Most books written on Gilbert and Sullivan have focused on the authors rather than on their work. Examining all 14 operas in detail, this book offers a fresh look at the works themselves.

Includes production time lines, the duties of key people, information about notable musicals, a list of best musical numbers, suggestions for sets, costumes, and instrumentation, and more.

"This paper originates in the request of ... Mr. Lewis Allaire Scott ... having for objective the proper date in 1882 whereon should be celebrated the bi-centennial of William Penn's first landing in Pennsylvania at Upland."--Page [3].