The Palace of Truth
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The Palace of Truth is a three-act blank verse "Fairy Comedy" by W. S. Gilbert first produced at the Haymarket Theatre in London on 19 November 1870, adapted in significant part from Madame de Genlis'
Drawing of a scene from the play in The Illustrated London News, 1870
W.S. Gilbert in about 1870
Poster for the play's 108th performance
W. H. Kendal as Philamir and Madge Kendal as Zeolide in W. S. Gilbert's The Palace of Truth
Charity (play)
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Charity is a drama in four acts by W. S. Gilbert that explores the issue of a woman who had lived with a man as his wife without ever having married. The play analyses and critiques the double standar
The Palace of Truth
…attitudes toward myth, The Wicked World (1873) and Broken Hearts (1875). At the same time, Gilbert wrote some dramas, including Sweethearts (1874) and Charity (1874), all of which helped to establish his artistic credentials as a writer of wide range, who was as comfortable with human drama as with the comedies…
Fanny Davenport as Ruth in a New York revival