Gilbert & Sullivan : instant merriment.

"The work of William Schwenk Gilbert and Arthur Seymour Sullivan is sung every minute of every day somewhere in the world. The catchy tunes and absurd plots of their 13 operettas were a refreshing change from serious opera, but the Victorian duo were damned by their success. Until now it has be...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911 (Composer), Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900 (Composer)
Other Authors:	Greenwood, Gillian (Producer), Haggar, Nadia (Director)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Operetta.
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC), 1998. ©1998
Subjects:	Streaming video. Internet videos. Documentary films. Vidéo en continu. Vidéos sur Internet. Alexander Street Video. Feature films. Nonfiction films. Documentaires. Films autres que de fiction.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

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Summary:	"The work of William Schwenk Gilbert and Arthur Seymour Sullivan is sung every minute of every day somewhere in the world. The catchy tunes and absurd plots of their 13 operettas were a refreshing change from serious opera, but the Victorian duo were damned by their success. Until now it has been impossible to uncover any critical acclaim. Interlacing the life stories of the unlikely partners with footage from the 1997 International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival in San Francisco, Philadelphia and Buxton, England, this film sheds new light on the many facets of the Gilbert and Sullivan."--Alexander Street, resource website.
Item Description:	Title from resource description page (viewed Nov. 7, 2012).
Physical Description:	1 online resource (50 min.)
Playing Time:	00:50:00