Gilbert & Sullivan's "HMS Pinafore"

Christchurch, Marlborough

14th June 2008, 7:30pm

Conductor: Gill Mortimer

Musical Accompanist: tba 

A tale of love between members of different social classes which also pokes good-natured fun at the Royal Navy, parliamentary politics and the rise of unqualified people to positions of authority!

Featuring a motley crew:

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

Captain Corcoran, Commander of H.M.S. Pinafore 

Ralph (pronounced "Raif") Rackstraw, Able Seaman  

Dick Deadeye, Able Seaman  

Bill Bobstay, Boatswain's Mate (first mate)  

Bob Becket, Carpenter's Mate

Josephine, The Captain's Daughter

Cousin Hebe, Sir Joseph's First Cousin

Mrs. Cripps (Little Buttercup), A Portsmouth Bumboat Woman 

And of course not forgetting: A chorus of the First Lord's Sisters, His Cousins, His Aunts, Sailors, Marines, Etc.