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Cox and Box
The Slave of Duty
Musical
Comedy
Operetta
Revival
Broadway
Opening Date
Feb 19, 1951
Closing Date
Mar 03, 1951
Performances
8
Musical
Comedy
Operetta
Revival
Broadway
Open Date: Feb 19, 1951
Close Date: Mar 03, 1951
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Is Final Week:
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
People
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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Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
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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Opening Night Cast
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
Songs
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
People
Songs
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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Hide List
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
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.
chevron_left
Hide List
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
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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