Dramatis Personæ
The Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B., First Lord of the Admiralty.
Captain Corcoran, Commanding H.M.S. Pinafore.
Ralph Rackstraw, Able Seaman.
Dick Deadeye, Able Seaman.
Bill Bobstay, Boatswain’s Mate.
Bob Becket, Carpenter’s Mate.
Tom Tucker, Midshipmite.
Sergeant of Marines.
Josephine, the Captain’s Daughter.
Hebe, Sir Joseph’s First Cousin.
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.