Thursday, May 29, 2008

W. S. Gilbert died today – 97 years ago

Librettist (of “H.M.S. Pinafore”, “The Pirates of Penzance”, and “The Mikado”) William Schwenck Gilbert was born on November 18, 1836 on the Strand, London, England. He said, “Things are seldom what they seem, skim milk masquerades as cream." [Especially in politics.]... Mr. Gilbert died on May 29, 1911 at Grim’s Dyke, Harrow, England.





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