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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…

First night program for W. S. Gilbert's musical extravaganza The Pretty Druidess; or, the Mother, the Maid and the Mistletoe Bough at the Charing Cross Theatre, London. The program also included the operatic sketch Coming of Age (music by E. L.…

Gilbert seeks permission to call his new play "On Guard". It opened at the Court Theatre, London, on October 28, 1871, but ran for only three weeks. Mrs. Cudlip is the author Annie Thomas, whose novel On Guard was published in 1865. Gilbert proposed…

Full-length photograph of two performers in Pygmalion and Galatea on photographer's card mount by Stereoscopic Company, London. Mount is marked "'Pygmalion and Galatea' | Mr Kendal and Miss Madge Robertson." Galatea admires herself in hand mirror…

First edition libretto ("Printed for Private Circulation Only") of W. S. Gilbert's "entirely original fairy comedy" The Wicked World, inscribed on front cover by Gilbert (to critic Moy Thomas) "With the author's compliments." The Wicked World was …

Horizontal cabinet photo of three actors in top hats and eight actresses in fairy costumes (five standing, three seated on the floor).

A Letter from Miss Henrietta Hobson, an Actress, to the Members of the Dramatic Profession, being a relation of the persecutions which she has suffered from Mr. William Schwenck Gilbert, A Dramatic Author.

A Letter addressed to the Members of the Dramatic Profession in reply to Miss Henrietta Hobson's Pamphlet. By W. S. Gilbert.

Cartoon in The Entr'acte Annual of a glaring W. S. Gilbert, dressed in armor, holding a large mallet labeled "Discipline" at his side. Small figure of Richard D'Oyly Carte at his side. Image is captioned "The Ironmaster at the Savoy."

Three-quarter-length photograph of two performers in Dan'l Druce, Blacksmith on photographer's card mount by Stereoscopic Company, London. Dan'l Druce (Herman Vezin) holds Dorothy's (Marion Terry) left hand.