"Take this, his photograph, with you - it may help to bring you to a more reasonable frame of mind.".

HMS PINAFORE
Original London Cast 1878

The Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B., First Lord of the Admiralty	Mr. George Grossmith, Jun
Capt. Corcoran, Commanding H.M.S. Pinafore	Mr. Rutland Barrington
Ralph Rackstraw, Able Seaman	Mr. Power
Dick Deadeye, Able Seaman	Mr. R. Temple
Bill Bobstay, Boatswain's Mate	Mr. Clifton
Bob Becket, Carpenter's Mate	Mr. Dymott
Tom Tucker, Midshipmite	Mr. Fitzaltamont
Sergeant of Marines	Mr. Talbot
Josephine, The Captain's Daughter	Miss Emma Howson
Hebe, Sir Joseph's First Cousin	Miss Jessie Bond
Little Buttercup, a Portsmouth Bumboat Woman	Miss Everard
Chorus of First Lord's Sisters, his Cousins, his Aunts, Sailors, Marines, etc.

Original Costumes

George Grossmith as Sir Joseph Porter	Emma Howson as Josephine

Richard Temple as Dick Deadeye	Rutland Barrington as Captain Corcoran

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