Sir William Schwenck (W.S.) Gilbert (1836–1911)

W. S. Gilbert

Librettist, The Yeomen of the Guard

In one season at OSF: The Pirates of Penzance

Other comic operas and musicals: (with Arthur Sullivan) The Sorcerer, H.M.S. Pinafore, Patience, Iolanthe, Princess Ida, The Mikado, Ruddigore, Thespis, Trial by Jury, The Gondoliers, Utopia Limited, The Grand Duke; (with Frederic Clay) Ages Ago, The Gentleman in Black, Happy Arcadia, Princess Toto; (with Thomas German Reed) No Cards, Our Island Home, A Sensation Novel, Eyes and No Eyes; (with Jacques Offenbach) The Brigands and more. 

Plays, burlesques and pantomimes: Uncle Baby, Hush-a-Bye Baby, Dulcamara!, Robert the Devil, An Old Score, The Pretty Druidess, The Palace of Truth, Great Expectations (adaptation), Pygmalion and Galatea, The Wicked World, The Happy Land, The Realm of Joy, Charity, Engaged, Topsyturveydom  (with Alfred Cellier), Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, The Hooligan and many more. 

Other credits: Contributed poetry, prose, reviews and illustrations, including The Bab Ballads, to the comic journal Fun and other periodicals; directed his plays and operas; costume designer for original productions of Patience, Iolanthe, Princess Ida and Ruddigore; funded construction of the Garrick Theatre. 

Awards: Knighted in 1907.