Dramatist & librettist

W. S. Gilbert

Wrote the words for fourteen comic operas with Sullivan, and drowned trying to rescue a young woman from a lake on his own estate.

Sir William Schwenck Gilbert was an English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator best known for his collaboration with the composer Arthur Sullivan, which produced fourteen comic operas. The most famous of these include H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and one of the most frequently performed works in the history of musical theatre, The Mikado. The popularity of these works was supported for over a century by year-round performances of them, in Britain and abroad, by the repertory company that Gilbert, Sullivan and their producer Richard D'Oyly Carte founded, the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. These Savoy operas are still frequently performed in the English-speaking world and beyond.

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Born
1836-11-18, London, EnglandA Friday
Died
1911-05-29, Harrow, London, EnglandA Monday, aged 74
At birth
Sun in Scorpio, Moon in Aries
Nationality
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Birth-time source
No birth time on record: Rodden X

Birth Chart

1836-11-18, London, England · time unknown, noon chart

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Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunScorpio26°14′Direct
MoonAries0°55′Direct
MercuryScorpio11°14′Direct
VenusLibra14°26′Direct
MarsLeo18°46′Direct
JupiterLeo17°43′Direct
SaturnScorpio10°11′Direct
UranusPisces0°38′Direct
NeptuneAquarius3°32′Direct
PlutoAries14°08′Retrograde

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Death Chart

1911-05-29, Harrow, London, England · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Londonthe zone used then

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Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunGemini6°59′Direct
MoonGemini24°33′Direct
MercuryTaurus13°04′Direct
VenusCancer18°34′Direct
MarsPisces26°46′Direct
JupiterScorpio6°23′Retrograde
SaturnTaurus13°18′Direct
UranusCapricorn29°06′Retrograde
NeptuneCancer19°41′Direct
PlutoGemini26°55′Direct

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