MusicalComedy OperettaRevivalBroadway
Opening Date
Feb 19, 1951
Closing Date
Mar 03, 1951
Performances
8
MusicalComedy OperettaRevivalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Opening night credits for this production have not yet been finalized.
This production was composed of the following shows: The Pirates of Penzance, Cox and Box
Theatres
St. James Theatre
(Feb 19, 1951 - Mar 03, 1951)
Description
A comic operetta in two acts

Songs for Pirates of Penzance are listed as Acts 2 and 3

The Pirates of Penzance

Category: Musical, Comedy,Operetta, Revival, Broadway
Setting: A rocky seashore on the coast of Cornwall. A ruined chapel by moonlight.
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Produced by D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
Written by W. S. Gilbert; Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Musical Director: Isidore Godfrey
Staged by Eleanor Evans
Darrell Fancourt
The Pirate King
Joan Gillingham
Edith
General Stanley's Daughter
Martyn Green
Major General Stanley
Neville Griffiths
Frederic
the Pirate Apprentice
Ella Halman
Ruth
Pirate 'Maid-of-all-Work'
Muriel Harding
Mabel
General Stanley's Daughter
Donald Harris
Samuel
The Pirate King's Lieutenant
Enid Walsh
Isabel
General Stanley's Daughter
Richard Watson
The Sergeant of Police
Joyce Wright
Kate
General Stanley's Daughter

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; Musical Director: Isidore Godfrey; Based on the farce "Box and Cox" by John Maddison Morton
Staged by Eleanor Evans
Leonard Osborn
John James Box
A Journeyman Printer
Alan Styler
James John Cox
A Journeyman Hatter
Eric Thornton
Sergeant Bouncer
Late of the Dampshire Yeomanry, with military remi
music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; lyrics by Sir William Schwenck Gilbert
(Unless otherwise noted)
Act 1
Sung By
Rataplan (Yes, yes, in those merry days)
(music by Arthur Sullivan; lyrics by Francis C. Burnand)
Sergeant Bouncer
Stay, Bouncer, Stay
(music by Arthur Sullivan; lyrics by Francis C. Burnand)
James John Cox and Sergeant Bouncer
Hush-a-bye, Bacon
(music by Arthur Sullivan; lyrics by Francis C. Burnand)
John James Box
My Master Is Punctual
(music by Arthur Sullivan; lyrics by Francis C. Burnand)
James John Cox
Who are you, Sir?
(music by Arthur Sullivan; lyrics by Francis C. Burnand)
James John Cox, John James Box and Sergeant Bouncer
The Buttercup
(music by Arthur Sullivan; lyrics by Francis C. Burnand)
James John Cox and John James Box
Three years ago
(music by Arthur Sullivan; lyrics by Francis C. Burnand)
John James Box
Sixes
(music by Arthur Sullivan; lyrics by Francis C. Burnand)
James John Cox and John James Box
My hand upon it
(music by Arthur Sullivan; lyrics by Francis C. Burnand)
Act 2
Sung By
We sail the ocean blue
(music by Arthur Sullivan; lyrics by William S. Gilbert)
I'm called little Buttercup
(music by Arthur Sullivan; lyrics by William S. Gilbert)
Little Buttercup
The Nightingale sigh'd for the moon's bright ray
(music by Arthur Sullivan; lyrics by William S. Gilbert)
Ralph Rackstraw and Chorus
A maiden fair to see
(music by Arthur Sullivan; lyrics by William S. Gilbert)
Ralph Rackstraw and Chorus
I am the Captain of the Pinafore
(music by Arthur Sullivan; lyrics by William S. Gilbert)
Captain Corcoran and Men's Chorus
Sorry her lot
(music by Arthur Sullivan; lyrics by William S. Gilbert)
Josephine
Over the bright blue sea Comes Sir Joseph Porter, K. C. B.
(music by Arthur Sullivan; lyrics by William S. Gilbert)
Women's Chorus
We sail the ocean blue (Reprise)
(music by Arthur Sullivan; lyrics by William S. Gilbert)
Men's Chorus
I am the monarch of the sea
(music by Arthur Sullivan; lyrics by William S. Gilbert)
The Right Honorable Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B., Hebe, Bill Bobstay and Chorus
When I was a lad
(music by Arthur Sullivan; lyrics by William S. Gilbert)
The Right Honorable Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B. and Chorus
A British tar is a soaring soul
(music by Arthur Sullivan; lyrics by William S. Gilbert)
Ralph Rackstraw, Bill Bobstay and Bob Beckett
Refrain, audacious tar, your suit from pressing
(music by Arthur Sullivan; lyrics by William S. Gilbert)
Josephine and Ralph Rackstraw
Can I survive this overbearing?
(music by Arthur Sullivan; lyrics by William S. Gilbert)
Principals and Chorus
Act 3
Sung By
Fair moon, to thee I sing!
(music by Arthur Sullivan; lyrics by William S. Gilbert)
Captain Corcoran
Things are seldom what they seem
(music by Arthur Sullivan; lyrics by William S. Gilbert)
Little Buttercup and Captain Corcoran
The hours creep on apace
(music by Arthur Sullivan; lyrics by William S. Gilbert)
Josephine
Never mind the why or wherefore
(music by Arthur Sullivan; lyrics by William S. Gilbert)
Josephine, Captain Corcoran and The Right Honorable Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B.
The merry maiden and the tar
(music by Arthur Sullivan; lyrics by William S. Gilbert)
Captain Corcoran and Dick Deadeye
Carefully on tiptoe stealing
(music by Arthur Sullivan; lyrics by William S. Gilbert)
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!
(music by Arthur Sullivan; lyrics by William S. Gilbert)
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
(music by Arthur Sullivan; lyrics by William S. Gilbert)
Little Buttercup and Chorus
Oh joy, oh rapture unforseen
(music by Arthur Sullivan; lyrics by William S. Gilbert)
Principals and Chorus
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