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Broken Hearts, the Glossary

Broken Hearts is a blank verse play by W. S. Gilbert in three acts styled "An entirely original fairy play".^[1]

39 relations: Arthur Sullivan, Blank verse, Charity (play), Clement Scott, Comic opera, Edward German, F. C. Burnand, Fallen Fairies, Faust, German Reed Entertainments, Gilbert and Sullivan, Gretchen (play), Grim's Dyke, H.M.S. Pinafore, Hermann Vezin, Iolanthe, James Planché, John Hare (actor), Julia Gwynne, Julia Neilson, Madge Kendal, Marion Terry, Princess Ida, Pygmalion and Galatea (play), Richard D'Oyly Carte, Royal Court Theatre, Savoy Theatre, Sweethearts (play), T. W. Robertson, The Crystal Palace, The Palace of Truth, The Wicked World, The Yeomen of the Guard, Thespis (opera), Trial by Jury, Utopia, Limited, Victorian burlesque, W. S. Gilbert, William Hunter Kendal.
1875 plays
Plays by W. S. Gilbert

Arthur Sullivan

Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan (13 May 1842 – 22 November 1900) was an English composer.

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Blank verse

Blank verse is poetry written with regular metrical but unrhymed lines, usually in iambic pentameter.

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Charity is a drama in four acts by W. S. Gilbert that explores the issue of a woman who had lived with a man as his wife without ever having married. Broken Hearts and Charity (play) are plays by W. S. Gilbert.

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Clement Scott

Clement William Scott (6 October 1841 – 25 June 1904) was an influential English theatre critic for The Daily Telegraph and other journals, and a playwright, lyricist, translator and travel writer, in the final decades of the 19th century.

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Comic opera

Comic opera, sometimes known as light opera, is a sung dramatic work of a light or comic nature, usually with a happy ending and often including spoken dialogue.

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Edward German

Sir Edward German (17 February 1862 – 11 November 1936) was an English musician and composer of Welsh descent, best remembered for his extensive output of incidental music for the stage and as a successor to Arthur Sullivan in the field of English comic opera.

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F. C. Burnand

Sir Francis Cowley Burnand (29 November 1836 – 21 April 1917), usually known as F. C. Burnand, was an English comic writer and prolific playwright, best known today as the librettist of Arthur Sullivan's opera Cox and Box.

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Fallen Fairies

Fallen Fairies; or, The Wicked World, is a two-act comic opera, with a libretto by W. S. Gilbert and music by Edward German.

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Faust

Faust is the protagonist of a classic German legend based on the historical Johann Georg Faust.

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German Reed Entertainments

The German Reed Entertainments were founded in 1855 and operated by Thomas German Reed (1817–1888) together with his wife, Priscilla German Reed (née Horton) (1818–1895).

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Gilbert and Sullivan

Gilbert and Sullivan refers to the Victorian-era theatrical partnership of the dramatist W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911) and the composer Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900) and to the works they jointly created.

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Gretchen (play)

Gretchen is a tragic four-act play, in blank verse, written by W. S. Gilbert in 1878–79 based on Goethe's version of part of the Faust legend. Broken Hearts and Gretchen (play) are plays by W. S. Gilbert.

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Grim's Dyke

Grim's Dyke (sometimes called Graeme's Dyke until late 1891)How, Harry.

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H.M.S. Pinafore

H.M.S. Pinafore; or, The Lass That Loved a Sailor is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and a libretto by W. S. Gilbert.

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Hermann Vezin

Hermann Vezin (March 2, 1829 – June 12, 1910) was an American actor, teacher of elocution and writer.

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Iolanthe

Iolanthe; or, The Peer and the Peri is a comic opera with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert, first performed in 1882.

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James Planché

James Robinson Planché (27 February 1796 – 30 May 1880) was a British dramatist, antiquary and officer of arms.

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John Hare (actor)

Sir John Hare (16 May 1844 – 28 December 1921), born John Joseph Fairs, was an English actor and theatre manager of the later 19th– and early 20th centuries.

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Julia Gwynne

Julia Gwynne (1856 – 10 June 1934) was an English opera singer and actress best remembered for her performances with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company from 1879 to 1883.

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Julia Neilson

Julia Emilie Neilson (12 June 1868 – 27 May 1957) was an English actress best known for her numerous performances as Lady Blakeney in The Scarlet Pimpernel, for her roles in many tragedies and historical romances, and for her portrayal of Rosalind in a long-running production of As You Like It.

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Madge Kendal

Dame Madge Kendal (born Margaret Shafto Robertson; 15 March 1848 – 14 September 1935) was an English actress of the Victorian and Edwardian eras, best known for her roles in Shakespeare and English comedies.

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Marion Terry

Marion Bessie Terry (born Mary Ann Bessy Terry; 13 October 1853 – 21 August 1930) was an English actress.

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Princess Ida

Princess Ida; or, Castle Adamant is a comic opera with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert.

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Pygmalion and Galatea (play)

Pygmalion and Galatea, an Original Mythological Comedy is a blank verse play by W. S. Gilbert in three acts based on the Pygmalion story. Broken Hearts and Pygmalion and Galatea (play) are plays by W. S. Gilbert.

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Richard D'Oyly Carte

Richard D'Oyly Carte (3 May 1844 – 3 April 1901) was an English talent agent, theatrical impresario, composer, and hotelier during the latter half of the Victorian era.

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Royal Court Theatre

The Royal Court Theatre, at different times known as the Court Theatre, the New Chelsea Theatre, and the Belgravia Theatre, is a non-commercial West End theatre in Sloane Square, London, England.

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Savoy Theatre

The Savoy Theatre is a West End theatre in the Strand in the City of Westminster, London, England.

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Sweethearts (play)

Sweethearts is a comic play billed as a "dramatic contrast" in two acts by W. S. Gilbert. Broken Hearts and Sweethearts (play) are plays by W. S. Gilbert.

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T. W. Robertson

Thomas William Robertson (9 January 1829 – 3 February 1871) was an English dramatist and stage director known for his development of naturalism in British theatre.

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The Crystal Palace

The Crystal Palace was a cast iron and plate glass structure, originally built in Hyde Park, London, to house the Great Exhibition of 1851.

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The Palace of Truth

The Palace of Truth is a three-act blank verse "Fairy Comedy" by W. S. Gilbert first produced at the Haymarket Theatre in London on 19 November 1870, adapted in significant part from Madame de Genlis's fairy story, Le Palais de Vérite. Broken Hearts and the Palace of Truth are plays by W. S. Gilbert.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_Hearts

Broken Hearts, the Glossary

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1875 plays

Plays by W. S. Gilbert

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