A treasury of all fourteen of the beloved Savoy Operas Gilbert and Sullivan's comic operas are some of the world's best-loved musical works, delighting audiences with their joyous wit and extravagant wordplay. From the triumphant comic romps The Pirates of Penzance, HMS Pinafore, and The Mikado to less frequently performed gems such as the partially lost work Thespis, all appear here in their most accurate and faithful form. Including fascinating new commentary on each work, performance histories, plot summaries, original cast lists, and illustrations from the original productions, this ultimate Gilbert and Sullivan collection will charm and satisfy new fans as well as devotees of these incomparable musical masterminds. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

The Savoy Operas: the Complete Gilbert and Sullivan (Penguin Classics)

Arts & Photography

Sullivan, Arthur

GILBERT, W. Stephen

Music

Penguin Classics

An exploration of the work of Dennis Potter, author of television drama series such as "Pennies From Heaven" and "The Singing Detective". Gilbert builds a portrait of a life of substantial success and uncertainty, joy and suffering, as well as giving a short history of British television drama.

Fight and kick and bite: The life and work of Dennis Potter

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Hodder&Stoughton

FIGHT AND KICK AND BITE: LIFE AND WORK OF DENNIS POTTER

Literature & Fiction

Dramas & Plays

Sceptre

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Spiked

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Heretic Books

His remarkable career included "Pennies from Heaven," the inspiration for the movie starring Steve Martin-for which Potter wrote the screenplay-and the brilliantly complex "The Singing Detective," one of the finest artistic achievements ever created for television. W. Stephen Gilbert brilliantly analyzes Potter's work, emphasizing the dramatic interplay between this brilliant, difficult man's life and the medium to which he was devoted. At the age of twenty-four, for instance, Potter was diagnosed with psoriatic arthopathy, a rare debilitating skin disease whose horrors he portrayed with biting black humor through his alter ego, the Michael Gambon character in "The Singing Detective." Weeks before his foretold death, he gave an astonishing television interview to Melvyn Bragg. Unforgettable for its honesty about life and work and death, the result was a gripping piece of television-quintessential Dennis Potter. This is an essential book for anyone interested in television, film, or this courageous and fascinating man.

The Life and Work of Dennis Potter

Humor & Entertainment

Abrams Press

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