John Kenrick: „Gilbert & Sullivan 101: The G&S Canon“, The Cyber Encyclopedia of Musical Theatre, TV and Film. Siehe auch Kurt Gänzl: Gänzl’s Book of the Broadway Musical: 75 Favorite Shows, from H.M.S. Pinafore to Sunset Boulevard. Schirmer, London 1995, ISBN 0-02-870832-6
François Cellier, Cunningham Bridgeman: Gilbert and Sullivan and their Operas, Kapitel „The making of H.M.S. Pinafore (Memento vom 17. Dezember 2008 im Internet Archive)“ Little, Brown and Company, Boston 1914
Elwood P. Lawrence: The Happy Land: W. S. Gilbert as Political Satirist. Victorian Studies 15, 2 (Dez. 1971): 161–83, hier S. 181, ISSN0042-5222
Harold Kanthor: H.M.S. Pinafore and the Theater Season in Boston 1878–1879. Journal of Popular Culture 24, 4 (Frühling 1991), S. 119, ISSN0022-3840
Kenneth Anderson: G. & S.: The Copyright Aspect. Library Review 22, 2 (1969): 62–66, ISSN0024-2535
Andrew Lamb: From Pinafore to Porter: United States – United Kingdom Interactions in Musical Theater, 1879–1929, S. 35. American Music 4, 1 (Frühling 1986): 34–49, ISSN0734-4392