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H.M.S. PINAFORE

OR, THE LASS THAT LOVED A SAILOR Libretto by William S. Gilbert Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan DRAMATIS PERSONAE THE RT.HON SIR JOSEPH PORTER, K.C.B. (First Lord of the Admiralty). CAPTAIN CORCORAN (Commanding H.M.S. Pinafore). TOM TUCKER (Midshipmite). RALPH RAKESTRAW (Able Seaman). DICK DEADEYE (Able Seaman). BILL BOBSTAY (Boatswain's Mate). BOB BECKET (Carpenter's Mate). JOSEPHINE (the Captain's Daughter). HEBE (Sir Joseph Porter's First Cousin). MRS. CRIPPS (LITTLE BUTTERCUP) (A Portsmouth Bumboat Woman). First Lord's Sisters, his Cousins, his Aunts, Sailors, Marines, etc. Scene: QUARTER-DECK OF H.M.S. PINAFORE, OFF PORTSMOUTH ACT I.—Noon. ACT II.—Night First produced at the Opera Comique on May 25, 1878.