Sir William Schwenk (Double Es) Gilbert ( Eng. William Schwenck "WS" Gilbert ; November 18, 1836 , Strand , Westminster , London , British Empire - May 29, 1911 , Harrow , London, British Empire ) - British playwright, librettist , poet and illustrator.
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Biography
William Schwenk Gilbert was born on November 18, 1836 in the city of London into the family of an English novelist [4] .
Known as the author of the libretto of fourteen comic operas , written in collaboration with the composer Sir Arthur Sullivan . The most famous operas are “ Ship of Her Majesty's“ Pinafor ” ”, “ Pirates of Penzance ” and, the most frequently performed work, “ Mikado ” [5] . They, like other so-called “Savoy Operas” [6] , are regularly put on the stage in English-speaking and other countries. In English, many lines from these operas have become sayings [7] .
Gilbert also wrote a poems collection “Ballad of Babe” with his own humorous drawings. He owns more than 75 plays and the libretto, numerous stories, poems, lyrics and various other comic and serious works. His plays and realistic style of direction inspired many playwrights, including Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw. [8] According to the Cambridge history of English and American literature , "Gilbert's lyrical talent and his versification mastery raised the poetic quality of comic opera to a level that it has never reached before and has not reached since then" [9] .
William Schwenk Gilbert died May 29, 1911 in his hometown.
Currently, three Gilbert comic operas have been translated into Russian: Penzansky Pirates (Pirates of Penzance), Mikado and Gondoliers. George Ben’s translations were published in the book “William Gilbert. Operetta Gilbert and Sullivan .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 BNF ID : 2011 open data platform .
- ↑ 1 2 Encyclopædia Britannica
- ↑ 1 2 SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ Rapoport S. I. Gilbert, William (son) // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : in 86 tons (82 tons and 4 extras). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- ↑ Kenrick, John. G & S Story: Part III , accessed 13 October 2006; and Powell, Jim. William S. Gilbert's Wicked Wit for Liberty accessed 13 October 2006.
- ↑ In this case, the adjective “Savoy” means the theater of the same name , not the region of France .
- ↑ Lawrence, Arthur H. “An illustrated interview with Sir Arthur Sullivan” Archived September 7, 2006. Part 3, from The Strand Magazine , Vol. xiv, No.84 (December 1897)
- ↑ Feingold, Michael, "Engaging the Past" , in The Village Voice May 4, 2004.
- Camb The Cambridge History of English and American Literature , Volume XIII, Chapter VIII, Section 15 (1907-21)