Original plays / by W.S. Gilbert ; third series.

Record ID: 
67388
Accession number: 
GSC 104410
Creator: 
Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911.
Title: 
Original plays / by W.S. Gilbert ; third series.
Uniform title: 
Plays. Selections
Published: 
London : Chatto & Windus, 1903.
Inscription/Markings: 

"There is beauty in the bellow of the blast / There is grandeur in the growling of the gale / There is eloquent out-pouring / When the lion is a roaring / And the tiger is a-lashing of his tale! / The Mikado / Act 2 / W.S. Gilbert / 31st May 1906"--Flylea

Contents: 

Comedy and tragedy -- Foggerty's fairy -- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern -- Patience, or, Bunthorne's bride -- Princess Ida, or, Castle Adamant -- The mikado, or, The town of Titipu -- Ruddigore, or, The witch's curse -- The yeomen of the guard, or, The merryman and his maid -- The gondoliers, or, The king of Barataria -- The mountebanks -- Utopia, Limited, or, The flowers of progress.

Notes: 

In box: Original plays / W.S. Gilbert / Presentation copy / 1905.
With Original plays, "first series" (London : Chatto & Windus, 1905 [GSC104408]) and "second series" (London : Chatto & Windus, 1904 [GSC104409]).

Provenance: 

From the library of A. Edward Newton; from the library of A. Armand Zandoni.

Associated names: 

Newton, A. Edward (Alfred Edward), 1864-1940, former owner.
Zandoni, A. Armand, former owner.