Because of his lowly rank, humble sailor Ralph Rackstraw cannot marry Captain Corcoran's ... more
daughter Josephine. Since Josephine can't bear her other suitor, Sir Joseph Porter, the unlikely First Lord of the Admiralty, she and Ralph elope, but are betrayed...
W.S. Gilbert's complete libreto forH.M.S Pinafore, which opened May 28, 1878, at the Opera ... more
Comique and ran for 571 performances. Subtitled 'The Lass That Loved A Sailor', the story concerns a captain's daughter and a common sailor that fall in love.
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Production Year: 1999 - Music / Performing Arts - Original Language: English - Classification: Exempt - Starring: Donny Osmond, Joan Collins, Richard Attenborough
Music / Performing Arts - Original Language: English - Classification: Exempt - Starring: Teatro Alla Scala, Riccardo Muti, Daniela Dessi, Delores Ziegler, Alessandro Corbelli, Jozef Kundlak, Adelina Scarabelli, Claudio Desderi
are nothing new to us. But this book crystallizes what it is like to face these conditions, day in, day out, suffering sleep deprivation, exposure, exhaustion, mental anguish ... I find this book compulsive reading, so much so that that pilfered copy, having travelled across my world and back (a 1970's edition) is falling apart, and I must look for another. It doesn't help that every time I read it, I immediately read it again, in case I missed a bit.
This was McLeans first book, written on the back of a response to a Glasgow newspaperman asking him to write a short story for publication, and I think by far his best. A film was made of this book, never shown on the tv to my knowledge, but what could the camera do for this book? How could any director do justice to this magnificent story?
I'm not going to tell you what happens ...
Advantages: Unmissable, Outstanding Disadvantages: You will forget time.
Perhaps once in a lifetime there comes along a novel that both captivates and inspires. For me this is one such novel and if I tell you that I have owned my copy for more than 40 years then perhaps you will understand the impact it has had on me.
This is the story of a warship H.M.S. Ulysses and her crew. A unique ship, built especially for escort duties on the notorious Russian Convoys of World War Two.
As the story begins we join Ulysses at anchor in Scapa Flow, she has just returned from Murmansk on convoy escort duty and her crew are tired. No perhaps tired is the wrong word; exhausted would perhaps be a better description of a crew both physically and mentally exhausted who have been pushed to the very edge of their sanity.
The arctic weather where Ulysses operates is known for its severe conditions and the effect of these ...
This is one of the best Gilbert and Sullivan light operas that I have listened to (or performed in). It is about a Lass (Josephine) who loved a foremast hand (common sailor) (Ralph), but Josephine can?t marry him because she is a daughter of the Captain of HMS Pinafore (Captain Corcorran). Because Josephine is the Captain?s daughter she is of a higher social class than Ralph is, also she is supposed to be getting married to the ruler of the Queen?s Navy (Rt. Honourable Sir Joseph Porter). This leaves Josephine and Ralph in a bit of a mess, so they are going to sneak off and get married together that night. But at this time the Captain is also in love with a Portsmouth Bum boat woman (Buttercup), but he can?t let other people know because he is against Josephine having a relationship with Ralph. But in the end Buttercup lets every ...
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