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| lastname = Gilbert
| last_initial = Gi
| description = English dramatist, librettist and illustrator, best known for his fourteen comic operas produced in collaboration with the composer [[author:Arthur Sullivan|Arthur Sullivan]] . Most of their Savoy operas continue to be performed regularly throughout the English-speaking world and beyond. Lines from these works have become part of the English language, such as "short, sharp shock", "What, never? Well, hardly ever!" and "Let the punishment fit the crime".▼ | birthyear = 1836
| deathyear = 1911
▲ | description = English dramatist, librettist and illustrator, best known for his fourteen comic operas produced in collaboration with the composer [[author:Arthur Sullivan|Arthur Sullivan]]. Most of their Savoy operas continue to be performed regularly throughout the English-speaking world and beyond. Lines from these works have become part of the English language, such as "short, sharp shock", "What, never? Well, hardly ever!" and "Let the punishment fit the crime".
| image = Gilbert-GS-Big.JPG
| wikipedia = W. S. Gilbert
| related_author = Arthur Seymour Sullivan
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==Short storiesWorks==
* ''{{scan|Foggerty's Fairy and Other Tales|Foggerty.djvu}}'' (1890) ▼
==Dramatic=Short worksstories===
▲* ''{{scan|Foggerty's Fairy and Other Tales|Foggerty.djvu |end=1}}'' (1890)
===CollectionsDramatic works===
* ''{{scan|Original Plays (Gilbert)|Gilbert Original Plays.djvu|Original Plays}}'' (1876) ▼
====Collections====
===Operettas with composer Arthur Sullivan=== ▼▲* ''{{scan|Original Plays (Gilbert)|Gilbert Original Plays.djvu|Original Plays |end=1}}'' (1876)
▲====Operettas with composer Arthur Sullivan ====
* ''[[Thespis]]'' (1871)
* ''{{scan|Trial by Jury|Trial by Jury lib.djvu|end=1}}'' (1875)
* ''{{scan|The Sorcerer|The Sorcerer.djvu|end=1}}'' (1877)
* ''[[H.M.S. Pinafore]]'' (1878)
* ''{{scan|The Pirates of Penzance| Pirates of Penzance (Hitchcock publication).djvu|end=1}}'' (1879)
* ''[[Patience (operetta)|Patience]]'' (1881)
* ''{{scan|Iolanthe|Iolanthe lib.djvu|end=1}}'' (1883)
* ''[[Princess Ida]]'' (1884)
* ''{{scan|The Mikado|The Mikado or the town of titipu.djvu|end=1}}'' (1885)
* ''{{scan|Ruddigore|Ruddigore.djvu|end=1}}'' (1887)
* ''{{scan|The Yeomen of the Guard|The Yeomen of the Guard.djvu|end=1}}'' (1888)
* ''[[The Gondoliers]]'' (1889)
* ''[[Utopia, Limited]]'' (1893)
* ''[[The Grand Duke]]'' (1896)
====Other Comiccomic Operasoperas====
* ''[[The Gentleman in Black]]'' (1870)
* ''[[Les Brigands]]'' (1871)
* ''[[Fallen Fairies]]'' (1909)
====Works for German Reed Entertainments====
* ''[[No Cards]]'' (1869)
* ''[[Ages Ago]]'' (1869)
* ''[[Eyes and No Eyes]]'' (1875)
====Other dramatic works====
* ''[[Dulcamara, or the Little Duck and the Great Quack]]'' (1866)
* ''[[La Vivandière (Gilbert)|La Vivandière]]'' (1867)
* ''[[Pygmalion and Galatea (Gilbert)]]'' (1871)
* ''[[Randall's Thumb]]'' (1871)
* ''[[The Wicked World (1873)|The Wicked World]]'' (1873)
* ''[[The Happy Land]]'' (1873)
* ''[[The Realm of Joy]]'' (1873)
* ''[[The Hooligan]]'' (1911)
===Poems===
====Collections====
* ''{{scan|The "Bab" Ballads|The Bab Ballads.djvu|The 'Bab' Ballads|end=1}}'' (1868)
* ''[[More 'Bab' Ballads]]'' (1872)
* ''[[Fifty 'Bab' Ballads]]'' (1876)
* ''{{scan|Songs of a Savoyard|Songs of a Savoyard.djvu|end=1}}'' (1890)
====Individual Poemspoems====
* [[Bab Ballads/The Advent of Spring|The Advent of Spring]] (1862)
* [[Bab Ballads/The Cattle Show|The Cattle Show]] (1863)
* [[Bab Ballads/Down to the Derby|Down to the Derby]] (1864)
* [[Bab Ballads/The Dream (Gilbert)|The Dream]] (1864)
* [[Bab Ballads/The Baron Klopfzetterheim|The Baron Klopfzetterheim]] (1864)
* [[Bab Ballads/Sixty-three and Sixty-four|Sixty-three and Sixty-four]] (1864)
* [[Bab Ballads/Ode to My Clothes|Ode to My Clothes]] (1865)
* [[Bab Ballads/Something Like Nonsense Verses|Something Like Nonsense Verses]] (1865)
* [[Bab Ballads/The Student (Gilbert)|The Student]] (1865)
* [[The "Bab" Ballads/Tempora Mutantur|Tempora Mutantur]] (1865)
* [[Bab Ballads/The Bachelor's Strike|The Bachelor's Strike]] (1865)
* [[Bab Ballads/A Bad Night of It|A Bad Night of It]] (1865)
* [[The "Bab" Ballads/To Phoebe|To Ph{{oe}}bePhœbe]] (1865)
* [[Bab Ballads/Ozone|Ozone]] (1865)
* [[The "Bab" Ballads/To the Terrestrial Globe|To the Terrestrial Globe]] (1865)
* [[Bab Ballads/The Monkey in Trouble|The Monkey in Trouble]] (1865)
* [[Bab Ballads/Back Again!|Back Again!]] (1865)
* [[Bab Ballads/To My Absent Husband|To My Absent Husband]] (1865)
* [[Bab Ballads/The Return (Gilbert)|The Return]] (1865)
* [[Bab Ballads/Musings in a Music Hall|Musings in a Music Hall]] (1865)
* [[Bab Ballads/Pantomime Presentiments|Pantomime Presentiments]] (1865)
* [[Bab Ballads/The Bar and Its Meaning|The Bar and Its Meaning]] (1865)
* [[Bab Ballads/To Euphrosyne|To Euphrosyne]] (1865)
* [[The "Bab" Ballads/The Phantom Curate|The Phantom Curate]] (1866)
* [[The "Bab" Ballads/To a Little Maid|To a Little Maid]] (1866)
* [[The "Bab" Ballads/Ferdinando and Elvira|Ferdinando and Elvira; or, The Gentle Pieman]] (1866)
* [[The "Bab" Ballads/The Pantomime "Super" to His Mask]] (1866)
* [[Bab Ballads/Monsieur Le Blond on London|Monsieur Le Blond on London]] (1866)
* [[The "Bab" Ballads/The Yarn of the "Nancy Bell"|The Yarn of the "Nancy Bell"]] (1866)
* [[TheHaunted "Bab" Ballads/Haunted(Gilbert)|Haunted]] (1866)
* [[Bab Ballads/The Reverend Rawson Wright|The Reverend Rawson Wright]] (1866
* [[Bab Ballads/The Story of Gentle Archibald|The Story of Gentle Archibald]] (1866)
* [[The "Bab" Ballads/To My Bride|To My Bride]] (1866)
* [[The "Bab" Ballads/Only a Dancing Girl|Only a Dancing Girl]] (1866)
* [[Bab Ballads/To My Steed|To My Steed]] (1866)
* [[The "Bab" Ballads/King Borria Bungalee Boo|King Borria Bungalee Boo]] (1866)
* [[Bab Ballads/Jack Casts His Shell|Jack Casts His Shell]] (1866)
* [[Bab Ballads/How to Write an Irish Drama|How to Write an Irish Drama]] (1866)
* [[The "Bab" Ballads/General John|General John]] (1867)
* [[The "Bab" Ballads/Sir Guy the Crusader|Sir Guy the Crusader]] (1867)
* [[Bab Ballads/Sir Galahad the Golumptious|Sir Galahad the Golumptious]] (1867)
* [[The "Bab" Ballads/Disillusioned|Disillusioned]] (1867)
* [[The "Bab" Ballads/John and Freddy|John and Freddy]] (1867)
* [[The "Bab" Ballads/Lorenzo de Lardy|Lorenzo de Lardy]] (1867)
* [[The "Bab" Ballads/The Bishop and the Busman|The Bishop and the Busman]] (1867)
* [[The "Bab" Ballads/Babette's Love|Babette's Love]] (1867)
* [[Bab Ballads/Fanny and Jenny|Fanny and Jenny]] (1867)
* [[The "Bab" Ballads/Sir Macklin|Sir Macklin]] (1867)
* [[The "Bab"Troubadour Ballads/The Troubadour(Gilbert)|The Troubadour]] (1867)
* [[The "Bab" Ballads/Ben Allah Achmet|Ben Allah Achmet; or, The Fatal Tum]] (1867)
* [[The "Bab" Ballads/The Folly of Brown|The Folly of Brown]] (1867)
* [[The "Bab" Ballads/Joe Golightly|Joe Golightly; or, The First Lord's Daughter]] (1867)
* [[The "Bab" Ballads/The Rival Curates|The Rival Curates]] (1867)
* [[The "Bab" Ballads/Thomas Winterbottom Hance|Thomas Winterbottom Hance]] (1867)
* [[Bab Ballads/A. and B.; or, The Sensation Twins|A. and B.; or, The Sensation Twins]] (1867)
* [[Bab Ballads/Sea-Side Snobs|Sea-Side Snobs]] (1867)
* [[The "Bab" Ballads/The Bishop of Rum-ti-Foo|The Bishop of Rum-ti-Foo]] (1867)
* [[The "Bab" Ballads/The Precocious Baby|The Precocious Baby]] (1867)
* [[The "Bab" Ballads/Baines Carew, Gentleman|Baines Carew, Gentleman]] (1867)
* [[The "Bab" Ballads/A Discontented Sugar Broker|A Discontented Sugar Broker]] (1867)
* [[The "Bab" Ballads/The Force of Argument|The Force of Argument]] (1867)
* [[The "Bab" Ballads/At a Pantomime|At a Pantomime]] (1867)
* [[Bab Ballads/What is a Burlesque?|What is a Burlesque?]] (1868)
* [[Bab Ballads/The Railway Guard's Song|The Railway Guard's Song]] (1868)
* [[Bab Ballads/A Boulogne Table d'Hôte|A Boulogne Table d'Hôte]] (1868)
* [[Bab Ballads/The Undecided Man|The Undecided Man]] (1868)
* [[The "Bab" Ballads/The Three Kings of Chickeraboo|The Three Kings of Chickeraboo]] (1868)
* [[The "Bab" Ballads/The Periwinkle Girl|The Periwinkle Girl]] (1868)
* [[The "Bab" Ballads/Captain Reece|Captain Reece]] (1868)
* [[The "Bab" Ballads/Thomson Green and Harriet Hale|Thomson Green and Harriet Hale]] (1868)
* [[The "Bab" Ballads/Bob Polter|Bob Polter]] (1868)
* [[The "Bab" Ballads/The Ghost, the Gallant, the Gael, and the Goblin|The Ghost, the Gallant, the Gael, & the Goblin]] (1868)
* [[The "Bab" Ballads/Ellen McJones Aberdeen|Ellen McJones Aberdeen]] (1868)
* [[The "Bab" Ballads/The Sensation Captain|The Sensation Captain]] (1868)
* [[The "Bab" Ballads/The Reverend Micah Sowls|The Reverend Micah Sowls]] (1868)
* [[Bab Ballads/Trial by Jury|Trial by Jury]] (1868)
* [[The "Bab" Ballads/Peter the Wag|Peter the Wag]] (1868)
* [[The "Bab" Ballads/The Story of Prince Agib|The Story of Prince Agib]] (1868)
* [[The "Bab" Ballads/Gentle Alice Brown|Gentle Alice Brown]] (1868)
* [[Bab Ballads/Pasha Bailey Ben|Pasha Bailey Ben]] (1868)
* [[Bab Ballads/Blabworth-com-Talkington|Blabworth-com-Talkington]] (1868)
* [[Bab Ballads/Sailor Boy to His Lass, The|Sailor Boy to His Lass, The]] (1868)
* [[Bab Ballads/Sir Conrad and the Rusty One|Sir Conrad and the Rusty One]] (1868)
* [[Bab Ballads/The Cunning Woman|The Cunning Woman]] (1868)
* [[Bab Ballads/The Modest Couple|The Modest Couple]] (1868)
* [[Bab Ballads/The Bandoline Player|The Bandoline Player]] (1868)
* [[Bab Ballads/Sir Barnaby Bampton Boo|Sir Barnaby Bampton Boo]] (1868)
* [[Bab Ballads/Boulogne|Boulogne]] (1868)
* [[Bab Ballads/Brave Alum Bey|Brave Alum Bey]] (1868)
* [[Bab Ballads/Gregory Parable, LL.D.|Gregory Parable, LL.D.]] (1868)
* [[Bab Ballads/The Hermit (Gilbert)|The Hermit]] (1868)
* [[Bab Ballads/Lieutenant Colonel Flare|Lieutenant Colonel Flare]] (1868)
* [[Bab Ballads/Annie Protheroe|Annie Protheroe]] (1868)
* [[Bab Ballads/The Captain and the Mermaids|The Captain and the Mermaids]] (1868)
* [[Bab Ballads/Lost Mr. Blake|Lost Mr. Blake]] (1868)
* [[Bab Ballads/Premonitory Symptoms|Premonitory Symptoms]] (1868)
* [[Bab Ballads/Little Oliver|Little Oliver]] (1868)
* [[Bab Ballads/An Unfortunate Likeness|An Unfortunate Likeness]] (1868)
* [[Bab Ballads/The Phantom Head|The Phantom Head]] (1868)
* [[Bab Ballads/The Politest of Nations!|The Politest of Nations!]] (1869)
* [[Bab Ballads/Woman's Gratitude|Woman's Gratitude]] (1869)
* [[Bab Ballads/The Baby's Vengeance|The Baby's Vengeance]] (1869)
* [[Bab Ballads/The Two Ogres|The Two Ogres]] (1869)
* [[Bab Ballads/Mister William|Mister William]] (1869)
* [[Bab Ballads/The Martinet|The Martinet]] (1869)
* [[Bab Ballads/The King of Canoodle-Dum|The King of Canoodle-Dum]] (1869)
* [[Bab Ballads/First Love (Gilbert)|First Love]] (1869)
* [[Bab Ballads/The Haughty Actor|The Haughty Actor]] (1869)
* [[Bab Ballads/The Two Majors|The Two Majors]] (1869)
* [[Bab Ballads/The Three Bohemian Ones|The Three Bohemian Ones]] (1869)
* [[Bab Ballads/The Policeman's Beard|The Policeman's Beard]] (1869)
* [[Bab Ballads/The Bishop of Rum-ti-Foo Again|The Bishop of Rum-ti-Foo Again]] (1869)
* [[Bab Ballads/A Worm Will Turn|A Worm Will Turn]] (1869)
* [[Bab Ballads/The Mystic Selvagee|The Mystic Selvagee]] (1869)
* [[Bab Ballads/Emily, John, James, and I|Emily, John, James, and I]] (1869)
* [[Bab Ballads/Ghost to His Ladye Love|Ghost to His Ladye Love]] (1869)
* [[Bab Ballads/Prince Il Baleine|Prince Il Baleine]] (1869)
* [[Bab Ballads/Way of Wooing, The|Way of Wooing, The]] (1869)
* [[Bab Ballads/The Scornful Colonel|The Scornful Colonel]] (1869)
* [[Bab Ballads/The Variable Baby|The Variable Baby]] (1869)
* [[Bab Ballads/The Ladies of the Lea|The Ladies of the Lea]] (1869)
* [[Bab Ballads/Hongree and Mahry|Hongree and Mahry]] (1869)
* [[Bab Ballads/Etiquette|Etiquette]] (1869)
* [[Bab Ballads/The Reverend Simon Magus|The Reverend Simon Magus]] (1870)
* [[Bab Ballads/My Dream (Gilbert)|My Dream]] (1870)
* [[Bab Ballads/Damon v. Pythias|Damon v. Pythias]] (1870)
* [[Bab Ballads/The Bumboat Woman's Story|The Bumboat Woman's Story]] (1870)
* [[Bab Ballads/The Fairy Curate|The Fairy Curate]] (1870)
* [[Bab Ballads/Phrenology|Phrenology]] (1870)
* [[Bab Ballads/The Perils of Invisibility|The Perils of Invisibility]] (1870)
* [[Bab Ballads/The Wise Policeman|The Wise Policeman]] (1870)
* [[Bab Ballads/A Drop of Pantomime Water|A Drop of Pantomime Water]] (1870)
* [[Bab Ballads/Old Paul and Old Tim|Old Paul and Old Tim]] (1871)
* [[Bab Ballads/Eheu! Fugaces|Eheu! Fugaces]] (1873)
* [[Bab Ballads/Jester James|Jester James]] (1879)
* [[Bab Ballads/The Policeman's Story|The Policeman's Story]] (1879)
* [[Bab Ballads/The Thief's Apology|The Thief's Apology]] (1884)
* [[Bab Ballads/The King and the Stroller|The King and the Stroller]] (1905)
===Other works===
* ''{{scan|The Pinafore Picture Book|The Pinafore Picture Book.djvu|end=1}}'' (1908)
==Works about Gilbert==
* {{SBDEL link|Gilbert, Sir William Schwenk|app}}
* {{EB1911 Link|Gilbert, Sir William Schwenk|author=[[Author:Thomas Seccombe (1866-1923)|Thomas Seccombe]]}}
* {{DNB link|year=12|Gilbert, William Schwenck}}
* {{Men-at-the-Bar link|Gilbert, William Schwenck}}
* [[The Strand Magazine/Volume 2/Issue 10/Illustrated Interviews|"Illustrated Interviews No. IV.—Mr. W. S. Gilbert"]], in ''[[The Strand Magazine]]'', October 1891.
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