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Dauntless Dick Deadeye

Musik von Arthur Sullivan

Buch von Herbert Appleman

Originallibretto von W.S. Gilbert

Neue Fassung von Gilbert & Sullivans H.M.S. Pinafore

 

PERSONEN:

  • DICK DEADEYE (Able Seaman): 35-45, a veteran sailor, loyal to the traditions of the Navy; an honest man who speaks the plain truth, and won't back down from a fight; has something to say about every word or act of hypocrisy.
  • LITTLE BUTTERCUP (a Bumboat Woman): 40-50, the "rosiest, roundest reddest beauty in all Spithead;" a warm-hearted, lively woman, but with a dark deed in her past; secretly in love with Captain Corcoran
  • BOATSWAIN (Bo'sun): 30-50, well-informed, precise in speech, punctilious in manner; if he weren't a boatswain, he'd be an Oxford don; the counterweight to Deadeye, he always defends Victorian conventions and proper behavior
  • RALPH RACKSTRAW (Able Seaman): 20-28, handsome, romantic, passionate, brave, a true-blue operetta hero; desperately in love with Josephine, his Captain's daughter, who, alas, is far above him in rank and social class.
  • JOSEPHINE (Captain Corcoran's daughter): 18-25, beautiful, romantic, passionate, brave, a true-blue operetta heroine; desperately in love with Ralph, a low-born sailor; but, alas, her father has arranged for her to marry Sir Joseph Porter, the First Lord of the Admiralty; as a dutiful daughter and a well-bred young woman who appreciates the good things in life, she's caught in a tug-of-war between her heart and her head.
  • CAPTAIN CORCORAN (Commander, H.M.S. Pinafore): 45-55, an officer with a commanding presence and a strong temper which sometimes gets the better of him; a loving father who, however reluctantly, is willing to compromise his daughter's happiness by marrying her off to Sir Joseph Porter in order to further his own ambitions; not in any way a bad man, just a conventional one; secretly fond of Buttercup.
  • THE RT. HON. SIR JOSEPH PORTER, K.C.B. (First Lord of the Admiralty): 50-60, a self-made millionaire with no qualifications to be First Lord of the Admiralty except that he made a generous contribution to the Party and was entitled to a reward; a nouveau riche who hopes to move up in society by marrying Josephine; a pretty young woman with the right pedigree; he styles himself "The Monarch Of The Sea," dangles a monocle, and always wears a gold braid and medals; in short everything about him shows that his defense of "equality" is hypocritical.
  • HEBE (Sir Joseph's Cousin): 35-50, wears glasses and has the manner of a bluestocking; intelligent, and cultivated; secretly in love with Sir Joseph and resolutely determined to marry him; uses her parasol as a weapon to keep other women away from him and, from her first entrance, gives the impression of already being his wife.
  • AGATHA (Another Cousin): 35-50, Hebe's confidante. (For purposes of contrast, Agatha and Hebe should be quite different in height and weight.)
  • BOB BECKET (Sailor): 28-48, the biggest, toughest, and most pugnacious sailor in the crew.
  • BILL BOBSTAY (Sailor): 28-48, another big, tough sailor - Becket's pal and drinking buddy.

(Quelle: Theatrical Rights Worldwide)

Deutsche Fassung: N.N.
 

Synopsis: 

Auf der "Pinafore", einem der schönsten Schiffe der englischen Flotte, sind die Matrosen mit dem Reinigen des Oberdecks beschäftigt und warten auf die Ankunft von Sir JOSEPH PORTER, Großbritanniens ersten Lord der Admiralität. LITTLE BUTTERCUP, eine aufgeweckte Händlerin, kommt an Bord und verkauft den Matrosen Schnupftabak, Whisky und andere Luxusgüter.

RALPH, einer der Matrosen erzählt seinen Kameraden, dass er sich in die Tochter des Kapitäns, in JOSEPHINE, verliebt hat. DICK DEADEYE erinnert Ralph, das Josephine sich nicht mit einem einfachen Matrosen abgeben wird. Der Kapitän erscheint um die Crew zu inspizieren. Josephine ist Sir Joseph als Frau versprochen, doch diese scheint sich nicht allzu sehr für das "hohe Tier“ zu interessieren. Insgeheim teilt sie nämlich die Liebe des Matrosen Ralph. Es kommt natürlich zu zahlreichen Verwicklungen, bis es am Ende ein Happy End in bewährter Operetten-Tradition gibt.

Berühmt wurde Arthur Sullivan vor allem durch die 1871 begonnene und bis 1896 andauernde erfolgreiche Zusammenarbeit mit dem Librettisten William Schwenck Gilbert, mit dem er 14 komische Opern (bzw. Operetten) verfasste.

Neben den Bühnenwerken umfasst sein Schaffen vor allem Orchesterwerke, darunter eine Sinfonie, Chorkompositionen, Kammermusik, zahlreiche Hymnen und Lieder.

Presse: 
  • British Theatre Guide:
    “A blissful evening of tuneful and nautical joy.”
  • Time out:
    "The whole audience is flushed with... infectious joie de vivre."   
  • British Theatre Guide:
    "The most blissfull evening of tuneful and nautical joy to reach London since the National's revival of Anything Goes (...) An evening's entertainment of vintage quality." 
  • The Evening Standard:
    "In these grim times, a brisk ride aboard the tune-stuffed HMS PINAFORE is just the thing to lift sagging spirits (...)  Like the song says, "Give three loud cheers and one cheer more' for this heartening fillip." 
  • The Guardian:
    "Achieves that touch of ecstasy that is the sina qua non of all good musicals." 
  • The Sunday Telegraph:
    "Wonderfully entertaining version by Herbert Appleman." 
  • Stage on line:
    "Thanks to a libretto that has been extensively revised by Herbert Appleman ... a delightful evening." 
  • The Daily Mail:
    "In this lively new version .. Appleman's updated script works well ... I'm sure Gilbert would have approved."

 

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