The Mikado, the most widely acclaimed of all Gilbert and Sullivan's comic operas, was first performed at the Savoy Theatre, London, on
14 March 1885. Particularly famous for his collaboration on the Savoy Operas with Sir Arthur Sullivan, Sir WilliamS. Gilbert was also renowned in his own right, excelling as a dramatist and writer of humorous verse, in particular his Bab Ballads, published between 186g and 1873.
In this facsimile reprint of Macmillan's 1928 edition of The Mikado, Gilbert's lyrics are accompanied by colour illustrations by Russell Flint, President of the Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours (1936-56), whose work is now more sought after than ever before, and black and white in drawings.
 
The Yeomen of the Guard, the eleventh Gilbert and Sullivan opera, was first performed at the Savoy Theatre, London, on 3 October 1888. The combination of Sir William S. Gilbert's lyrics and the music of Sir Arthur Sullivan is as fresh today as when it first appeared, but many people forget that Gilbert was a brilliant dramatist and humorist in his own right, his Bab Ballads published between I869 and 1873 providing many inspirations for the words of the Savoy Operas.
In this facsimile reprint of Macmillan's 1929 edition, the lyrics are accompanied by colour illustrations by Russell Flint, President of the Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours (I936-56), whose work is now more sought after than ever before, and black-and-white ink drawings by Charles Brock.