MusicalComedy OperettaRevivalBroadway
Opening Date
May 18, 1931
Closing Date
Jun 1931
Performances
17
MusicalComedy OperettaRevivalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

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Theatres
Erlanger's Theatre
(May 18, 1931 - Jun 1931)

Description
A comic opera in two acts

Setting
Quarterdeck of H.M.S. Pinafore off Portsmouth.

Libretto by W. S. Gilbert; Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan
Staged by Milton Aborn
Josephine
the Captain's Daughter
Chorus
Chorus
Cousin Hebe
Dick Deadeye
Chorus
Chorus
Chorus
Bill Bobstay
Boatswain
Chorus
Captain Corcoran
Commander of H.M.S. Pinafore
Ralph Rackstraw
Chorus
Chorus
The Right Honorable Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B.
First Lord of the Admiralty
Chorus
Chorus
Chorus
Chorus
Chorus
Little Buttercup
Mrs. Cripps, a Portsmouth Bumboat Woman
Chorus
Chorus
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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