Podcasts by The Bab Ballads by W. S. Gilbert
The Bab Ballads are a collection of light verse by W. S. Gilbert, illustrated with his own comic drawings. Gilbert wrote the Ballads before he became famous for his comic opera librettos with Arthur Sullivan. In writing the Bab Ballads, Gilbert developed his unique “topsy-turvy” style, where the humour was derived by setting up a ridiculous premise and working out its logical consequences, however absurd. The Ballads also reveal Gilbert’s cynical and satirical approach to humour. They became famous on their own, as well as being a source for plot elements, characters and songs that Gilbert would recycle in the Gilbert and Sullivan operas. The Bab Ballads take their name from Gilbert’s childhood nickname, and he later began to sign his illustrations “Bab”.
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05 – To A Little Maid – By A Policeman from 2021-12-29T00:00
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Listen11 – Ferdinando And Elvira; Or, The Gentle Pieman from 2021-12-23T00:00
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Listen13 – Disillusioned – By An Ex-Enthusiast from 2021-12-21T00:00
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Listen15 – To My Bride – (Whoever She May Be) from 2021-12-19T00:00
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Listen16 – The Folly Of Brown – By A General Agent from 2021-12-18T00:00
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Listen20 – The Precocious Baby. A Very True Tale from 2021-12-14T00:00
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Listen26 – The Pantomime “Super” To His Mask from 2021-12-08T00:00
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Listen28 – The Ghost, The Gallant, The Gael, And The Goblin from 2021-12-06T00:00
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Listen32 – At A Pantomime. By a Bilious One from 2021-12-02T00:00
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Listen40 – Ben Allah Achmet; – Or, The Fatal Tum from 2021-11-24T00:00
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Listen42 – Joe Golightly – Or, The First Lord’s Daughter from 2021-11-22T00:00
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Listen43 – To The Terrestrial Globe. By a Miserable Wretch from 2021-11-21T00:00
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