G&S

This particularly rapid, unintelligible patter
Isn’t generally heard, and if it is it doesn’t matter!

W S Gilbert, trying not to crack up laughing

A quick snap just before he was about to pop to Tesco (note the hat and gloves)

 

I’m a bit of a Gilbert & Sullivan obsessive. Probably because they represent part of our history, and their work pours much light on the Victorian mind. There are many people who’ve written much more on these two than I have, and written much more concisely and clearly so here are a bunch of links to web sites about W S Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan.

I sing tenor in the local G&S group here in Swindon, but we don’t have a website.

From The Times, February 9th 2009 Gilbert and Sullivan get a makeover
Good article makes some points with which I agree.

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