This poem by W. S. Gilbert is a witty and satirical take on the Romantic poets of the Victorian era. The speaker, Bunthorne, is a "fleshly" poet who l...
Set in the fictional Japanese town of Titipu, "Mikado" tells the story of Nanki-Poo, the son of the Mikado of Japan, who has fled his father's court a...
This book presents a spoken "poetic" version of the libretto for the popular Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, *The Gondoliers*. It features a full cast...
Mind the Paint Girl is a play by Arthur Wing Pinero that explores the effects of stardom on the star as well as those that love them. It tells the sto...
A witty and satirical take on the criminal justice system and the media circus that surrounds it, "Chicago" follows Roxie Hart, a chorus girl who murd...
Woodstock Park is a collection of poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, first published in 1883. The poems are set in and around Woodstock, Maine, and...