Complete Clue List
Across
1. Duties
4. Improvised (Lat., 2,3)
7. Drama with arias
10. Gilbert's dialogue "satisfies both the ____ and the intelligence" ("The Times")
11. Referee (abbr.) that Gilbert and Sullivan could have used to mediate their many disputes
12. In "H.M.S. Pinafore", First Lord of the Admiralty Sir Joseph Porter had no ____ qualifications
13. Conger catcher
14. Construct, as with the theatre in 2D
15. Gilbert and Sullivan liked to poke ____ at society's institutions
16. Honorific for both Gilbert and Sullivan
17. "H.M.S. Pinafore" (1878) takes place aboard a ____ Navy ship
19. Theatre divider
22. W.S. Gilbert was the ____ of the duo by some five years
24. Grillings, as conducted by the Counsel for the Plaintiff in "Trial by Jury" (5-12)
31. A fan of
32. Funny business
33. Producer ____ Hollingshead brought Gilbert and Sullivan together in 1871 to create "Thespis"
36. "The ____ ____ ____", subtitle of 1893's "Utopia, Limited" (7,2,8)
41. Unexpected plot turn, often found in Gilbert and Sullivan works
43. Arousing or provoking laughter, descriptor for Gilbert and Sullivan's operas
46. Deliver a speech
49. Olympic country code for the setting of "The Gondoliers" (1889)
50. Possesses
51. John Wellington ____, eponymous protagonist of "The Sorcerer" (1877)
52. "H.M.S. Pinafore" fleet
53. Courtroom event: Gilbert and Sullivan favoured the use of a jury
54. Spanish gold
55. Unique: ____ generis (Lat.)
56. Encore performance
57. Must-haves
58. Savoy ensembles
Down
1. Male voice, often the heroic protagonist in Gilbert and Sullivan works
2. Theatre built in 1881 by Richard D'Oyly Carte to present the works of Gilbert and Sullivan
3. Concerned only with others, not a trait exhibited by W.S. Gilbert or Arthur Sullivan
4. Concert venue
5. The late 19th century saw an increase in the number of theatres and concert ____
6. "Ruddigore" (1887) was subtitled "The Witch's ____"
7. Comic musical work
8. Make corrections to libretti or scores
9. Role player
18. Paddle
20. "Princess ____" (1884) subtitled "Castle Adamant"
21. Him, in Le Havre
23. Poetic twilight
24. In "The Mikado" (1885), Ko-Ko is ____ magistrate, judge and executioner in one
25. Exceed
26. Roentgen's discovery, which happened during the lifetimes of Gilbert and Sullivan
27. Recurring theme
28. More pleasant
29. "'____ ____ mio" (1,4), 1898 Neapolitan song too late for "The Gondoliers" (1889)
30. Musical numbers
34. Throw overboard
35. Uncommitted
37. The ____, profession satirised by Gilbert and Sullivan
38. Palindromic sound of surprise
39. Penultimate Greek letter
40. The props for a particular scene
41. Setting of "The Yeomen of the Guard" (1888): the ____ of London
42. Do-nothing
43. Body of works, as with Gilbert and Sullivan's fourteen comic operas
44. "The Pirate ____" (1982), loosely based on "The Pirates of Penzance"
45. Game with kings and queens
47. Diva deliveries
48. Those women of Paris