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Show PRESS PARAGRAPHS FIR WTLIJAM GILBERT'S WORK. Chicago Tribunal . Uke hta frenrJl contemporary Haievy, flilbrt rained the work of the librettist almost to 'he dignity dig-nity of literature. From no other opera book writer have so many quotations paneri Into ihc common apeerh. It haa been complained that be and Sullivan re-peHleii re-peHleii HieniJifU ca. They did, but each repetition earned belter than the original origi-nal WJea. Their Ingenuity in Ibis was mar-veloua." mar-veloua." Philadelphia Record "Without venturing ventur-ing on the )ia-kneyed topic of the decline de-cline of the drama, whhh has been complained com-plained of in all ages, one can ha i dly deny tliat the ouailly of Meht dramath I entertainment offered to the public at I present la of an Infinitely lower qual-, qual-, tty than that supplied when 4Hbrt and I Sullivan were the leading though not Hit j exclusive purveyors of 11k I ) L ocra." ! Boston Trans-riti "It as a. happy day for the amurtenient world when ho and Hir Arthur 8iilhvan found each ther. Their gltta wer 'completely comple-nentar'. comple-nentar'. and Inatanl fame for both followed fol-lowed their rlrat great collaboration, the opera of 'Pinafore. which had more tiian one phenomenal run in Boston. It not only captured, but captivated, our public, pub-lic, aa It had taken by storm thai of England during the previous alx months.' |