February 25, 2006

List: Titles & Subtitles

Shakespeare: Twelfth Night; Or, What You Will (1599)
Shakespeare: Henry VIII; Or, All Is True (1613)
Melville: Moby Dick; Or, The Whale (1851)
Melville: Pierre; Or, The Ambiguities (1852)
Gilbert & Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance; Or, The Slave of Duty (1879)
Gilbert & Sullivan: Patience; Or, Bunthorne’s Bride (1881)
Gilbert & Sullivan: Utopia, Unlimited; Or, The Flower of Progress (1893)
Kubrick: Dr. Strangelove; Or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying & Love the Bomb (1964)
Neal Stephenson: The Diamond Age; Or, A Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer (1995)
Albee: The Goat; Or, Who Is Sylvia? (2000)
(contributions welcome)

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