Record ID:
417871
Accession number:
GSC 100288
Creator:
Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911, author.
Biographical Data:
English dramatist, author, librettist, stage director, and illustrator.
Title:
The happy land : burlesque. Part II : autograph manuscript with corrections.
Credit Line:
Gift of Reginald Allen.
Notes:
Title from item.
In the hand of W.S. Gilbert, with corrections and additions throughout in pencil.
No place of writing is given; manuscript unsigned and undated.
The second half of a burlesque of W.S. Gilbert's The Wicked World, written by Gilbert himself under the pseudonym F. Tomline in collaboration with Gilbert à Beckett; the play with music opened at the Royal Court Theatre on 3 March 1873.
Manuscript consists of 20 numbered leaves, with cover sheet reading: The happy land / Burlesque / Part II.
Provenance:
Reginald Allen.
Associated names:
À Beckett, Gilbert, 1837-1891, author.
Allen, Reginald, former owner.
Department:
Music Collection: