“I am not a dramatic author; I am a maker of plays. I construct them as a carpenter constructs a table.”
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…