 65. No copy of the first edition is in the British Library. REEL 6
49310-49317: GILBERT PAPERS, vols. XXII-XXIX. Prompt or author's copies, partly privately printed, of plays and libretti. Printed. Many include autograph notes giving property-plots, plans of sets and stage directions, with occasional corrections. Add. MSS. 49310-49313, 49315 comprise proofs mounted in notebooks. Eight volumes. 49310: GILBERT PAPERS, vol. XXII (ff. 85).
1. ff. 1-14. 'Trial by Jury'.
2. ff. 16-49. 'The Sorcerer'.
3. ff. 50-85. 'H.M.S. Pinafore'. 49311: GILBERT PAPERS, vol. XXIII (ff. 123).
1. ff. 1-36. 'The Pirates of Penzance'.
2. ff. 38-78. 'Patience'.
3. ff. 79b-123b. 'Iolanthe'. 49312: GILBERT PAPERS, vol. XXIV (ff. 157).
1. ff. 2-53. 'Princess Ida'
2. ff. 55-108. 'The Mikado'
3. ff. 109-157. 'Ruddigore' 49313: GILBERT PAPERS, vol. XXV (ff. ii+136).
1. ff. 1b-52. 'The Yeomen of the Guard'.
2. ff. 53-136. 'The Gondoliers'. REEL 7
49314: GILBERT PAPERS, vol. XXVI (ff. 135).
1. ff. 1-40, 41-94. 'Foggerty's Fairy' in two editions, the first 'Printed as Manuscript for private circulation only' (f. 1).
2. ff. 95b-135b. 'A Domestic Pantomime', i.e. 'The Fairy's Dilemma'. 'Printed for private use only' (f. 95b). 49315: GILBERT PAPERS, vol. XXVII (ff. 108).
1. ff. 1-40b. 'The Ne'er do Weel'.
2. ff. 42-72b. 'The Mountebanks'.
3. ff. 75-108. 'His Excellency'. 49316: GILBERT PAPERS, vol. XXVIII (ff. 211).
1. ff. 1-20b. 'Dulcamara'.
2. ff. 21-46b, 47-67b. 'Robert the Devil', in two copies, the second of which is marked 'Prompt Book' on f. 47.
3. ff. 68-89b. 'Pygmalion and Galatea'.
4. ff. 90-113b. 'Charity'.
5. ff. 114-137. 'Ought we to visit her'. 'Printed as Manuscript' (f. 115).
6. ff. 138-157b. 'Broken Hearts'. 'Printed for Private Circulation only' (f. 139).
7. ff. 158-178. 'Daniel Druce'. 'Printed for Private Use only' (f. 159).
8. ff. 179-199. 'On Bail'.
9. ff. 200-211b. 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern'. 49317: GILBERT PAPERS, vol. XXIX (ff. 184).
1. ff. 1-9. Synopsis of 'The Wicked World'.
2. ff. 10-59. 'Gretchen'. 'Printed as manuscript for Private Circulation only' (f. 10).
3. ff. 60-70b. 'Comedy and Tragedy'. 'Printed as Manuscript' (f. 61).
4. ff. 71-95. 'Brantinghame Hall'. 'Printed for Private Circulation only' (f. 72).
5. ff. 96-127, 128-156. 'The Fortune Hunter', in two copies, the first bearing the title 'Diana's Husband'. 'Printed for private use only' (ff. 97, 129).
6. ff. 157-184b. 'Fallen Fairies'. REEL 8
B. MUSIC
49318: GILBERT PAPERS, vol. XXX (ff. 79). Music from settings of Gilbert's plays and libretti:
- 1. ff. 1-3. Vocal parts of two numbers from the music to 'Utopia Limited' by Arthur Seymour Sullivan, with variants from the published version. In a copyist's hand.
- 2. ff. 4-40b. Part of the music to 'His Excellency' by Dr Frank Osmond Carr, including the openings of Acts I and II, with variants from the published version, an apparently unpublished trio on ff. 32-39, 'When you approach the Royal Presence', and a vocal part from the finale of Act II. See the printed proofs of the libretto of the trio in Add. MS. 49301, ff. 129-130b. In copyists' hands.
- 3. ff. 41-64. Flute, clarinet, cornet, trombone, timpani, string and pianoforte parts of the music to 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern'. In a copyist's hand.
- 4. ff. 66-77. Music manuscript book giving the titles of the musical numbers in 'Robert the Devil, or The Nun, The Dun, and The Son of a Gun'. See note on f. 65b. Apparently arranged by Wilhelm Meyer Lutz. See Add. MS. 49316, f. 60. Only two items of music are filled in.
- 5. ff. 78-79b. 'Vanity, Vanity': song from 'The Knight Errant', by Rutland Barrington and Alfred J. Caldicott; 16 Nov. 1894. Autograph. Signed. C. SKETCH-BOOKS AND DRAWINGS
49319-49321: GILBERT PAPERS, vols. XXXI-XXXIII. Sketch-books and drawings; 1872-1892, n.d. Three volumes. 49319 A, B: GILBERT PAPERS, vol. XXXI A, B (ff. 30, 18). Two sketch-books containing pencil drawings; n.d. Published for the most part in The 'Bab' Ballads. By W. S. Gilbert, ed. with revised illustrations, 1898. 49320, A, B: GILBERT PAPERS, vol. XXXII A, B (ff. 8, 56). Two sketch-books containing pencil drawings; n.d. Drawings in Add. 49320 A have been gone over in ink. Add. 49320 B relates to a cruise and includes (ff. 19b-20b) a description, in diary form, of a day on a West Indian island. 49320 B has a black morocco binding, blind-tooled. 49321: GILBERT PAPERS, vol. XXXIII (ff. 58). Drawings, etc., by Gilbert and others. Included are;- (a) Sketches of his family and friends, etc.; 1872, 1881, n.d. ff. 1-44;- (b) Costume sketches; 1886, 1892, n.d. Partly coloured. ff. 45-56;- (c) Proofs of drawings. Printed. Signed 'Bab'. All but one published in Songs of a Savoyard by W. S. Gilbert. Illustrated by the Author, 1890. f. 58. REEL 9
D. DIARIES
49322-49329: GILBERT PAPERS, vols. XXXIV-XLI. Diaries; 1878-1911. French, apart from 49322. Eight volumes. 49322: GILBERT PAPERS, vol. XXXIV (ff. 262). 1878. Followed (ff. 248b-255b) by a telegraphic code for use on the American tour of 1879-1880. 49323. Vol. XXXV (ff. 226). 29 Dec. 1904-1905. REEL 10
49324. Vol. XXXVI (ff. 220). 1906.
49325. Vol. XXXVII (ff. i+222). 1907.
49326. Vol. XXXVIII (ff. 222). 1908. REEL 11
49327. Vol. XXXIX (ff. 224). 1909.
49328. Vol. XL (ff. 222). 1910.
49329. Vol. XLI (ff. i+221). Jan.-28 May 1911. REEL 12
E. CORRESPONDENCE
49330-49332: GILBERT PAPERS, vols. XLII-XLIV. General correspondence; 1866-1911, n.d. Three volumes.
49330. Vol. XLII (ff. 164). 1866-1874, n.d.
49331. Vol. XLIII (ff. 236). 1875-1880, n.d. REEL 13
49332. Vol. XLIV (ff. 258). 1881-1911, n.d. 49333: GILBERT PAPERS, vol. XLV (ff. 238). Correspondence and papers of Gilbert relating to the Savoy Operas; 1876-1911. Viz:
- 1. ff. 1-62. General correspondence; 1876-1893.
- 2. ff. 63-182. Correspondence with Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan; 1889-1895. Preceded (f. 63) by a draft of a song from 'The Gondoliers'.
- 3. ff. 183-238. Correspondence with Mrs Helen Carte; 1903-1911. REEL 14
49334: GILBERT PAPERS, vol. XLVI (ff. 285).
- 1. ff. 1-153. Letters, accounts, etc., of Horace Wall to Gilbert relating to the production of 'Engaged' in the United States of America and Canada; 1879.
- 2. ff. 154-164. Box-office returns for 'Gretchen' at The Royal Olympic Theatre; 1879.
- 3. ff. 165-285. Box-office returns for 'The Mountebanks' at The Lyric Theatre; 1892. 49335: GILBERT PAPERS, vol. XLVII (ff. 199). Correspondence and papers of Gilbert relating to:- (a) Yachting; 1879-1883, n.d. ff. 1-40;- (b) Construction and leasing of the Garrick Theatre; 1888-1896. ff. 41-125;- (c) Harrow Weald Common, Harrow-on-the-Hill, co. Midd.; 1891-1910. ff. 126-177;- (d) De Bremont v. Gilbert, Q. B. Division; 1894-1895. ff. 178-199. REEL 15
49336, 49337: GILBERT PAPERS, vols. XLVIII, XLIX. Correspondence and papers of Gilbert, alphabetically arranged, relating to his knighthood; 1907. Telegrams and postcards have not been indexed. 49336: GILBERT PAPERS, vol. XLVIII (ff. 154).
- 1. ff. 1-3. Correspondence with Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman; 21 June 1907.
- 2. ff. 4-7b. Names of senders of congratulatory messages.
- 3. ff. 8-154. Letters of congratulation: A-O. 49337: GILBERT PAPERS, vol. XLIX (ff. 206).
- 1. ff. 1-70. Letters of congratulation: P-Z, etc.
- 2. ff. 71-198. Congratulatory telegrams.
- 3. ff. 199-206. Visiting cards. Printed, and partly with congratulatory messages added. REEL 16
49338: GILBERT PAPERS, vol. L (ff. 1-377, 378-792). Letter book of Gilbert; 1875-1882. Preceded (ff. 1-18) by an index. Includes drafts of the opening of Act II of 'The Sorcerer' (ff. 542, 543) and parts of 'H.M.S. Pinafore' (ff. 787-784b reversed) and 'Broken Hearts' (ff. 788, 789, 792). Bound in two volumes. REEL 17
49339: GILBERT PAPERS, vol. LI (ff. 425). Letter book of Gilbert; 1882-1883, 1908-1911. Followed (ff. 425b-416b reversed) by a copy of a draft of 'Fallen Fairies'. REEL 18
49340: GILBERT PAPERS, vol. LII (ff. i+87). Notebook recording weekly takings and expenses of theatre productions. Black calf binding, gilt- and blind-stamped.
- 1. ff. 1-28, 51-53. 'H.M.S. Pinafore' and 'The Pirates of Penzance' in the United States of America; 1 Dec. 1879-20 Mar. 1880. Printed, with MS. additions. Followed (ff. 51b, 52) by a pencil note of the lease of the Australian rights in both operas, and (f. 53) by a summary of profits at New York from 'The Pirates', 29 Dec. 1879-28 Feb. 1880.
- 2. ff. 54-86, 85b-66b reversed. 'The Pirates of Penzance' at the Opera Comique Theatre, London; 3 Apr. 1880-2 Apr. 1881. 49345: GILBERT PAPERS, vol. LVII (ff. 151). Correspondence, etc., relating to Gilbert's family and household; 1836-1952, n.d. As follows:
- 1. ff. 1-6. Letters to Mrs H. West, of Pangbourne; 1836-1845.
- 2. ff. 7-39. Correspondence, mostly of Lady Gilbert; [1872?]-1936.
- 3. ff. 40-129. Correspondence and papers of Miss Nancy McIntosh; 1876-1952, n.d. Preceded (ff. 40-42) by papers of her father, William A. McIntosh, and including (ff. 48-63) pages from her diary, 1 Jan.-11 Apr. 1894.
- 4. ff. 130-136. Pages from Gilbert's diary; 4 Apr.-8 May, 19-31 Dec. 1889.
- 5. ff. 137-146. Lecture on Gilbert by [J. W. Voller, of Cold Ash?]; 1912. Typewritten.
- 6. ff. 147, 148. Letter of James Bolivar Manson, of the National Gallery, to Thomas Geoffrey Blackwell, relating to the statue of King Charles II, then at Grim's Dyke; 22 July 1915.
- 7. ff. 149-151. Notes on family history; n.d. Partly typewritten. F. MISCELLANEA
49346: GILBERT PAPERS, vol. LVIII (ff. 77). Visitor's Book at Grim's Dyke; Dec. 1906-Feb. 1936. Dark red morocco binding, gilt-stamped and tooled. 49347 A: GILBERT PAPERS, vol. LIX A (ff. 22). Home Dinners: menu-book with names of guests, etc.; Feb. 1903-Mar. 1913. Printed headings, with MS. additions. Dark green morocco binding. 49347 B: GILBERT PAPERS, vol. LIX B (ff. 22).
- 1. ff. 1-7. Household accounts, draft menus and guest-lists; 1904, n.d.
- 2. ff. 8-22. Menus; 1905, n.d. Partly printed. 49348: GILBERT PAPERS, vol. LX (ff. 171). Material relating to Gilbert and the Savoy Theatre; 1877-1908, n.d. Printed and typewritten. Included are:
(a) Pamphlets, etc., connected with his lawsuits; 1877-1908. ff. 1-9b, 33-103b, 116-134
(b) Programmes, including the illustrated souvenir programme for 'Patience', 29 Dec. 1881. ff. 10-30, 104-106
(c) 'The Lady in the Plaid Shawl', an autobiographical fragment; n.d. ff. 135-138b
(d) Essay on 'Gilbertian Wit and Humour', etc.; n.d. ff. 154-171. 49349: GILBERT PAPERS, vol. LXI (ff. i-79). 'Moonshine', a libretto by James M. Gallatly; n.d. Typewritten, with MS. notes of stage sets and properties. REEL 19
G. PHOTOGRAPHS: 49350-49353
49350-49353: GILBERT PAPERS, vols. LXII-LXV. Photographs; 1881-1904, n.d. 49350 A, B: GILBERT PAPERS, vol. LXII A, B. Scenes from plays and operas; 1904, n.d. Two box-cases.
49350 A. GILBERT PAPERS. Vol. LXII A (ff. 26)
(a) 'The Fairy's Dilemma'; 1904. ff. 1-18
(b) 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern'; n.d. ff. 19-26.
49350 B: GILBERT PAPERS, vol. LXII B (ff. 17)
(a) 'Comedy and Tragedy'; n.d. ff. 1-12
(b) 'Trial by Jury'; n.d. ff. 13-14
(c) 'The Hooligan'; n.d. ff. 15-17. 49351 A-F: GILBERT PAPERS, Vol. LXIII A-F. Individual artistes in costume in plays and operas; 1881-1899, n.d. Six box-cases: 49351 A: GILBERT PAPERS, vol. LXIII A (ff. 25) (a) 'The Sorcerer' 1898. ff. 1-14; (b) 'H.M.S. Pinafore' 1899. ff. 15-25. 49351 B: GILBERT PAPERS, vol. LXIII B (ff. 11) 'Ruddigore' 1887
49351 C: GILBERT PAPERS, vol. LXIII C (ff. 56) 'Utopia Limited' 1893, n.d. Partly signed
49351 D: GILBERT PAPERS, vol. LXIII D (ff. 24) 'His Excellency' 1894
49351 E: GILBERT PAPERS, vol. LXIII E (ff. 23) 'The Mountebanks' 1892
49351 F: GILBERT PAPERS, vol. LXIII F (ff. 38) 'The Grand Duke' 'Patience' 'The Pirates of Penzance' and other plays; 1881-1896, n.d. Partly signed. Add 49352: GILBERT PAPERS, vol. LXIV (ff. 24). Tinted photographs of scenes from Japanese life; n.d. One album. 49353 A-D: GILBERT PAPERS, vol. LXV A-D. Four albums of photographs of Gilbert's houses, etc. 49353 A: GILBERT PAPERS, vol. LXV A (ff. 9). Interior of house at [19?], Harrington Gardens, South Kensington [stamped 18 on cover]; 1884.
49353 B: GILBERT PAPERS, vol. LXV B (ff. 6). Interior and exterior of house at [19?], Harrington Gardens [stamped 20 on cover]; 1884.
49353 C, D: GILBERT PAPERS, vol. LXV C, D (ff. 12, 12). House, garden, etc., at Grim's Dyke, Harrow Weald; aft. 1890. 49353 D includes photographs of outdoor groups and of horses. Materials excluded from this microfilm edition
49309: GILBERT PAPERS, vol. XXI (ff. 177). Set of proofs, with pencil corrections, paginated [1]-155, followed (ff. 138-177) by an imperfect set with pencil notes referring to the original edition of The Savoy Stories, ed. E. Gatliff, Melbourne, 1935, evidently for the revised edition, 1950. Printed. 49341-49344: 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. Related material of interest at the British Library
53777-53779: SULLIVAN MANUSCRIPTS: scores of the comic operas 'Patience' and 'The Gondoliers' by Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan, to libretti by Sir William Schwenck Gilbert; 1881, 1889. The papers of W. S. Gilbert are Add. 49289-49353. The scores are discussed in P. M. Cadell, 'Patience and The Gondoliers', BMQ (1967-1968)
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