Quote of the day
Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers. It may be possible to speed or hinder them, but impossible to stop them.
W. S. Gilbert
Born: November 18, 1836
Died: May 29, 1911 (aged 74)
Bio: Sir William Schwenck Gilbert was an English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator best known for the fourteen comic operas produced in collaboration with the composer Sir Arthur Sullivan. The most famous of these include H.M.S.
Known for:
- The Mikado
- The Pirate Movie
- The Pirates of Penzance
- The Gentlemen of Titipu
- Gilbert and Sullivan: The Very Models
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