MusicalComedy OperettaRevivalBroadway
Opening Date
Feb 14, 1944
Closing Date
Mar 26, 1944
Performances
7
MusicalComedy OperettaRevivalBroadway

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, Trial by Jury
This production played in repertory with The Mikado, Cox and Box / The Pirates of Penzance, The Gondoliers, Iolanthe, Patience, Ruddigore, The Yeomen of the Guard
Theatres
Ambassador Theatre
(Feb 14, 1944 - Mar 26, 1944)
Description
A comic opera in two acts

Songs for H. M. S. Pinafore are under Acts 1 and 2
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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 Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company
    Written by W. S. Gilbert; Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Musical Director: Louis Kroll
    Directed by R.H. Burnside
    Florenz Ames
    The Right Honorable Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B.
    First Lord of the Admiralty
    Tom Bennett
    Ensemble
    Gerald Bercier
    Ensemble
    Edward Bird
    Ensemble
    David Bogart
    Ensemble
    Ruth Cummings
    Ensemble
    Jean Davis
    Ensemble
    John Dewey
    Ensemble
    Robert Eckles
    Bill Bobstay
    Boatswain
    Joseph Filos
    Ensemble
    Walter George
    Ensemble
    James Gerard
    Ralph Rackstraw
    Master Arthur Henderson
    Tommy Tucker
    Helen Jayson
    Ensemble
    Catherine Judah
    Little Buttercup
    Mrs. Cripps, a Portsmouth Bumboat Woman
    Florence Keezel
    Ensemble
    Louise King
    Ensemble
    Lillian Koniver
    Ensemble
    Charlotte Kremla
    Ensemble
    August Loring
    Ensemble
    Mary Lundon
    Ensemble
    Barry Lyndall
    Ensemble
    Chester MaDan
    Ensemble
    Edwin Marsh
    Ensemble
    Victoria Mayer
    Ensemble
    Frank Murray
    Bob Beckett
    Larry O'Dell
    Ensemble
    Athena Pappas
    Ensemble
    Doris Parker
    Ensemble
    Bertram Peacock
    Captain Corcoran
    Commander of H.M.S. Pinafore
    Robert Pitkin
    Dick Deadeye
    Helen Prentiss
    Ensemble
    Kathleen Roche
    Josephine
    the Captain's Daughter
    Edith Sterling
    Ensemble
    Virginia Tyre
    Ensemble
    Marie Valdez
    Cousin Hebe

    Trial by Jury

    Category: Musical, Comedy, Operetta, Revival, Broadway
    Setting: A Court of Justice.
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    Produced by Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company
    Written by W. S. Gilbert; Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Musical Director: Louis Kroll
    Directed by R.H. Burnside
    Florenz Ames
    The Learned Judge
    Robert Eckles
    Foreman of the Jury
    Frank Murray
    The Defendant
    Bertram Peacock
    Counsel for the Plaintiff
    Robert Pitkin
    Usher
    Kathryn Reece
    Plaintiff
  • 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
    Act 3
    Sung By
    Hark, the hour of ten is sounding
    Chorus
    When first my old, old love I knew
    The Defendant
    All hail great judge
    Chorus
    When, I good friends, was called to the bar
    The Learned Judge and Chorus
    Swear thou the jury
    Counsel for the Plaintiff and Usher
    Where is the plaintiff?
    Counsel for the Plaintiff and Usher
    Comes the broken flower
    Bridesmaids
    O'er the season vernal
    Plaintiff
    Oh, never, never, never
    The Learned Judge
    May it please you, my lud
    Counsel for the Plaintiff and All
    That she is reeling
    The Learned Judge, Foreman of the Jury, Plaintiff and All
    Oh, gentlemen, listen, I pray
    The Defendant and Bridesmaids
    A nice dilemma we have here
    The Learned Judge, Counsel for the Plaintiff, The Defendant and Plaintiff
    I love him-I love him
    Plaintiff and The Defendant
    The question, gentlemen
    The Learned Judge, Counsel for the Plaintiff and All
    Oh, joy unbounded
    All

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 Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company
Written by W. S. Gilbert; Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Musical Director: Louis Kroll
Directed by R.H. Burnside
Florenz Ames
The Right Honorable Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B.
First Lord of the Admiralty
Tom Bennett
Ensemble
Gerald Bercier
Ensemble
Edward Bird
Ensemble
David Bogart
Ensemble
Ruth Cummings
Ensemble
Jean Davis
Ensemble
John Dewey
Ensemble
Robert Eckles
Bill Bobstay
Boatswain
Joseph Filos
Ensemble
Walter George
Ensemble
James Gerard
Ralph Rackstraw
Master Arthur Henderson
Tommy Tucker
Helen Jayson
Ensemble
Catherine Judah
Little Buttercup
Mrs. Cripps, a Portsmouth Bumboat Woman
Florence Keezel
Ensemble
Louise King
Ensemble
Lillian Koniver
Ensemble
Charlotte Kremla
Ensemble
August Loring
Ensemble
Mary Lundon
Ensemble
Barry Lyndall
Ensemble
Chester MaDan
Ensemble
Edwin Marsh
Ensemble
Victoria Mayer
Ensemble
Frank Murray
Bob Beckett
Larry O'Dell
Ensemble
Athena Pappas
Ensemble
Doris Parker
Ensemble
Bertram Peacock
Captain Corcoran
Commander of H.M.S. Pinafore
Robert Pitkin
Dick Deadeye
Helen Prentiss
Ensemble
Kathleen Roche
Josephine
the Captain's Daughter
Edith Sterling
Ensemble
Virginia Tyre
Ensemble
Marie Valdez
Cousin Hebe

Trial by Jury

Category: Musical, Comedy, Operetta, Revival, Broadway
Setting: A Court of Justice.
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Produced by Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company
Written by W. S. Gilbert; Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Musical Director: Louis Kroll
Directed by R.H. Burnside
Florenz Ames
The Learned Judge
Robert Eckles
Foreman of the Jury
Frank Murray
The Defendant
Bertram Peacock
Counsel for the Plaintiff
Robert Pitkin
Usher
Kathryn Reece
Plaintiff
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
Act 3
Sung By
Hark, the hour of ten is sounding
Chorus
When first my old, old love I knew
The Defendant
All hail great judge
Chorus
When, I good friends, was called to the bar
The Learned Judge and Chorus
Swear thou the jury
Counsel for the Plaintiff and Usher
Where is the plaintiff?
Counsel for the Plaintiff and Usher
Comes the broken flower
Bridesmaids
O'er the season vernal
Plaintiff
Oh, never, never, never
The Learned Judge
May it please you, my lud
Counsel for the Plaintiff and All
That she is reeling
The Learned Judge, Foreman of the Jury, Plaintiff and All
Oh, gentlemen, listen, I pray
The Defendant and Bridesmaids
A nice dilemma we have here
The Learned Judge, Counsel for the Plaintiff, The Defendant and Plaintiff
I love him-I love him
Plaintiff and The Defendant
The question, gentlemen
The Learned Judge, Counsel for the Plaintiff and All
Oh, joy unbounded
All
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