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Manawatu Herald, 17 February 1894, Page 3

IN AID OF TUP PALMFiRSTON HOSPITAL. A Performance of Gilbert & Sullivan's Opora H.M.S. PIMFORE will be given by the FOXTON AMATEURS at tiu; PUBLIC HALL, FOXTON, ON Wednesday, 21 at February, ivRAAi AT IS PERBON.E . The X\it;lft Hori. Hh Joseph Poi'lti'i y- 0 .{■ , ?!>-;;t Lord of iho. Admiralty „ . . J. B. Stassbll Cr.pt. Corcoran, comI'iiandis.'t--' H ?>- f *• i'i'-ia-loi e .. ' W. T. Litti.ls Ralph Backstrav/, able seaman . . . . W. T. R. Cook Dick Dcftdeyo, able seaman . . " . . . . P. E. Youxo Bill liobstay, Boatswain's mate . ." . . . . C. E. Shortt 80l Becket, Carpenter's mate W. L. Coe Sergeant of Marines ... T. Enkis Josephine, the Captain's daughter Mro Derjikr Hebe, oil' Joseph's Tfiivt Gcusin Miss T7iu.ia;:s TjiUls Buttercup, a Burnboat woman .. .. Miss H Bui<r. Sam Tucker, a Midshipmite . . . . . . Misb Lettie [Williams First Lord's Sisters, his cousins and his aunts — Mm W. T. E. Cootc Miss T. Nve Mihs Burr Miss CuMMRRFiF.Tjn iMi.ss Tanst.f.y WISS SI'RINO Miss Goi.t.ins J\lißH A. Rtamskt.t. Miss T)v. ltn>DEit yhfs 0. I)i3 Rinnrcn Sailor's, Marines, i^c — Mkhsrs J)F.mrEP. „ WKSTwnon „ V/ii.mams „ McCkae „ Betty „ Bridge „ Collins „ L. STANSEIJi. SCENE— NewIy painted specially for this representation — Quarterdeck of H.M.S. Pinafore off Portsmouth. Act I— NOON Act 11- NIGHT Pianiste ... Mns F. ft. Young Assisted by an efficient Orchestra. Conductor ... Edmund Osborne Staof. Manager ... Alf Fiusek THE PLOT. H.M.S. Pinafore has just ai'rived in harbour and is boarded by the usual crowd of bumboat women, amongst whom is "Dear Little Buttercup," who endeavours to do a trade with the " salts." The Captain's daughter, Josephine, is sought in marriage by Sh 1 Joseph Porter, Fir3t Lord of the Admiralty, but for the reason that she is in love with Ealph Eackstraw, a common sailor on board, she does not " tackle kindly to it." Sir Joseph Porter having said that " love levels all ranks " is accepted by Josephine as an encouragement in her fancy for Ealph, with whom she purposes to leave the ship by nisjht, but 13 informed upon by Dick Deadeye. There is terrible commotion when the Captain and the First Lord receive the information that Ealph and Josephine love each other, and there being a difference in rank is soon made obvious by Ealph being summarily ordered into custody. " Little Buttercup " then chimes in, stating that many years ago she practiced baby-farming and the two tender babes, Captain and Ealph, one of low condition and the other a patrician, got unfortunately " mixed up" and the well-born babe was Ealpb. Sir Joseph autocratically reverses their positions in the vessel and presents Josephine to Ealph bidding him to treat her kindly. Poor Sir Joseph pines for his lot, "he cannot live alone," when Hebe fortunately comes forward with the offer, accepted, of soothing and comforting his declining days. Captain Corcoran is a philosopher, for though he was once a captain of them all, and had now became only a member of the crew, he determined to marry with a wife in his humble rank of life, and asks Little Buttercup to take him. The curtain falls upon general happiness. Door 3 open at 7.30 p.m. commence at 8 p.m. Admission — Front seats, with backs, 3s ; back seats, 2a. Front seats can be reserved at an additional charge of sixpence. Books of the words of the Opera will be for sale at the doors at sixpence each. Tickets can be obtained from all storekeepers and hotclkeepers. Plan of seats can be seen and booked at McMillan, Ehodes & Cc. Committee— T. P. Williams, W. B. Ehodes (Hon. Treas.), J. E. Btansell (Hon. Sec.)