THE 14 GILBERT AND SULLIVAN PLAYS By William S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan William S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan collaborated on 14 operas in the period from 1871 to 1896. CONTENTS THE GONDOLIERS ACT I ACT II THE GRAND DUKE ACT I. ACT II. H.M.S. PINAFORE ACT I ACT II IOLANTHE ACT I ACT II THE MIKADO ACT I. ACT II. THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE ACT I ACT II PRINCESS IDA ACT I. ACT II ACT III RUDDIGORE ACT I ACT II THE SORCERER ACT I. ACT II THESPIS ACT I ACT II TRIAL BY JURY UTOPIA LIMITED ACT I. ACT II THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD ACT I ACT II PATIENCE ACT I ACT II THE GONDOLIERS OR THE KING OF BARATARIA Libretto by William S. Gilbert Music by Arthur S. Sullivan DRAMATIS PERSONAE THE DUKE OF PLAZA-TORO (a Grandee of Spain) LUIZ (his attendant) DON ALHAMBRA DEL BOLERO (the Grand Inquisitioner) Venetian Gondoliers MARCO PALMIERI GIUSEPPE PALMIERI ANTONIO FRANCESCO GIORGIO ANNIBALE THE DUCHESS OF PLAZA-TORO CASILDA (her Daughter) Contadine GIANETTA TESSA FIAMETTA VITTORIA GIULIA INEZ (the King's Foster-mother) Chorus of Gondoliers and Contadine, Men-at-Arms, Heralds and Pages ACT I The Piazzetta, Venice ACT II Pavilion in the Palace of Barataria (An interval of three months is supposed to elapse between Acts I and II) DATE 1750 ACT I Scene.— the Piazzetta, Venice. The Ducal Palace on the right. Fiametta, Giulia, Vittoria, and other Contadine discovered, each tying a bouquet of roses. CHORUS OF CONTADINE. List and learn, ye dainty roses, Roses white and roses red, Why we bind you into posies Ere your morning bloom has fled. By a law of maiden's making, Accents of a heart that's aching, Even though that heart be breaking, Should by maiden be unsaid: Though they love with love exceeding, They must seem to be unheeding— Go ye then and do their pleading, Roses white and roses red! FIAMETTA. Two there are for whom in duty, Every maid in Venice sighs— Two so peerless in their beauty That they shame the summer skies. We have hearts for them, in plenty, They have hearts, but all too few, We, alas, are four-and-twenty! They, alas, are only two! We, alas! CHORUS. Alas!