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First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Most people know WS Gilbert as the writer of operas with Arthur Sullivan. But 100 years after his death, Ruth Padel discovers there was far more to him than that. Show more
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First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Ruth Padel explores the way in which WS Gilbert used and developed the English language. Show more
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First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Ruth Padel explores WS Gilbert as a dramatist and satirist, examining how he developed and parodied Victorian genres of burlesque and pantomime to create new comic effects. Show more
Ruth Padel examines Gilbert's achievements as a theatre director and looks at the ways in which he helped revolutionise theatre production. Show more
Ruth Padel examines Gilbert's relationship with Arthur Sullivan, with whom his legacy would be bound up. Show more
