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H.M.S. Pinafore
The Lass Who Loved A Sailor

Music by Arthur S. Sullivan
Libretto by William S. Gilbert
First Performance May 25, 1878
at The Opéra Comique, London

The Articles
Note: Some of these articles are under construction. They will appear shortly.

Sources
Producing Pinafore
The British Navy
Three Songs
Glossary
Bibliography

Teachers' Resources

The Cast
(in order of vocal appearance)
Mrs. Cripps (Little Buttercup), a Portsmouth Bumboat Woman
Bill Bobstay, Boatswain
Dick Deadeye, Able Seaman
Ralph Rackstraw, Able Seaman
Captain Corcoran, Captain of the H.M.S Pinafore
Josephine, his daughter
Hebe, Sir Joseph's first cousin
Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B., First Lord of the Admiralty
Bob Beckett, Boatswain's Mate, Carpenter
Tom Tucker, midshipmite (mute role)
Sailors, Marines, Sir Joseph's Female Relatives

Note:The picture is an early poster for Pinafore.

Revised January 2008
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