The Pirates of Penzance
OR
THE SLAVE OF DUTY
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
MAJOR-GENERAL STANLEY
THE PIRATE KING
SAMUEL (his Lieutenant)
SERGEANT OF POLICE
MABEL, EDITH, KATE, and ISABEL (General Stanley’s Daughters)
RUTH (a Pirate Maid of all Work)
Chorus of Pirates, Police, and General Stanley’s Daughters
Act I
A rocky sea-shore on the coast of Cornwall
ACT II
A ruined chapel by moonlight
First produced at the Opera Comique on April 3, 1880