H.M.S. Pinafore

Sir William Schwenck Gilbert, known as W. S. Gilbert, was an eminent British playwright, poet, and librettist, born on November 18, 1836, in London. Gilbert is perhaps most renowned for his collaborative opera works with the composer Arthur Sullivan, with the duo becoming one of the most successful and enduringly popular partnerships in Victorian England. Their operatic creations, often referred t...