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    H.M.S. Pinafore
    H.M.S. Pinafore
    H.M.S. Pinafore
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    H.M.S. Pinafore

    By W. S. Gilbert

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    "H.M.S. Pinafore" is a comic opera in two acts, that takes place aboard the Royal Navy ship HMS Pinafore. The captain's daughter, Josephine, is in love with a lower-class sailor, Ralph Rackstraw, although her father intends her to marry Sir Joseph Porter, the First Lord of the Admiralty. She abides by her father's wishes at first, but Sir Joseph's advocacy of the equality of humankind encourages Ralph and Josephine to overturn conventional social order. They declare their love for each other and eventually plan to elope.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGood Press
    Release dateDec 8, 2020
    ISBN4064066313036
    H.M.S. Pinafore
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    W. S. Gilbert

    W. S. Gilbert (1836-1911) was an English librettist, dramatist, and poet. Born in London, Gilbert was raised by William, a surgeon and novelist, and Anne Mary, an apothecary’s daughter. As a child he lived with his parents in Italy and France before finally returning to London in 1847. Gilbert graduated from Kind’s College London in 1856 before joining the Civil Service and briefly working as a barrister. In 1861, he began publishing poems, stories, and theatre reviews in Fun, The Cornhill Magazine, and Temple Bar. His first play was Uncle Baby, which ran to moderate acclaim for seven weeks in 1863. He soon became one of London’s most popular writers of opera burlesques, but turned away from the form in 1869 to focus on prose comedies. In 1871, he began working with composer Arthur Sullivan, whose music provided the perfect melody to some of the most popular comic operas of all time, including H. M. S. Pinafore (1878), The Pirates of Penzance (1879), and The Mikado (1885). At London’s Savoy Theatre and around the world, The D’Oyly Carte Opera Company would perform Gilbert and Sullivan’s works for the next century. Gilbert, the author of more than 75 plays and countless more poems, stories, and articles, influenced such writers as Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw, as well as laid the foundation for the success of American musical theatre on Broadway and beyond.

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      H.M.S. Pinafore - W. S. Gilbert

      W. S. Gilbert

      H.M.S. Pinafore

      Published by Good Press, 2022

      goodpress@okpublishing.info

      EAN 4064066313036

      Table of Contents

      Dramatis Personae

      Musical numbers

      in Act I

      in Act II

      Act I

      Act II

      Dramatis Personae

      Table of Contents

      The Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Porter, KCB – First Lord of the Admiralty

      Captain Corcoran – Commanding HMS Pinafore

      Tom Tucker – Midshipmite

      Ralph Rackstraw – 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

      Little Buttercup – A Portsmouth Bumboat Woman

      Chorus of the First Lord's Sisters, his Cousins, his Aunts, Sailors, Marines, etc.

      Musical numbers

      Table of Contents

      in Act I

      Table of Contents

      We sail the ocean blue (Sailors)

      I'm called Little Buttercup (Buttercup)

      But tell me who's the youth (Buttercup and Boatswain)

      The nightingale (Ralph and Chorus of Sailors)

      A maiden fair to see (Ralph and Chorus of Sailors)

      My gallant crew, good morning (Captain Corcoran and Chorus of Sailors)

      Sir, you are sad (Buttercup and Captain Corcoran)

      Sorry her lot who loves too well (Josephine)

      Over the bright blue sea (Chorus of Female Relatives)

      Sir Joseph's barge is seen (Chorus of Sailors and Female Relatives)

      Now give three cheers (Captain Corcoran, Sir Joseph, Cousin Hebe, and Chorus)

      When I was a lad (Sir Joseph and Chorus)

      For I hold that on the sea (Sir Joseph, Cousin Hebe, and Chorus)

      A British tar (Ralph, Boatswain, Carpenter's Mate, and Chorus of Sailors)

      Refrain, audacious tar (Josephine and Ralph)

      Finale, Act I: Can I survive this overbearing?

      in Act II

      Table of Contents

      Fair moon, to thee I sing (Captain Corcoran)

      Things are seldom what they seem (Buttercup and Captain Corcoran)

      The hours creep on apace (Josephine)

      Never mind the why and wherefore (Josephine, Captain, and Sir Joseph)

      Kind Captain, I've important information (Captain and Dick Deadeye)

      Carefully on tiptoe stealing (Soli and Chorus)

      Farewell, my own (Octet and Chorus)

      A many years ago (Buttercup and Chorus)

      Finale: Oh joy, oh rapture unforeseen!

      Act I

      Table of Contents

      Scene: Quarter-deck of H.M.S. Pinafore. Sailors, led by Boatswain, discovered cleaning brasswork, splicing rope, etc.

      CHORUS – MEN

      We sail the ocean blue,

      And our saucy ship's a beauty;

      We're sober men and true,

      And attentive to our duty.

      When the balls whistle free

      O'er the bright blue sea,

      We stand to our guns all day;

      When at anchor we ride

      On the

      Portsmouth

      tide,

      We have plenty of time to play.

      Enter Little Buttercup, with large basket on her arm.

      RECITATIVE – BUTTERCUP

      Hail, men-o'-war's men – safeguards of your nation!

      Here is an end, at last, of all privation;

      You've got your pay – spare all you can afford

      To welcome Little Buttercup on board.

      ARIA

      For I'm called Little Buttercup – dear Little Buttercup,

      Though I could never tell why,

      But still I'm called Buttercup – poor little Buttercup,

      Sweet little Buttercup I!

      I've snuff and tobaccy, and excellent jacky

      ,

      I've scissors, and watches, and knives;

      I've ribbons and laces to set off the faces

      Of pretty young sweethearts and wives.

      I've treacle and toffee

      , I've tea and I've coffee,

      Soft

      tommy

      and succulent chops;

      I've chickens and

      conies, and pretty polonies

      ,

      And excellent peppermint drops.

      Then buy of your Buttercup – dear Little Buttercup;

      Sailors should never be shy;

      So, buy of your Buttercup – poor Little

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