MusicalComedy OperettaRevivalBroadway
Opening Date
Apr 06, 1926
Closing Date
May 1926
Performances
56
MusicalComedy OperettaRevivalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

The credits for this production have not yet been completed or verified.
Theatres
Century Theatre
(Apr 06, 1926 - May 1926)
Description
A comic opera in two acts
Setting
Quarterdeck of H.M.S. Pinafore off Portsmouth
  • People
    Produced by Messrs. Shubert (Lee and J. J.)
    Libretto by W. S. Gilbert; Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan
    Directed by Milton Aborn
    Chester Bright
    Bob Beckett
    Tom Burke
    Ralph Rackstraw
    William Danforth
    Dick Deadeye
    Nydia D'Arnell
    Cousin Hebe
    Emmet Douglas
    Sergeant of Marines
    Master Durkin
    Tommy Tucker
    Charles E. Galagher
    Bill Bobstay
    Boatswain
    Marion Green
    Captain Corcoran
    Commander of H.M.S. Pinafore
    John E. Hazzard
    The Right Honorable Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B.
    First Lord of the Admiralty
    Marguerite Namara
    Josephine
    the Captain's Daughter
    Fay Templeton
    Little Buttercup
    Mrs. Cripps, a Portsmouth Bumboat Woman
  • Songs
    music by Arthur Sullivan; lyrics by William S. Gilbert
    Act 1
    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 2
    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
Produced by Messrs. Shubert (Lee and J. J.)
Libretto by W. S. Gilbert; Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan
Directed by Milton Aborn
Chester Bright
Bob Beckett
Tom Burke
Ralph Rackstraw
William Danforth
Dick Deadeye
Nydia D'Arnell
Cousin Hebe
Emmet Douglas
Sergeant of Marines
Master Durkin
Tommy Tucker
Charles E. Galagher
Bill Bobstay
Boatswain
Marion Green
Captain Corcoran
Commander of H.M.S. Pinafore
John E. Hazzard
The Right Honorable Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B.
First Lord of the Admiralty
Marguerite Namara
Josephine
the Captain's Daughter
Fay Templeton
Little Buttercup
Mrs. Cripps, a Portsmouth Bumboat Woman
music by Arthur Sullivan; lyrics by William S. Gilbert
Act 1
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 2
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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