William Schwenck Gilbert was born in London on November 18, 1836, to William Gilbert, a retired naval surgeon, and his wife Anne. The Gilberts would add three younger girls to the brood: Jane, Maud and Florence. His parents were cold and distant, with prickly characters. Stern and unyielding, they did not show affection for their son...See full bio »
1999Topsy-Turvy
(lyrics: "If You Give Me Your Attention" 1884, "This Helmet, I Suppose" 1884, "Incantation" 1877, "But Soft... / Why, Where Be Oi?" 1877, "Behold! the Lord High Executioner" 1885, "A Wand'ring Minstrel, I" 1885, "Three Little Maids from School Are We" 1885, "A More Humane Mikado" 1885, "Mi-Ya-Sa-Ma" 1885, "The Criminal Cried As He Dropped Him Down" 1885, "The Mikado Finale, Act Two" 1885, "The Sun Whose Rays Are All Ablaze" 1885)
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Deep Space Homer
(1994)
(lyrics: "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General" - uncredited)
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Cape Feare
(1993)
(lyrics: "We Sail the Ocean Blue" - uncredited, "I'm Called Little Buttercup" - uncredited, "Now Give Three Cheers" - uncredited, "He Is An Englishman" - uncredited, "Three Little Maids From School Are We" - uncredited)
1994The Pirates of Penzance
(TV movie)
(lyrics: "Pour, O Pour The Pirate Sherry", "When Frederic Was A Little Lad", "Oh, Better Far To Live And Die", "Oh, False One, You Have Deceived Me", "Climbing Over Rocky Mountain", "Stop, Ladies, Pray!", "Oh, Is There Not One Maiden Breast", "Poor Wondering One", "What Ought We Do?", "How Beautifully Blue The Sky", "Stay, We Must Not Lose Our Senses", "Hold, Monsters!", "I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major-General", "Oh, Men Of Dark And Dismal Fate")
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The Play
(1986)
("I'm called Little Buttercup", "My gallant crew, good morning", "He is an Englishman", "I am the very model of a modern Major General")
1984A Passage to India
(lyrics: "The Sun, whose Rays are All Ablaze" - uncredited)
1984Die Fledermaus
(TV movie)
(lyrics: "Three Little Maids From School")
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Solo Song
(1982)
(writer: "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General" - uncredited)
1981Raiders of the Lost Ark
(lyrics: "I am the Monarch of the Sea" 1878 - uncredited, "A British Tar" 1878 - uncredited)
1981Chariots of Fire
(lyrics: "He is an Englishman" 1878 - uncredited, "Three Little Maids from School Are We" 1885 - uncredited, "With Catlike Tread" 1879 - uncredited, "The Soldiers of Our Queen" 1881 - uncredited, "There Lived a King" 1889 - uncredited)
1978Foul Play
(writer: "Excerpts from Gilbert & Sullivan's THE MIKADO" / as Gilbert)
1956The Green Man
("A Wandering Minstrel I" - uncredited)
1950The Glass Menagerie
(lyrics: "When the Foeman Bears His Steel" - uncredited)
1946Girl on the Spot
(lyrics: "A Policeman's Lot" - uncredited, "We Sail the Ocean Blue" - uncredited, "When the Foeman Bares His Steel" - uncredited, "I'm Called Little Buttercup" - uncredited, "Now to the Banquet We Press" - uncredited, "Dance a Cachucha" - uncredited, "Sorry Her Lot" - uncredited, "Love Is a Plaintive Song" - uncredited, "Pirate King Song" - uncredited, "Poor Wand'ring One" - uncredited)
1939The Mikado
(lyrics: "If You Wonder Who We Are" 1885 - uncredited, "The Sun Whose Rays Are All Ablaze" 1885 - uncredited, "A Wand'ring Minstrel I" 1885 - uncredited, "Our Great Mikado" 1885 - uncredited, "Behold the Lord High Executioner" 1885 - uncredited, "Three Little Maids from School Are We" 1885 - uncredited, "Were You Not to Ko-Ko Plighted" 1885 - uncredited, "I Am So Proud" 1885 - uncredited, "The Threatened Cloud Has Passed Away" 1885 - uncredited, "Your Revels Cease!" 1885 - uncredited, "For He's Going to Marry Yum-Yum" 1885 - uncredited, "Brightly Dawns Our Wedding Day" 1885 - uncredited, "Here's a How-de-do" 1885 - uncredited, "From Every Kind of Man Obedience I Expect" 1885 - uncredited, "A More Humane Mikado" 1885 - uncredited, "The Criminal Cried as He Dropped Him Down" 1885 - uncredited, "The Flowers that Bloom in the Spring" 1885 - uncredited, "Willow, Tit-willow" "On a Tree By a River" / 1885 - uncredited)
1937The Girl Said No
(lyrics: "The Mikado's Song", "Three Little Maids from School", "The Lord High Executioner", "Poor Little Buttercup", "I Am the Monarch of the Sea", "Policeman's Song", "The Magnet and the Churn", "It Really Doesn't Matter", "The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring", "A Wand'ring Minstrel I", "The Yeoman of the Guard")
(2010-2011) Arthur Sullivan and his musical, "The Pirates of Penzance," was preformed at The Hypocrites Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. Sean Graney was director. Jared Moore was lighting designer.
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Alternate Names:
Sir William Schwenck Gilbert | W.S. Gilbert | William Schwenk Gilbert
To resolve the controversy over who wrote Shakespeare's works, simply have Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree read from Shakespeare over the top contenders and the true author will surely turn over in his grave.
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Trivia:
Contemporary reports state he drowned as a result of heart failure.
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