ond " ▁after ▁a ▁few ▁weeks . ▁ ▁Friend ship , ▁sacrifice ▁and ▁rot ating ▁lo vers : ▁it ▁un success fully ▁combined ▁sentiment al ▁scenes ▁with ▁comedy . ▁ ▁The ▁Fort y ▁Th ieves ▁( 1 8 7 8 ). ▁ ▁An ▁" am ateur ▁p antom ime ▁at ▁the ▁G ai ety ," ▁written ▁with ▁three ▁other ▁writers , ▁in ▁which ▁W SG ▁played ▁Har le quin . ▁ ▁G ret chen ▁( 1 8 7 9 ). ▁One ▁of ▁Gilbert ' s ▁favor ites ▁– ▁his ▁take ▁on ▁the ▁Fa ust ▁legend . ▁ ▁F og g ert y ' s ▁Fair y ▁( 1 8 8 1 ). ▁ ▁Gilbert ' s ▁Back ▁to ▁the ▁Future ▁play . ▁ ▁Br ant ing h ame ▁Hall ▁( 1 8 8 8 ), ▁a ▁drama . ▁ ▁Gilbert ' s ▁biggest ▁f lop , ▁it ▁sent ▁producer ▁R ut land ▁Bar r ington ▁into ▁bank rupt cy . ▁▁ ▁The ▁Fort une ▁Hunter ▁( 1 8 9 7 ). ▁Not ▁a ▁good ▁play ; ▁its ▁reception ▁prov oked ▁W SG ▁to ▁announ ce ▁ret iring ▁from ▁writing ▁for ▁the ▁stage . ▁ ▁The ▁Fair y ' s ▁D ile m ma ▁( 1 9 0 4 ). ▁ ▁W SG ▁finally ▁works ▁out ▁a ▁lif el ong ▁ob session ▁with ▁p antom ime ▁and ▁har le qu ina de . ▁ ▁The ▁H ool igan ▁( 1 9 1 1 ). ▁ ▁Gilbert ' s ▁last ▁play , ▁written ▁in ▁a