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Trial by Jury & H.M.S. Pinafore
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| Opening Date: | Oct 17, 1955 | ||
| Closing Date: | Oct 19, 1955 | Total Performances: | 13 |
Category: Musical, Comedy, Operetta, Revival, Broadway
Description: A comic opera in two acts
Setting: Quarterdeck of H.M.S. Pinafore off Portsmouth.
H.M.S. Pinafore
Category: Musical, Comedy, Operetta, Revival, Broadway
Setting: Quarterdeck of H.M.S. Pinafore off Portsmouth.
| Production Staff | |
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| Produced by D'Oyly Carte Opera Company | |
| Libretto by W. S. Gilbert; Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Musical Director: Isidore Godfrey | |
| Staged by Robert A. Gibson | |
| Scenic Design by Joseph Harker and Phil Harker; Ladies' costumes by George Sheringham | |
| General Manager: Frederic Lloyd; Company Manager: Les Appleby | |
| Stage Manager: Jerome Stephens, Herbert Newby and Harry Haste | |
| General Press Representative: Gerald Goode | |
| Cast |
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| Donald Adams | Dick Deadeye | |
| George Cook | Bob Beckett | |
| Ann Drummond-Grant | Little Buttercup Mrs. Cripps, a Portsmouth Bumboat Woman |
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| Neville Griffiths | Ralph Rackstraw | |
| Muriel Harding | Josephine the Captain's Daughter |
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| Trevor Hills | Bill Bobstay Boatswain |
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| Peter Pratt | The Right Honorable Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B. First Lord of the Admiralty |
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| Jeffrey Skitch | Captain Corcoran Commander of H.M.S. Pinafore |
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| Joyce Wright | Cousin Hebe |
Trial by Jury
Category: Musical, Comedy, Operetta, Revival, Broadway
Setting: A Court of Justice.
| Production Staff | |
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| Produced by D'Oyly Carte Opera Company | |
| Libretto by W. S. Gilbert; Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Musical Director: Isidore Godfrey | |
| Directed by Robert A. Gibson | |
| Scenic Design by Joseph Harker and Phil Harker; Ladies' costumes by George Sheringham | |
| General Manager: Frederic Lloyd; Company Manager: Les Appleby | |
| Stage Manager: Jerome Stephens, Herbert Newby and Harry Haste | |
| General Press Representative: Gerald Goode | |
| Cast |
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| John Banks | Foreman of the Jury | |
| George Cook | Associate | |
| Margaret Dobson | First Bridesmaid | |
| John Fryatt | The Defendant | |
| Trevor Hills | Usher | |
| John Reed | The Learned Judge | |
| Alan Styler | Counsel for the Defense | |
| Kathleen West | Plaintiff |
music by Arthur Sullivan; lyrics by William S. Gilbert
| Trial by Jury | |
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| Hark, the hour of ten is sounding | Chorus |
| When first my old, old love I knew | The Defendant |
| All hail great judge | Chorus |
| When, I good friends, was called to the bar | The Learned Judge and Chorus |
| Swear thou the jury (Recitative) | Counsel for the Plaintiff and Usher |
| Where is the plaintiff? (Recitative) | Counsel for the Plaintiff and Usher |
| Comes the broken flower | Bridesmaids |
| O'er the season vernal | Plaintiff |
| Oh, never, never, never | The Learned Judge |
| May it please you, my lud (Recitative and aria) | Counsel for the Plaintiff and All |
| That she is reeling | The Learned Judge, Foreman of the Jury, Plaintiff and All |
| Oh, gentlemen, listen, I pray | The Defendant and Bridesmaids |
| A nice dilemma we have here | The Learned Judge, Counsel for the Plaintiff, The Defendant and Plaintiff |
| I love him-I love him | Plaintiff and The Defendant |
| The question, gentlemen (Recitative) | The Learned Judge, Counsel for the Plaintiff and All |
| Oh, joy unbounded (Finale) | All |
| H.M.S. Pinafore | |
| ACT 1 | Sung By |
| We sail the ocean blue | |
| I'm called little Buttercup (Recitative and Song) | Little Buttercup (Mrs. Cripps, a Portsmouth Bumboat Woman) |
| The Nightingale sigh'd for the moon's bright ray (Scena) | Ralph Rackstraw and Chorus |
| A maiden fair to see (Aria) | Ralph Rackstraw and Chorus |
| I am the Captain of the Pinafore (Recitative, Song, and Chorus) | Captain Corcoran (Commander of H.M.S. Pinafore) and Men's Chorus |
| Sorry her lot | Josephine (the Captain's Daughter) |
| Over the bright blue sea Comes Sir Joseph Porter, K. C. B. | Women's Chorus |
| We sail the ocean blue (Reprise) | Men's Chorus |
| I am the monarch of the sea | The Right Honorable Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B. (First Lord of the Admiralty), Hebe (Sir Joseph's First Cousin), Bill Bobstay (Boatswain) and Chorus |
| When I was a lad | The Right Honorable Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B. (First Lord of the Admiralty) and Chorus |
| A British tar is a soaring soul | Ralph Rackstraw, Bill Bobstay (Boatswain) and Bob Beckett |
| Refrain, audacious tar, your suit from pressing | Josephine (the Captain's Daughter) and Ralph Rackstraw |
| Can I survive this overbearing? (Finale) | Principals and Chorus |
| ACT 2 | Sung By |
| Fair moon, to thee I sing! | Captain Corcoran (Commander of H.M.S. Pinafore) |
| Things are seldom what they seem | Little Buttercup (Mrs. Cripps, a Portsmouth Bumboat Woman) and Captain Corcoran (Commander of H.M.S. Pinafore) |
| The hours creep on apace (Scena) | Josephine (the Captain's Daughter) |
| Never mind the why or wherefore | Josephine (the Captain's Daughter), Captain Corcoran (Commander of H.M.S. Pinafore) and The Right Honorable Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B. (First Lord of the Admiralty) |
| The merry maiden and the tar | Captain Corcoran (Commander of H.M.S. Pinafore) and Dick Deadeye |
| Carefully on tiptoe stealing | Dick Deadeye, Captain Corcoran (Commander of H.M.S. Pinafore), Josephine (the Captain's Daughter), Ralph Rackstraw, Hebe (Sir Joseph's First Cousin), The Right Honorable Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B. (First Lord of the Admiralty) and Men's Chorus |
| Farewell, my own, Light of my life, farewell! | Ralph Rackstraw, Josephine (the Captain's Daughter), The Right Honorable Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B. (First Lord of the Admiralty), Hebe (Sir Joseph's First Cousin), Dick Deadeye, Bill Bobstay (Boatswain), Bob Beckett, Little Buttercup (Mrs. Cripps, a Portsmouth Bumboat Woman) and Chorus |
| A many years ago, when I was young and charming (Legend) | Little Buttercup (Mrs. Cripps, a Portsmouth Bumboat Woman) and Chorus |
| Oh joy, oh rapture unforseen (Finale) | Principals and Chorus |