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Cox and Box / H.M.S. Pinafore
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| First Preview: | Total Previews: | ||
| Opening Date: | Jan 19, 1948 | ||
| Closing Date: | Feb 28, 1948 | Total Performances: | 16 |
Category: Musical, Comedy, Operetta, Revival, Broadway
Description: A musical in One Act
Setting: Furnished room in Bouncer's house, Bloomsbury, London.
H.M.S. Pinafore
Category: Musical, Comedy, Operetta, Revival, Broadway
Setting: Quarterdeck of H.M.S. Pinafore off Portsmouth.
| Production Staff | |
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| Produced by D'Oyly Carte Opera Company | |
| Written by W. S. Gilbert; Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan | |
| Staged by Anna Bethell | |
| Costume Design by Charles Ricketts | |
| Cast |
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| Charles Dorning | Captain Corcoran Commander of H.M.S. Pinafore |
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| Darrell Fancourt | Dick Deadeye | Alternate |
| Radley Flynn | Dick Deadeye | Alternate |
| Bob Beckett | Alternate | |
| Joan Gillingham | Cousin Hebe | |
| Martyn Green | The Right Honorable Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B. First Lord of the Admiralty |
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| Ella Halman | Little Buttercup Mrs. Cripps, a Portsmouth Bumboat Woman |
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| Donald Harris | Bob Beckett | Alternate |
| Helen Roberts | Josephine the Captain's Daughter |
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| Thomas Round | Ralph Rackstraw | |
| Richard Walker | Bill Bobstay Boatswain |
Cox and Box
Category: Musical, Operetta, Original, Broadway
Setting: Furnished room in Bouncer's house, Bloomsbury, London.
| Production Staff | |
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| Produced by D'Oyly Carte Opera Company | |
| Written by W. S. Gilbert; Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan | |
| Staged by Anna Bethell | |
| Scenic Design by Charles Ricketts; Costume Design by Charles Ricketts | |
| Cast |
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| Richard Dunn | James John Cox A Journeyman Hatter |
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| Leonard Osborn | John James Box A Journeyman Printer |
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| Richard Walker | Sergeant Bouncer Late of the Dampshire Yeomanry, with military remi |
music by Arthur Sullivan; lyrics by William S. Gilbert
(Unless otherwise noted)
(Unless otherwise noted)
| Cox and Box | |
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| ACT 1 | Sung By |
| Rataplan (Yes, yes, in those merry days) (lyrics by Francis C. Burnand) | Sergeant Bouncer (Late of the Dampshire Yeomanry, with military remi) |
| Stay, Bouncer, Stay (lyrics by Francis C. Burnand) | James John Cox (A Journeyman Hatter) and Sergeant Bouncer (Late of the Dampshire Yeomanry, with military remi) |
| Hush-a-bye, Bacon (lyrics by Francis C. Burnand) | John James Box (A Journeyman Printer) |
| My Master Is Punctual (lyrics by Francis C. Burnand) | James John Cox (A Journeyman Hatter) |
| Who are you, Sir? (lyrics by Francis C. Burnand) | James John Cox (A Journeyman Hatter), John James Box (A Journeyman Printer) and Sergeant Bouncer (Late of the Dampshire Yeomanry, with military remi) |
| The Buttercup (lyrics by Francis C. Burnand) | James John Cox (A Journeyman Hatter) and John James Box (A Journeyman Printer) |
| Three years ago (lyrics by Francis C. Burnand) | John James Box (A Journeyman Printer) |
| Sixes (lyrics by Francis C. Burnand) | James John Cox (A Journeyman Hatter) and John James Box (A Journeyman Printer) |
| My hand upon it (lyrics by Francis C. Burnand) | |
| H.M.S. Pinafore | |
| ACT 2 | Sung By |
| We sail the ocean blue | |
| I'm called little Buttercup (Recitative and Song) | Little Buttercup (Mrs. Cripps, a Portsmouth Bumboat Woman) |
| The Nightingale sigh'd for the moon's bright ray (Scena) | Ralph Rackstraw and Chorus |
| A maiden fair to see (Aria) | Ralph Rackstraw and Chorus |
| I am the Captain of the Pinafore (Recitative, Song, and Chorus) | Captain Corcoran (Commander of H.M.S. Pinafore) and Men's Chorus |
| Sorry her lot | Josephine (the Captain's Daughter) |
| 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. (First Lord of the Admiralty), Hebe (Sir Joseph's First Cousin), Bill Bobstay (Boatswain) and Chorus |
| When I was a lad | The Right Honorable Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B. (First Lord of the Admiralty) and Chorus |
| A British tar is a soaring soul | Ralph Rackstraw, Bill Bobstay (Boatswain) and Bob Beckett |
| Refrain, audacious tar, your suit from pressing | Josephine (the Captain's Daughter) and Ralph Rackstraw |
| Can I survive this overbearing? (Finale) | Principals and Chorus |
| ACT 3 | Sung By |
| Fair moon, to thee I sing! | Captain Corcoran (Commander of H.M.S. Pinafore) |
| Things are seldom what they seem | Little Buttercup (Mrs. Cripps, a Portsmouth Bumboat Woman) and Captain Corcoran (Commander of H.M.S. Pinafore) |
| The hours creep on apace (Scena) | Josephine (the Captain's Daughter) |
| Never mind the why or wherefore | Josephine (the Captain's Daughter), Captain Corcoran (Commander of H.M.S. Pinafore) and The Right Honorable Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B. (First Lord of the Admiralty) |
| The merry maiden and the tar | Captain Corcoran (Commander of H.M.S. Pinafore) and Dick Deadeye |
| Carefully on tiptoe stealing | Dick Deadeye, Captain Corcoran (Commander of H.M.S. Pinafore), Josephine (the Captain's Daughter), Ralph Rackstraw, Hebe (Sir Joseph's First Cousin), The Right Honorable Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B. (First Lord of the Admiralty) and Men's Chorus |
| Farewell, my own, Light of my life, farewell! | Ralph Rackstraw, Josephine (the Captain's Daughter), The Right Honorable Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B. (First Lord of the Admiralty), Hebe (Sir Joseph's First Cousin), Dick Deadeye, Bill Bobstay (Boatswain), Bob Beckett, Little Buttercup (Mrs. Cripps, a Portsmouth Bumboat Woman) and Chorus |
| A many years ago, when I was young and charming (Legend) | Little Buttercup (Mrs. Cripps, a Portsmouth Bumboat Woman) and Chorus |
| Oh joy, oh rapture unforseen (Finale) | Principals and Chorus |