What are some interseting facts about Gilbert and Sullivan?

Answer 1

Gilbert and Sullivan were a Victorian era partnership. Sir William Schwenck Gilbert 18th November 1836 - 29th May 1911. Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan MVO 13th May 1842 - 22nd November 1900 W. S. Gilbert was the librettist and Arthur Sullivan the composer. They wrote fourteen comic operas between 1871 and 1896. Thespis, or, The Gods Grown Old Trial by Jury The Sorcerer H.M.S. Pinafore, or, The Lass That Loved a Sailor The Pirates of Penzance, or, The Slave of Duty Patience, or Bunthorne's Bride Iolanthe, or, The Peer and the Peri 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 Utopia, Limited, or, The Flowers of Progress The Grand Duke, or, The Statutory Duel During the run of Patience Producer Richard D'Oyly Carte, who had brought Gilbert and Sullivan together, opened the modern Savoy Theatre, which became the partnership's permanent home. From then on the works became known as the 'Savoy Operas'. Gilbert died trying to save a woman. He dived into a lake to save her, but suffered a heart attack in the middle of the lake and drowned.