The Pirates Of Penzance Or The Slave Of Duty: Comic Opera - Softcover

Gilbert, W. S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9351285723 ISBN 13: 9789351285724

Publisher: Gyan Books, 2017

Synopsis

ABOUT THE BOOK:- It is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and text by W.S. Gilbert. The story concerns Frederic who, having completed his 21st year, is released from his apprenticeship to a band of tender-hearted pirates. He meets Mabel, the daughter of Major-General Stanley, and the two young people fall instantly in love. Frederic soon learns however, that he was born on the 29th of February, and so, technically, he has a birthday only once each leap year. His Indenture specifies that he remain apprenticed to the pirates until his "twenty-first birthday", meaning that he must serve for another 63 years. Bound by his own sense of duty, Frederic's only solace is that Mabel agrees to wait for him faithfully. Meanwhile the pirates have planned their revenge on the Major- General and are now coming to rob his estate. The sergeant and his police force await them. They meet. All matter resolved after the ensuing battle. ABOUT THE AUTHOR:- W.S. Gilbert (1836-1911) was an English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator best known for the fourteen Comic Operas. Gilbert creative output included over 75 plays and libretti, and numerous short stories, poems and lyrics, both cosmic and serious. After brief careers as a government clerk and a Lawyer, Gilbert began to focus, in the 1860's, on writing light verse, including his Ballads, short stories, theatre reviews and illustrations, often for Fun magazine.::::::::::::Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900) was an English composer. He is best known for his series of 14 operatic collaboration with the dramatist W.S. Gilbert, Including H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and the Milkado. His works comprise 23 operas, 13 major orchestral works, eight choral and oratories. On 22 May 1883, Sullivan was Knighted by Queen Victoria for his services rendered to the promotion of the art of music in Britain. The musical establishment, and many critics believed that this should put an end to his career as a composer of co

About this edition

• Publisher: Gyan Books
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 9351285723
• ISBN 13: 9789351285724
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 44