<i id="mwpg"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thespis_(opera)" id="mwpw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Thespis (opera)">Thespis</a></i>, the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_and_Sullivan" id="mwqA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Gilbert and Sullivan">Gilbert and Sullivan</a> collaboration, debuts.<sup about="#mwt104" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-19"}}' id="cite_ref-19" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_26#cite_note-19" id="mwqQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 19;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwqg">[19]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-19"><cite about="#mwt101" class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFWren2001">Wren, Gayden (2001). <a class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=y8dtxOyag2wC" id="mwB3E" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow"><i id="mwB3I">A Most Ingenious Paradox: The Art of Gilbert and Sullivan</i></a>. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. p.<span id="mwB3M" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>24. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./ISBN_(identifier)" id="mwB3Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a><span id="mwB3U" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a href="./Special:BookSources/9780195301724" id="mwB3Y" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Special:BookSources/9780195301724"><bdi id="mwB3c">9780195301724</bdi></a>.</cite><span about="#mwt101" class="Z3988" id="mwB3g" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=A+Most+Ingenious+Paradox%3A+The+Art+of+Gilbert+and+Sullivan&amp;rft.place=Oxford%2C+UK&amp;rft.pages=24&amp;rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&amp;rft.date=2001&amp;rft.isbn=9780195301724&amp;rft.aulast=Wren&amp;rft.aufirst=Gayden&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dy8dtxOyag2wC&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+26"></span></span>