Chapter I: Front Matter

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This book was published by the British publisher Chatto &
Windus as the second volume of Gilbert's plays. Project
Gutenberg has an American publication with the same plays
as the first volume of the Chatto & Windus series. It can
be seen at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/59057

Transcriber’s note:

Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_).

Text enclosed by equal signs is in bold face (=bold=).

ORIGIINAL PLAYS

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UNIFORM WITH THE PRESENT VOLUME.

_Post 8vo, cloth limp, 2s. 6d. each._

ORIGINAL PLAYS

BY

W. S. GILBERT.

FIRST AND SECOND SERIES.

The FIRST SERIES contains: The Wicked World--Pygmalion and Galatea--Charity--The Princess--The Palace of Truth--Trial by Jury.

The SECOND SERIES contains: Broken Hearts--Engaged--Sweethearts--Gretchen--Dan’l Druce--Tom Cobb-- H.M.S. ‘Pinafore’--The Sorcerer--The Pirates of Penzance.

_Royal 16mo, Japanese leather, 2s. 6d._

THE GILBERT AND SULLIVAN BIRTHDAY BOOK:

QUOTATIONS FOR EVERY DAY IN THE YEAR

Selected from Plays by W. S. GILBERT, set to Music by SIR A. SULLIVAN.

COMPILED BY ALEX. WATSON.

LONDON: CHATTO & WINDUS, 111 ST. MARTIN’S LANE, W.C.

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ORIGINAL PLAYS

by

W. S. GILBERT

SECOND SERIES

Containing Broken Hearts, Engaged, Sweethearts, Dan’L Druce, Gretchen, Tom Cobb, The Sorcerer, H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance

London Chatto & Windus 1899

CONTENTS.

PAGE

CONTENTS.

BROKEN HEARTS. 1

ENGAGED. 39

SWEETHEARTS. 87

DAN’L DRUCE, BLACKSMITH. 109

GRETCHEN. 151

TOM COBB; OR, FORTUNE’S TOY. 203

THE SORCERER. 239

H.M.S. PINAFORE; OR, THE LASS THAT LOVED A SAILOR. 271

THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE; OR, THE SLAVE OF DUTY. 303

CHATTO & WINDUS CATALOGUE 1

BROKEN HEARTS.

_AN ENTIRELY ORIGINAL FAIRY PLAY_, IN THREE ACTS.

_First produced at the Royal Court Theatre, under the management of_ MR. HARE, _Thursday, 9th December, 1875_.

DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.

PRINCE FLORIAN MR. W. H. KENDAL.
MOUSTA (_a deformed Dwarf_) MR. ANSON.
THE LADY HILDA MISS M. ROBERTSON.
(MRS. KENDAL.)
THE LADY VAVIR (_her Sister_) MISS HOLLINGSHEAD.
THE LADY MELUSINE MISS PLOWDEN.
THE LADY AMANTHIS MISS RORKE.

SCENE: THE ISLAND OF BROKEN HEARTS.

_The action of the piece takes place within twenty four hours._

Costumes--1300-1350.

BROKEN HEARTS.