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Cox and Box
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| First Preview: | Total Previews: | ||
| Opening Date: | Feb 19, 1951 | ||
| Closing Date: | Mar 03, 1951 | Total Performances: | 8 |
Category: Musical, Operetta, Revival, Broadway
Description: A musical in One Act
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; Musical Director: Isidore Godfrey | |
| Staged by Eleanor Evans | |
| Cast |
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| Leonard Osborn | John James Box A Journeyman Printer |
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| Alan Styler | James John Cox A Journeyman Hatter |
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| Eric Thornton | Sergeant Bouncer Late of the Dampshire Yeomanry, with military remi |
| Production Staff | |
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| Produced by D'Oyly Carte Opera Company | |
| Written by W. S. Gilbert; Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Musical Director: Isidore Godfrey | |
| Staged by Eleanor Evans | |
| Cast |
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| Darrell Fancourt | The Pirate King | |
| Joan Gillingham | Edith General Stanley's Daughter |
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| Martyn Green | Major General Stanley | |
| Neville Griffiths | Frederic the Pirate Apprentice |
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| Ella Halman | Ruth Pirate 'Maid-of-all-Work' |
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| Muriel Harding | Mabel General Stanley's Daughter |
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| Donald Harris | Samuel The Pirate King's Lieutenant |
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| Enid Walsh | Isabel General Stanley's Daughter |
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| Richard Watson | The Sergeant of Police | |
| Joyce Wright | Kate General Stanley's Daughter |
music by Arthur Sullivan; lyrics by Francis C. Burnand
(Unless otherwise noted)
(Unless otherwise noted)
| Cox and Box | |
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| ACT 1 | Sung By |
| Rataplan (Yes, yes, in those merry days) | Sergeant Bouncer (Late of the Dampshire Yeomanry, with military remi) |
| Stay, Bouncer, Stay | James John Cox (A Journeyman Hatter) and Sergeant Bouncer (Late of the Dampshire Yeomanry, with military remi) |
| Hush-a-bye, Bacon | John James Box (A Journeyman Printer) |
| My Master Is Punctual | James John Cox (A Journeyman Hatter) |
| Who are you, Sir? | 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 | James John Cox (A Journeyman Hatter) and John James Box (A Journeyman Printer) |
| Three years ago | John James Box (A Journeyman Printer) |
| Sixes | James John Cox (A Journeyman Hatter) and John James Box (A Journeyman Printer) |
| My hand upon it | |
| H.M.S. Pinafore | |
| ACT 2 | Sung By |
| We sail the ocean blue (lyrics by William S. Gilbert) | |
| I'm called little Buttercup (Recitative and Song) (lyrics by William S. Gilbert) | Little Buttercup (Mrs. Cripps, a Portsmouth Bumboat Woman) |
| The Nightingale sigh'd for the moon's bright ray (Scena) (lyrics by William S. Gilbert) | Ralph Rackstraw and Chorus |
| A maiden fair to see (Aria) (lyrics by William S. Gilbert) | Ralph Rackstraw and Chorus |
| I am the Captain of the Pinafore (Recitative, Song, and Chorus) (lyrics by William S. Gilbert) | Captain Corcoran (Commander of H.M.S. Pinafore) and Men's Chorus |
| Sorry her lot (lyrics by William S. Gilbert) | Josephine (the Captain's Daughter) |
| Over the bright blue sea Comes Sir Joseph Porter, K. C. B. (lyrics by William S. Gilbert) | Women's Chorus |
| We sail the ocean blue (Reprise) (lyrics by William S. Gilbert) | Men's Chorus |
| I am the monarch of the sea (lyrics by William S. Gilbert) | 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 (lyrics by William S. Gilbert) | The Right Honorable Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B. (First Lord of the Admiralty) and Chorus |
| A British tar is a soaring soul (lyrics by William S. Gilbert) | Ralph Rackstraw, Bill Bobstay (Boatswain) and Bob Beckett |
| Refrain, audacious tar, your suit from pressing (lyrics by William S. Gilbert) | Josephine (the Captain's Daughter) and Ralph Rackstraw |
| Can I survive this overbearing? (Finale) (lyrics by William S. Gilbert) | Principals and Chorus |
| ACT 3 | Sung By |
| Fair moon, to thee I sing! (lyrics by William S. Gilbert) | Captain Corcoran (Commander of H.M.S. Pinafore) |
| Things are seldom what they seem (lyrics by William S. Gilbert) | Little Buttercup (Mrs. Cripps, a Portsmouth Bumboat Woman) and Captain Corcoran (Commander of H.M.S. Pinafore) |
| The hours creep on apace (Scena) (lyrics by William S. Gilbert) | Josephine (the Captain's Daughter) |
| Never mind the why or wherefore (lyrics by William S. Gilbert) | 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 (lyrics by William S. Gilbert) | Captain Corcoran (Commander of H.M.S. Pinafore) and Dick Deadeye |
| Carefully on tiptoe stealing (lyrics by William S. Gilbert) | 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! (lyrics by William S. Gilbert) | 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) (lyrics by William S. Gilbert) | Little Buttercup (Mrs. Cripps, a Portsmouth Bumboat Woman) and Chorus |
| Oh joy, oh rapture unforseen (Finale) (lyrics by William S. Gilbert) | Principals and Chorus |