“It is a routine of mine to work right through the night, as I find the quiet hours between midnight and six in the morning most conducive to creation.”
About William Schwenck Gilbert
18 November 1836–29 May 1911
In the pantheon of Victorian literature, few figures present such a delightful paradox as William Schwenck Gilbert (1836-1911). Here was a man who could craft lyrics of sublime wit and devastating social commentary, yet whose temperament was notoriously prickly and contentious. A writer who created some of the most…