MusicalComedy OperettaRevivalBroadway
Opening Date
Jan 19, 1948
Closing Date
Feb 28, 1948
Performances
16
MusicalComedy OperettaRevivalBroadway
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

The credits for this production have not yet been completed or verified.
This production was composed of the following shows: H.M.S. Pinafore, Cox and Box
This production played in repertory with The Mikado, Trial by Jury & The Pirates of Penzance, Iolanthe, The Gondoliers, The Yeomen of the Guard, Patience
Theatres
New Century Theatre
(Jan 19, 1948 - Feb 28, 1948)
Description
A comic opera in two acts

Songs for H. M. S. Pinafore are listed as Acts 2 and 3
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    H.M.S. Pinafore

    Category: Musical, Comedy, Operetta, Revival, Broadway
    Setting: Quarterdeck of H.M.S. Pinafore off Portsmouth.
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    Produced by D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
    Written by W. S. Gilbert; Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan
    Staged by Anna Bethell
    Costume Design by Charles Ricketts
    Charles Dorning
    Captain Corcoran
    Commander of H.M.S. Pinafore
    Darrell Fancourt
    Dick Deadeye
    Alternate
    Radley Flynn
    Dick Deadeye
    Alternate
     
    Bob Beckett
    Alternate
    Joan Gillingham
    Cousin Hebe
    Martyn Green
    The Right Honorable Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B.
    First Lord of the Admiralty
    Ella Halman
    Little Buttercup
    Mrs. Cripps, a Portsmouth Bumboat Woman
    Donald Harris
    Bob Beckett
    Alternate
    Helen Roberts
    Josephine
    the Captain's Daughter
    Thomas Round
    Ralph Rackstraw
    Richard Walker
    Bill Bobstay
    Boatswain

    Cox and Box

    Category: Musical, Operetta, Revival, Broadway
    Setting: Furnished room in Bouncer's house, Bloomsbury, London.
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    Produced by D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
    Libretto by F.C. Burnand; Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Based on the farce "Box and Cox" by John Maddison Morton
    Staged by Anna Bethell
    Scenic Design by Charles Ricketts; Costume Design by Charles Ricketts
    Richard Dunn
    James John Cox
    A Journeyman Hatter
    Leonard Osborn
    John James Box
    A Journeyman Printer
    Richard Walker
    Sergeant Bouncer
    Late of the Dampshire Yeomanry, with military remi
  • Songs
    music by Arthur Sullivan; lyrics by William S. Gilbert
    (Unless otherwise noted)
    Act 1
    Sung By
    Rataplan (Yes, yes, in those merry days)
    (lyrics by Francis C. Burnand)
    Sergeant Bouncer
    Stay, Bouncer, Stay
    (lyrics by Francis C. Burnand)
    James John Cox and Sergeant Bouncer
    Hush-a-bye, Bacon
    (lyrics by Francis C. Burnand)
    John James Box
    My Master Is Punctual
    (lyrics by Francis C. Burnand)
    James John Cox
    Who are you, Sir?
    (lyrics by Francis C. Burnand)
    James John Cox, John James Box and Sergeant Bouncer
    The Buttercup
    (lyrics by Francis C. Burnand)
    James John Cox and John James Box
    Three years ago
    (lyrics by Francis C. Burnand)
    John James Box
    Sixes
    (lyrics by Francis C. Burnand)
    James John Cox and John James Box
    My hand upon it
    (lyrics by Francis C. Burnand)
    Act 2
    Sung By
    We sail the ocean blue
    I'm called little Buttercup
    Little Buttercup
    The Nightingale sigh'd for the moon's bright ray
    Ralph Rackstraw and Chorus
    A maiden fair to see
    Ralph Rackstraw and Chorus
    I am the Captain of the Pinafore
    Captain Corcoran and Men's Chorus
    Sorry her lot
    Josephine
    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., Hebe, Bill Bobstay and Chorus
    When I was a lad
    The Right Honorable Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B. and Chorus
    A British tar is a soaring soul
    Ralph Rackstraw, Bill Bobstay and Bob Beckett
    Refrain, audacious tar, your suit from pressing
    Josephine and Ralph Rackstraw
    Can I survive this overbearing?
    Principals and Chorus
    Act 3
    Sung By
    Fair moon, to thee I sing!
    Captain Corcoran
    Things are seldom what they seem
    Little Buttercup and Captain Corcoran
    The hours creep on apace
    Josephine
    Never mind the why or wherefore
    Josephine, Captain Corcoran and The Right Honorable Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B.
    The merry maiden and the tar
    Captain Corcoran and Dick Deadeye
    Carefully on tiptoe stealing
    Dick Deadeye, Captain Corcoran, Josephine, Ralph Rackstraw, Hebe, The Right Honorable Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B. and Men's Chorus
    Farewell, my own, Light of my life, farewell!
    Ralph Rackstraw, Josephine, The Right Honorable Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B., Hebe, Dick Deadeye, Bill Bobstay, Bob Beckett, Little Buttercup and Chorus
    A many years ago, when I was young and charming
    Little Buttercup and Chorus
    Oh joy, oh rapture unforseen
    Principals and Chorus

H.M.S. Pinafore

Category: Musical, Comedy, Operetta, Revival, Broadway
Setting: Quarterdeck of H.M.S. Pinafore off Portsmouth.
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Produced by D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
Written by W. S. Gilbert; Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan
Staged by Anna Bethell
Costume Design by Charles Ricketts
Charles Dorning
Captain Corcoran
Commander of H.M.S. Pinafore
Darrell Fancourt
Dick Deadeye
Alternate
Radley Flynn
Dick Deadeye
Alternate
 
Bob Beckett
Alternate
Joan Gillingham
Cousin Hebe
Martyn Green
The Right Honorable Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B.
First Lord of the Admiralty
Ella Halman
Little Buttercup
Mrs. Cripps, a Portsmouth Bumboat Woman
Donald Harris
Bob Beckett
Alternate
Helen Roberts
Josephine
the Captain's Daughter
Thomas Round
Ralph Rackstraw
Richard Walker
Bill Bobstay
Boatswain

Cox and Box

Category: Musical, Operetta, Revival, Broadway
Setting: Furnished room in Bouncer's house, Bloomsbury, London.
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Produced by D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
Libretto by F.C. Burnand; Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Based on the farce "Box and Cox" by John Maddison Morton
Staged by Anna Bethell
Scenic Design by Charles Ricketts; Costume Design by Charles Ricketts
Richard Dunn
James John Cox
A Journeyman Hatter
Leonard Osborn
John James Box
A Journeyman Printer
Richard Walker
Sergeant Bouncer
Late of the Dampshire Yeomanry, with military remi
music by Arthur Sullivan; lyrics by William S. Gilbert
(Unless otherwise noted)
Act 1
Sung By
Rataplan (Yes, yes, in those merry days)
(lyrics by Francis C. Burnand)
Sergeant Bouncer
Stay, Bouncer, Stay
(lyrics by Francis C. Burnand)
James John Cox and Sergeant Bouncer
Hush-a-bye, Bacon
(lyrics by Francis C. Burnand)
John James Box
My Master Is Punctual
(lyrics by Francis C. Burnand)
James John Cox
Who are you, Sir?
(lyrics by Francis C. Burnand)
James John Cox, John James Box and Sergeant Bouncer
The Buttercup
(lyrics by Francis C. Burnand)
James John Cox and John James Box
Three years ago
(lyrics by Francis C. Burnand)
John James Box
Sixes
(lyrics by Francis C. Burnand)
James John Cox and John James Box
My hand upon it
(lyrics by Francis C. Burnand)
Act 2
Sung By
We sail the ocean blue
I'm called little Buttercup
Little Buttercup
The Nightingale sigh'd for the moon's bright ray
Ralph Rackstraw and Chorus
A maiden fair to see
Ralph Rackstraw and Chorus
I am the Captain of the Pinafore
Captain Corcoran and Men's Chorus
Sorry her lot
Josephine
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., Hebe, Bill Bobstay and Chorus
When I was a lad
The Right Honorable Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B. and Chorus
A British tar is a soaring soul
Ralph Rackstraw, Bill Bobstay and Bob Beckett
Refrain, audacious tar, your suit from pressing
Josephine and Ralph Rackstraw
Can I survive this overbearing?
Principals and Chorus
Act 3
Sung By
Fair moon, to thee I sing!
Captain Corcoran
Things are seldom what they seem
Little Buttercup and Captain Corcoran
The hours creep on apace
Josephine
Never mind the why or wherefore
Josephine, Captain Corcoran and The Right Honorable Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B.
The merry maiden and the tar
Captain Corcoran and Dick Deadeye
Carefully on tiptoe stealing
Dick Deadeye, Captain Corcoran, Josephine, Ralph Rackstraw, Hebe, The Right Honorable Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B. and Men's Chorus
Farewell, my own, Light of my life, farewell!
Ralph Rackstraw, Josephine, The Right Honorable Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B., Hebe, Dick Deadeye, Bill Bobstay, Bob Beckett, Little Buttercup and Chorus
A many years ago, when I was young and charming
Little Buttercup and Chorus
Oh joy, oh rapture unforseen
Principals and Chorus
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