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Definitions of gilbertian in various dictionaries:
adj - of or pertaining to or characteristic of the style of William S. Gilbert
adj - wildly comic and improbable as in Gilbert and Sullivan operas
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Relating to or characteristic of the English playwright W. S. Gilbert or his works, especially in involving ludicrous or paradoxical situations. |
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the style of William S. Gilbert. |
Wildly comic and improbable, as in Gilbert and Sullivan operas. |
wildly comic and improbable as in Gilbert and Sullivan operas |
of or pertaining to or characteristic of the style of William S. Gilbert |
Gilbertian might refer to |
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Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (18 November 1836 29 May 1911) was an English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator best known for his collaboration with composer Arthur Sullivan, which produced fourteen comic operas. The most famous of these include H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and one of the most frequently performed works in the history of musical theatre, The Mikado. The popularity of these works was supported for over a century by year-round performances of them, in Britain and abroad, by the repertory company that Gilbert, Sullivan and their producer Richard D'Oyly Carte founded, the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. These Savoy operas continue to be frequently performed in the English-speaking world and beyond.Gilbert's creative output included over 75 plays and libretti, and numerous short stories, poems and lyrics, both comic and serious. After brief careers as a government clerk and a lawyer, Gilbert began to focus, in the 1860s, on writing light verse, including hi |