The Bab Ballads
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About This Book
Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836-1911) was an English dramatist, librettist and illustrator best known for his fourteen comic operas produced in collaboration with the composer Sir Arthur Sullivan, of which the most famous include H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance, and one of the most frequently performed works in the history of musical theatre, The Mikado. Gilbert was born in Strand, London and was educated at Boulogne, France and then at the Great Ealing School and King's College London. He wrote a variety of stories, comic rants, theatre reviews and, under the pseudonym "Bab" (his ...
Chapters (136)
- The Bab Ballads
- CONTENTS
- CAPTAIN REECE
- THE RIVAL CURATES
- ONLY A DANCING GIRL
- GENERAL JOHN
- TO A LITTLE MAID BY A POLICEMAN
- JOHN AND FREDDY
- SIR GUY THE CRUSADER
- HAUNTED
- THE BISHOP AND THE ’BUSMAN
- THE TROUBADOUR
- FERDINANDO AND ELVIRA OR, THE GENTLE PIEMAN
- PART I.
- PART II.
- LORENZO DE LARDY
- DISILLUSIONED BY AN EX-ENTHUSIAST
- BABETTE’S LOVE
- TO MY BRIDE (WHOEVER SHE MAY BE)
- THE FOLLY OF BROWN By a General Agent
- SIR MACKLIN
- THE YARN OF THE “NANCY BELL”
- THE BISHOP OF RUM-TI-FOO
- THE PRECOCIOUS BABY. A VERY TRUE TALE
- TO PHŒBE
- BAINES CAREW, GENTLEMAN
- THOMAS WINTERBOTTOM HANCE
- THE REVEREND MICAH SOWLS
- A DISCONTENTED SUGAR BROKER
- THE PANTOMIME “SUPER” TO HIS MASK
- THE FORCE OF ARGUMENT
- THE GHOST, THE GALLANT, THE GAEL, AND THE GOBLIN
- THE PHANTOM CURATE. A FABLE
- THE SENSATION CAPTAIN
- TEMPORA MUTANTUR
- AT A PANTOMIME. BY A BILIOUS ONE
- KING BORRIA BUNGALEE BOO
- THE PERIWINKLE GIRL
- THOMSON GREEN AND HARRIET HALE
- BOB POLTER
- THE STORY OF PRINCE AGIB
- ELLEN M‘JONES ABERDEEN
- PETER THE WAG
- BEN ALLAH ACHMET; OR, THE FATAL TUM
- THE THREE KINGS OF CHICKERABOO
- JOE GOLIGHTLY OR, THE FIRST LORD’S DAUGHTER
- TO THE TERRESTRIAL GLOBE. BY A MISERABLE WRETCH
- GENTLE ALICE BROWN
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- 122
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- 131
- 467
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- 475
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- 518
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- 193
- 549
- 200
- 528
- 539
- 205
- p. 1
- p. 8
- p. 14
- p. 18
- p. 24
- p. 28
- p. 34
- p. 39
- p. 44
- p. 51
- p. 58
- p. 64
- p. 71
- p. 76
- p. 82
- p. 84
- p. 94
- p. 101
- p. 108
- p. 114
- p. 122
- p. 125
- p. 131
- p. 467
- p. 138
- p. 144
- p. 475
- p. 148
- p. 484
- p. 492
- p. 501
- p. 508
- p. 155
- p. 164
- p. 171
- p. 176
- p. 518
- p. 185
- p. 193
- p. 549
- p. 200
- p. 528
- p. 539
- p. 205
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