Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (18 November 1836 - 29 May 1911) was an English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator best known for his fourteen comic operas produced in collaboration with the composer Sir Arthur Sullivan, of which the most famous include "H.M.S. Pinafore", "The Pirates of Penzance", and one of the most frequently performed works in the history of musical theatre, "The Mikado". These, as well as most of their other Savoy operas, … Wikipedia
Thanks to camp productions, Gilbert and Sullivan's operas are often dismissed as bland and sentimental. books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,1938719,00.html
An Internet Magazine for the Seriously Deranged W.S. Gilbert Enthusiast, created, updated and ruined by Andrew Crowther . Final Update: December 2006. web.ukonline.co.uk/ajcrowth/babliophile.htm
W. S. Gilbert wrote many stage works besides the libretti of the operas written in collaboration with Arthur Sullivan. diamond.boisestate.edu/gas/other_gilbert/html/other_gilbe...
The definitive Wikipedia entry for W. S. Gilbert. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._S._Gilbert
Grim's Dyke Hotel is a lovely country house hotel which was formerly the country residence of WS Gilbert of Gilbert & Sullivan fame. The carefully restored Victorian mansion is set in 40 acres of beautiful landscaped gardens and woodlands and is renowned www.grimsdyke.com
William Schwenck Gilbert was born at 17 Southampton Street, Strand, London on the 18th of November, 1836, the son of William Gilbert (a retired naval surgeon) and Anne Gilbert. math.boisestate.edu/gas/html/gilbert_l.html
