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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Robert the Devil; or the Nun, the Dun and the Son of a Gun]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Souvenir fan commemorating the opening of the Gaiety Theatre, 21 December 1868, under the management of John Hollingshead. Gilbert’s operatic extravaganza Robert the Devil (here spelt Robert le Diable) received its first performance at the Gaiety’s opening.  The program also included the operetta  The Two Harlequins (music by E. Jonas, English words by Gilbert A&#039; Beckett) and the comedy drama On the Cards (adapted from L&#039;Escamoteur)]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Gaiety Theatre (London, England)]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[David &amp; Annabelle Stone Gilbert &amp; Sullivan Collection]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[Gaiety Theatre (London, England)]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1868-12-21]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Hollingshead, John (theatre manager)]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Public domain. There are no known restrictions.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Souvenir fan]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[1.2.6]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://gilbertandsullivan2017.gmu.edu/items/show/664">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Dulcamara; or, The Little Duck and the Great Quack]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[First edition libretto of W. S. Gilbert&#039;s extravaganza Dulcamara; or, The Little Duck and the Great Quack.  Gilbert’s first acknowledged stage work, Dulcamara was a burlesque of Donizetti’s opera L’Elisir d’Amore.  It was produced at the St. James’s Theatre, London, 29 December 1866.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911 (author)]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[David &amp; Annabelle Stone Gilbert &amp; Sullivan Collection]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[Strand Printing &amp; Publishing Co.]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1866]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Public domain. There are no known restrictions.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Libretto]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[1.2.5]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://gilbertandsullivan2017.gmu.edu/items/show/663">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Portrait photograph of W. S. Gilbert]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Portrait photograph of seated W. S. Gilbert by Fradelle &amp; Marshall, London.  Matted and framed, signed on the matte by Gilbert.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Fradelle &amp; Marshall (photographer)]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[David &amp; Annabelle Stone Gilbert &amp; Sullivan Collection]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[Fradelle &amp; Marshall, London]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[undated]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Public domain. There are no known restrictions.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Large photograph signed on matte]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[1.2.4]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Spirit of Fun Polka]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[This composition was published as a tribute to the comic magazine Fun, to which W. S. Gilbert was a leading contributor from 1861 to 1871.  The figure in cap and bells (lower right) represents the magazine’s prominent rival, Punch.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[de Lille, Gaston (composer)]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[David &amp; Annabelle Stone Gilbert &amp; Sullivan Collection]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[Metzler &amp; Co., London]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[undated]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Concanan, Alfred (cover artist)]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Public domain. There are no known restrictions.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Dance music with illustrated cover]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[1.2.3]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://gilbertandsullivan2017.gmu.edu/items/show/661">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Tom Hood&#039;s Comic Annual]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Four volumes of stories, poems, cartoons, and  puzzles, each containing several contributions by W. S. Gilbert.  The Annual for 1873 also includes a story by Mark Twain.  The volume is displayed open to Gilbert&#039;s two-page cartoon &quot;Mr. Peters Takes a Bath at Boulogne.&quot;]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Hood, Tom, 1835-1874 (editor)]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[David &amp; Annabelle Stone Gilbert &amp; Sullivan Collection]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[Fun Office, London]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1870/1873]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Dalziel Bros., Camden Press, London  (printer)]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Public domain. There are no known restrictions.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Bound volume of four annuals]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[1.2.2]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Warne&#039;s Christmas Annual &quot;The 5 Alls&quot;]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Volume of stories, poems, cartoons, burlesques, puzzles, containing several contributions by W. S. Gilbert, including the burlesque Ruy Blas, the cartoon The History of the Gentleman Who was Born at an Advanced Age, and a chapter of The 5 Alls titled &quot;The Lawyer&#039;s Story.&quot;  The volume is displayed open to the first two pages of Gilbert&#039;s Ruy Blas.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Hood, Tom, 1835-1874 (editor)]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[David &amp; Annabelle Stone Gilbert &amp; Sullivan Collection]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[Frederick Warne &amp; Co., London]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1866]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Savill &amp; Edwards, London (printer)]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Public domain. There are no known restrictions.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Christmas Annual]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[1.2.1]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://gilbertandsullivan2017.gmu.edu/items/show/658">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Arthur Sullivan&#039;s Funeral]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Order of Service for the funeral of Sir Arthur Sullivan at the Chapel Royal, St. James&#039;s Palace.  Last page deals with interment at St. Paul’s Cathedral and includes four stanzas of Sullivan’s anthem “Brother, thou art gone before us,” from The Martyr of Antioch, to be “sung by the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Savoy Theatre.”]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Chapel Royal, St. James&#039;s Palace]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[David &amp; Annabelle Stone Gilbert &amp; Sullivan Collection]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[Chapel Royal, St. James&#039;s Palace]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[11/27/1900]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Public domain. There are no known restrictions.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Order of service]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[1.1.25]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Portrait photograph of Arthur Sullivan]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Portrait photograph of Arthur Sullivan,  on photographer&#039;s card mount by Chancellor, Dublin]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Chancellor &amp; Son (photographer)]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[David &amp; Annabelle Stone Gilbert &amp; Sullivan Collection]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[Chancellor &amp; Son, Dublin]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[undated]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Public domain. There are no known restrictions.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Large cabinet photograph]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[1.1.24]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://gilbertandsullivan2017.gmu.edu/items/show/656">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Absent-minded Beggar Special Edition de Luxe]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Four pages of facsimile music manuscript for the song &quot;The Absent-Minded Beggar&quot; in decorative cover, with photographs of Arthur Sullivan and Rudyard Kipling.  ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900 (composer), Kipling, Rudyard 1865-1936 (writer), Ridgways, Ltd. (publisher)]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[David &amp; Annabelle Stone Gilbert &amp; Sullivan Collection]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[Ridgways, Ltd. (London)]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[undated]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[R. Caton Woodville (artist)]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Public domain. There are no known restrictions.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Souvenir facsimile of music manuscript]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[1.1.23]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://gilbertandsullivan2017.gmu.edu/items/show/655">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Command performance concert program]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Two-color engraved program for command performance concert at Buckingham Palace, conducted by Arthur Sullivan.  Program featured four scenes from Sullivan&#039;s dramatic cantata The Golden Legend.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900 (composer, conductor)]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[David &amp; Annabelle Stone Gilbert &amp; Sullivan Collection]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[Buckingham Palace]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1893-06-05]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Ortner &amp; Houle, London (printer)]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Public domain. There are no known restrictions.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Concert program]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[1.1.22]]></dcterms:identifier>
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