Record ID
417871
Accession number
GSC 100288
Creator
Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911, author.
Biographical Data
English dramatist, author, librettist, stage director, and illustrator.
Object title
The happy land : burlesque. Part II : autograph manuscript with corrections.
Credit line
Gift of Reginald Allen.
Provenance
Reginald Allen.
Notes
Title from item.
In the hand of W.S. Gilbert, with corrections and additions throughout in pencil.
No place of writing is given; manuscript unsigned and undated.
The second half of a burlesque of W.S. Gilbert's The Wicked World, written by Gilbert himself under the pseudonym F. Tomline in collaboration with Gilbert à Beckett; the play with music opened at the Royal Court Theatre on 3 March 1873.
Manuscript consists of 20 numbered leaves, with cover sheet reading: The happy land / Burlesque / Part II.
In the hand of W.S. Gilbert, with corrections and additions throughout in pencil.
No place of writing is given; manuscript unsigned and undated.
The second half of a burlesque of W.S. Gilbert's The Wicked World, written by Gilbert himself under the pseudonym F. Tomline in collaboration with Gilbert à Beckett; the play with music opened at the Royal Court Theatre on 3 March 1873.
Manuscript consists of 20 numbered leaves, with cover sheet reading: The happy land / Burlesque / Part II.
Associated names
À Beckett, Gilbert, 1837-1891, author.
Allen, Reginald, former owner.
Allen, Reginald, former owner.
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