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Libretto for H.M.S. Pinfore; or, The Lass that Loved a Sailor. Created for a December 1878 production at the Academy of Music, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Libretto for H.M.S. Pinfore; or, The Lass that Loved a Sailor. With portraits of members of Philadelphia area church choirs in various roles from the work

Libretto for H.M.S. Pinfore; or, The Lass that Loved a Sailor. "Hebe's song," words by John A. Cockerill printed on inside back cover.

Standard Theatre edition of the libretto for Gilbert & Sullivan's aesthetic opera Patience; or, Bunthorne's Bride including six full page illustrations of characters in the opera. Authorized copyright edition.

Libretto for the first American production of Gilbert & Sullivan's supernatural opera Ruddygore; or, The Witch's Curse, by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company at New York's Fifth Avenue Theatre, beginning 22 January 1887. Unlike in the United Kingdom,…

Libretto for the first American production of Gilbert & Sullivan's opera The Yeomen of the Guard; or, The Merryman and his Maid, by the Rudolph Aronson Company at New York's Casino Theatre, beginning 17 October 1888. The Aronson production was…

Gilbert's self-portrait is captioned "I am an Englishman. Behold me!", a line from Ralph Rackstraw in H.M.S. Pinafore. Sullivan's musical quote is from his drawing room ballad "Once Again."

Farewell benefit program for Emily Soldene at The Globe Theatre, Boston. Program includes Gilbert & Sullivan's Trial by Jury, The Waterman (musical burletta by Charles Dibden) and the 1st and 2nd acts of Chilperic (opera bouffe by Hervé).

Program for Rudolph Aronson's Comic Opera Company's performance at the Globe Theatre, Boston.

Large burgundy silk souvenir celebrating the grand reopening of the Grand Theatre and Opera House, Leeds, with a touring production of The Mikado by R. D'Oyly Carte's Celebrated Repertoire Opera Company.