This website contains accurate transcriptions, with full bibliographic details, of published reviews, commentaries, correspondence and news items concerning Gilbert and Sullivan Operas, which have been made by Helga J. Perry in the course of research for a postgraduate degree on Sullivan at the University of Birmingham.  Many of these reviews were first published in journals and newspapers that are now extremely difficult to obtain.

THESPIS The Illustrated London News December 30th 1871   TRIAL BY JURY The Sunday Times October 19th 1884 The Times October 13th 1884 (in preparation)   THE SORCERER (1877) The Academy November 24th 1877 The Era [Country Edition] November 25th 1877 The Illustrated London News November 24th 1877 The Monthly Musical Record January 1st 1878 The Sunday Times November 25th 1877 (in preparation) The World November 21st 1877  (1884) The Athenaeum October 18th 1884 The Sunday Times October 19th 1884  The Times October 13th 1884 (in preparation)   H.M.S. PINAFORE The Academy July 13th 1878 The Illustrated London News June 1st 1878 The Musical Times June 1st 1878  The Musical Times December 1st 1879  The Theatre January 1st 1880 The Theatre December 1st 1887   THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE The Academy April 10th 1880 The Monthly Musical Record May 1st 1880 (in preparation) The Musical Times February 1st 1880 The Musical Times May 1st 1880  The Musical World January 3rd 1880 (in preparation) The Musical World January 17th 1880 The Musical World April 10th 1880 (London) (in preparation) The Musical World April 10th 1880 (Philadelphia) (in preparation) The Theatre February, April, June, December 1880 The Theatre May 1st 1880 The Theatre February 2nd 1885   PATIENCE The Academy April 30th 1881 The Monthly Musical Record June 1st 1881 (in preparation) The Musical Times May 1st 1881 (in preparation) The Musical World April 30th 1881 The Theatre June 1st 1881   IOLANTHE The Academy December 2nd 1882 The Athenæum December 2nd 1882 The Era December 2nd 1882 (in preparation) The Era December 30th 1882 The Morning Advertiser November 27th 1882 Music and Drama December 2nd 1882 (by "Seraph") The Musical Times December 1st 1882 The Musical World October 6th 1883 The Musical World November 17th 1883  The Times November 27th 1882

PRINCESS IDA The Academy August 9th 1884 The Athenæum January 12th 1884 The Musical Times February 1st 1884   THE MIKADO The Academy March 28th 1885 The Athenæum March 21st 1885 The Monthly Musical Record May 1st 1885 The Musical Times December 1st 1888 The Musical Times December 1st 1889 The Theatre April 1st 1885   RUDDYGORE/RUDDIGORE The Academy February 12th 1887 The Monthly Musical Record February 1st 1887 The Theatre February 1st 1887   THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD The Musical Times November 1st 1888 (in preparation) The Musical Times December 1st 1888   THE GONDOLIERS  The Musical Times January 1st 1890 The Musical World December 14th 1889 UTOPIA, LIMITED The Musical Times November 1st 1893    THE GRAND DUKE The Athenæum March 14th 1896 The Musical Times April 1st 1896 The Musical Times July 1st 1896 (Berlin) The Times March 9th 1896 The Year's Music 1897

OTHER RELATED REVIEWS & ARTICLES D'Oyly Carte Touring Companies, alphabetically by place of performance BRADFORD Iolanthe The Era September 6th 1884   MANCHESTER  Musical Times May 1st 1885 Other works by Gilbert and/or Sullivan The Foresters Unsigned review in The Musical Times November 1st 1893    The Golden Legend Review in The Musical Times August 1st 1888 of performance at the Chester Musical Festival (in preparation) Unsigned review in The Musical Times September 1st 1888 of a performance by the Adelaide Musical Association (in preparation)   Macbeth Unsigned review in The Musical Times February 1st 1889 (in preparation)   The Prodigal Son Unsigned review in The Musical Times December 1st 1888   Songs of two Savoyards  Unsigned review in The Academy April 30th 1892 Curtain-raisers and companion pieces The Drama on Crutches [companion piece to Iolanthe] Review by "D.T." in The Musical World November 17th 1883   Weather or No [curtain-raiser to The Mikado] Unsigned review in The Musical Times September 1st 1896 Important Personalities Jessie Bond Biographical note & photograph in The Theatre February 2nd 1885   Frederic Clay Obituary in The Musical Times December 1st 1889 Richard D'Oyly Carte Letter about Iolanthe to The Musical World October 6th 1883   George Grossmith Review by "D.T." of  The Drama on Crutches [companion piece to Iolanthe] in The Musical World November 17th 1883 Biographical note & photograph in The Theatre June 1st 1885   Mrs. Howard Paul Obituary in The Athenæum 1879 Obituary in The Era [country edition] June 15th 1879   Frederic Sullivan Obituary in The Musical World February 3rd 1877   Geraldine Ulmar Biographical note & photograph in The Theatre August 1st 1887 Miscellaneous Gladstone attends a performance of Iolanthe The Era December 9th 1882 Short news item on Sullivan's health Musical Times February 1st 1888 Report on Sullivan's inaugural address as President of the Midland Institute Musical Times November 1st 1888 (in preparation) Product endorsement by Sullivan: Clinton Combination Clarinet Musical Times February 1st 1896 Sullivan funds scholarship for choirmasters Musical Times May 1st 1896

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