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Title: The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan
The 14 Gilbert And Sullivan Plays

Author: William Schwenk Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan

Release Date: February, 1997 [Etext #808]
Posting Date: November 3, 2009

Language: English

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Produced by David Reed

THE 14 GILBERT AND SULLIVAN PLAYS

By William S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan

William S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan collaborated on 14
operas in the period from 1871 to 1896. The are the following:

Contents:

GONDOLIERS
GRAND DUKE
H.M.S. PINAFORE
IOLANTHE
THE MIKADO
PIRATES OF PENZANCE
PRINCESS IDA
RUDDIGORE
THE SORCERER
THESPIS
TRIAL BY JURY
UTOPIA, LIMITED
YEOMEN OF THE GUARD
PATIENCE

THE GONDOLIERS

OR

THE KING OF BARATARIA

Libretto by William S. Gilbert

Music by Arthur S. Sullivan

DRAMATIS PERSONAE

THE DUKE OF PLAZA-TORO (a Grandee of Spain)
LUIZ (his attendant)
DON ALHAMBRA DEL BOLERO (the Grand Inquisitioner)

Venetian Gondoliers
MARCO PALMIERI
GIUSEPPE PALMIERI
ANTONIO
FRANCESCO
GIORGIO
ANNIBALE

THE DUCHESS OF PLAZA-TORO
CASILDA (her Daughter)

Contadine
GIANETTA
TESSA
FIAMETTA
VITTORIA
GIULIA

INEZ (the King's Foster-mother)

Chorus of Gondoliers and Contadine, Men-at-Arms, Heralds and
Pages

ACT I
The Piazzetta, Venice

ACT II
Pavilion in the Palace of Barataria

(An interval of three months is supposed to elapse between Acts I
and II)

DATE
1750

ACT I

Scene.-- the Piazzetta, Venice. The Ducal Palace on the right.

Fiametta, Giulia, Vittoria, and other Contadine discovered, each
tying a bouquet of roses.