The Pirates of Penzance

AUTHORIZED COPYRIGHT EDITION.

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THE PIRATES

——OF——

PENZANCE

——OR——

The Slave of Duty.

COMIC OPERA.

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——BY——

W.S.GILBERT AND ARTHUR SULLIVAN.

Authors of "Pinafore," etc., etc.

IN TWO ACTS.

COMPLETE LIBRETTO.

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Price, 25 Cents.

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NEW YORK:

HITCHCOCK PUBLISHING COMPANY.

49 EIGHTH AVENUE

TO BE HAD ALSO AT 25 ANN STREET

The Pirates of Penzance

OR,

THE SLAVE OF DUTY.

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Written by W.S. GILBERT⁠Composed by ARTHUR SULLIVAN

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DRAMATIS PERSONÆ,

As first produced at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York, under the management of Mr. R. D'Oyly Carte, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 1879.

Richard, a Pirate Chief,		Mr. Brocolini.
Samuel, his Lieutenant		Mr. Furneaux Cook.
Frederic, a Pirate Apprentice		Mr. Hugh Talbot.
Major-General Stanley, of the British Army		Mr. J. H. Ryley.
Edward, a Sergeant of Police		Mr. F. Clifton.
Mabel, General Stanley's Youngest Daughter⁠		Miss Blanche Roosevelt
Kate	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$ General Stanley's Daughters.$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Miss R. Brandam
Edith		Miss Jessie Bond
Isabel		Miss Barlow
Ruth, a Piratical "Maid-of-all-work"		Miss Alice Barnet

General Stanley's Daughters, Pirates, Policemen, etc.

SCENE.

Act 1st.—A Rocky Seashore on the Coast of Cornwall, England

Act 2d.—A Ruined Chapel on General Stanley's Estate