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English dramatist, poet and illustrator (1836–1911)
Also known as: William Schwenck Gilbert, Bab, Bab Gilbert, Sir William Schwenck Gilbert, William Gilbert, William S. Gilbert
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Edward Lear1812–1888ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetIllustrated nonsense verse with absurd logic and comic rhyme, close to the Bab Ballads. (AI reason)
Lewis Carroll1832–1898ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetVictorian topsy-turvy whimsy, parody verse and playful logic. (AI reason)
Hilaire Belloc1870–1953ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetCautionary comic verse with mock-moral tone and self-made illustrations in the same tradition. (AI reason)
Oscar Wilde1854–1900ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetEpigrammatic Victorian comedy satirizing courtship, class and earnestness, much like Engaged. (AI reason)
Thomas Hood1799–1845ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetPunning comic ballads and grotesque humorous verse that prefigure Gilbert's style. (AI reason)
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Richard Harris Barham1788–1845ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetThe Ingoldsby Legends offer macabre comic ballads with jaunty meter akin to Bab. (AI reason)
F. C. Burnand1836–1917ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetVictorian burlesque and comic theatre in the Punch-and-extravaganza vein. (AI reason)
Jerome K. Jerome1859–1927ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetGently absurd Victorian comic prose with ironic social observation. (AI reason)
P. G. Wodehouse1881–1975ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetFarcical plotting, comic lyric writing and elegant absurdity indebted to Gilbertian wit. (AI reason)
Ogden Nash1902–1971ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetLight verse with ingenious rhymes and droll whimsy. (AI reason)
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Get your own suggestionsKnown works
- H.M.S. Pinafore
- The Pirates of Penzance (1961)
- H.M.S. Pinaforte
- The Mikado, or, The town of Titipu
- The complete operas of Gilbert and Sullivan (1932)