{"product_id":"gilbert-and-sullivan-pearson","title":"Gilbert and Sullivan by Hesketh Pearson","description":"\u003ch2\u003eDiscover the partnership behind enduring comic operas\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFair Condition\u003c\/strong\u003e - Covers are rubbed and creased with chipped edges and heavy brown spotting. Pages are browned and foxed, with owner writing inside. Penguin edition, 1950.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHesketh Pearson explores the lives and collaboration of W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, whose comic operas became a distinctive part of British theatrical culture. The biography considers the personalities behind the partnership as well as the circumstances in which their work developed, connecting the writer’s wit with the composer’s musical imagination. Their achievements unfold alongside differences, tensions, and the practical demands of creating entertainment for an audience. Pearson brings an interest in character and anecdote to a story that reaches beyond the stage. Gilbert and Sullivan offers readers a portrait of two individual careers joined in a creative relationship, illuminating the people behind a repertoire that continued to find audiences long after its beginnings.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Value Junction ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67692523061460,"sku":"TVJ-034298","price":5.75,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/3059\/2980\/files\/TVJ-034298-1.jpg?v=1791769121","url":"https:\/\/thevaluejunction.co.nz\/products\/gilbert-and-sullivan-pearson","provider":"The Value Junction ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}