MusicalComedy OperettaRevivalBroadway
Opening Date
Oct 17, 1955
Closing Date
Oct 19, 1955
Performances
13
MusicalComedy OperettaRevivalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Opening night credits for this production have not yet been finalized.
This production was composed of the following shows: H.M.S. Pinafore, Trial by Jury
This production played in repertory with Iolanthe, The Yeomen of the Guard, The Pirates of Penzance, The Mikado, Princess Ida, Ruddigore
Theatres
Shubert Theatre
(Oct 17, 1955 - Oct 19, 1955)
Description
A comic opera in two acts

Trial By Jury Songs are listed as Act 1. Songs for H.M.S. Pinafore are listed as Acts 2 and 3.
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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 D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
    Libretto by W. S. Gilbert; Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Musical Director: Isidore Godfrey
    Staged by Robert A. Gibson
    Scenic Design by Joseph Harker and Phil Harker; Ladies' costumes by George Sheringham
    General Manager: Frederic Lloyd; Company Manager: Les Appleby
    Stage Manager: Jerome Stephens, Herbert Newby and Harry Haste
    General Press Representative: Gerald Goode
    Donald Adams
    Dick Deadeye
    George Cook
    Bob Beckett
    Ann Drummond-Grant
    Little Buttercup
    Mrs. Cripps, a Portsmouth Bumboat Woman
    Neville Griffiths
    Ralph Rackstraw
    Muriel Harding
    Josephine
    the Captain's Daughter
    Trevor Hills
    Bill Bobstay
    Boatswain
    Peter Pratt
    The Right Honorable Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B.
    First Lord of the Admiralty
    Jeffrey Skitch
    Captain Corcoran
    Commander of H.M.S. Pinafore
    Joyce Wright
    Cousin Hebe

    Trial by Jury

    Category: Musical, Comedy, Operetta, Revival, Broadway
    Setting: A Court of Justice.
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    Produced by D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
    Libretto by W. S. Gilbert; Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Musical Director: Isidore Godfrey
    Directed by Robert A. Gibson
    Scenic Design by Joseph Harker and Phil Harker; Ladies' costumes by George Sheringham
    General Manager: Frederic Lloyd; Company Manager: Les Appleby
    Stage Manager: Jerome Stephens, Herbert Newby and Harry Haste
    General Press Representative: Gerald Goode
    John Banks
    Foreman of the Jury
    George Cook
    Associate
    Margaret Dobson
    First Bridesmaid
    John Fryatt
    The Defendant
    Trevor Hills
    Usher
    John Reed
    The Learned Judge
    Alan Styler
    Counsel for the Defense
    Kathleen West
    Plaintiff
  • Songs
    music by Arthur Sullivan; lyrics by William S. Gilbert
    Act 0
    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
    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

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 D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
Libretto by W. S. Gilbert; Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Musical Director: Isidore Godfrey
Staged by Robert A. Gibson
Scenic Design by Joseph Harker and Phil Harker; Ladies' costumes by George Sheringham
General Manager: Frederic Lloyd; Company Manager: Les Appleby
Stage Manager: Jerome Stephens, Herbert Newby and Harry Haste
General Press Representative: Gerald Goode
Donald Adams
Dick Deadeye
George Cook
Bob Beckett
Ann Drummond-Grant
Little Buttercup
Mrs. Cripps, a Portsmouth Bumboat Woman
Neville Griffiths
Ralph Rackstraw
Muriel Harding
Josephine
the Captain's Daughter
Trevor Hills
Bill Bobstay
Boatswain
Peter Pratt
The Right Honorable Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B.
First Lord of the Admiralty
Jeffrey Skitch
Captain Corcoran
Commander of H.M.S. Pinafore
Joyce Wright
Cousin Hebe

Trial by Jury

Category: Musical, Comedy, Operetta, Revival, Broadway
Setting: A Court of Justice.
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Produced by D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
Libretto by W. S. Gilbert; Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Musical Director: Isidore Godfrey
Directed by Robert A. Gibson
Scenic Design by Joseph Harker and Phil Harker; Ladies' costumes by George Sheringham
General Manager: Frederic Lloyd; Company Manager: Les Appleby
Stage Manager: Jerome Stephens, Herbert Newby and Harry Haste
General Press Representative: Gerald Goode
John Banks
Foreman of the Jury
George Cook
Associate
Margaret Dobson
First Bridesmaid
John Fryatt
The Defendant
Trevor Hills
Usher
John Reed
The Learned Judge
Alan Styler
Counsel for the Defense
Kathleen West
Plaintiff
music by Arthur Sullivan; lyrics by William S. Gilbert
Act 0
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
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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