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A review by calistareads
The Fabulous Feud of Gilbert and Sullivan by Jonah Winter, Richard Egielski
4.0
I saw the movie that is based on this same time period and it’s very good. I spent the summer after 11th grade at Interlochen Arts Camp, one of the best of my life. Every year they put on a production of Gilbert & Sullivan and I was introduced to the Pirates of Penzance. I loved the music and the zaniness of it all. If I had known, I would have auditioned for the chorus. It would have been so fun. Since then, I have been a fan of these two. Ann Arbor has a Gilbert & Sullivan society and they put on a yearly production. I saw Iolanthe and loved that one too. It is too wonderful.
This book is about the time the two got into a Feud. They write separately and were very different people. One day, Sullivan is sick of the same old stories and he refuses to do any more writing until it’s a new story. Eventually, Gilbert sees a Japanese exhibit and he comes up with a new story for them to tell. It becomes one of their most popular operettas ever.
The book is drawn to be cartoonish and it works. I think the book is great and I love the story.
There were pirates and all kinds of characters and the nephew was trying to figure out what this was about. He did end up liking this. He thought these people were weird. He gave this 3 stars.
This book is about the time the two got into a Feud. They write separately and were very different people. One day, Sullivan is sick of the same old stories and he refuses to do any more writing until it’s a new story. Eventually, Gilbert sees a Japanese exhibit and he comes up with a new story for them to tell. It becomes one of their most popular operettas ever.
The book is drawn to be cartoonish and it works. I think the book is great and I love the story.
There were pirates and all kinds of characters and the nephew was trying to figure out what this was about. He did end up liking this. He thought these people were weird. He gave this 3 stars.